200. PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCES – ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, ORGANIC DECAY, AND ODORS

200 PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCES – ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, ORGANIC DECAY, AND ODORS 200.1 The Department of Health (Department) shall deem organic decay, nuisance odors, or any other offensive substances in the District of Columbia that is thrown, placed or allowed to remain on any street, avenue, alley, sidewalk, gutter, public space or private property, or open lot, or environmental conditions injurious to public health in accordance with the Preventive Health Services Amendment Act of 1985, effective November 27, 1985 (D.C. Law 6-83; D.C. Official Code § 7-174 (2018 Repl.)) including but not limited to: (a) Filth; (b) The contents of cesspools; (c) Offal; (d) Solid Waste; (e) Foul water; (f) Refuse from factories, warehouses, or commercial operations; (g) Construction and demolition waste; (h) Ordure; (i) Urine; or (j) Composting of decayed animal or vegetable matter in accordance with the Home Composting Incentives Amendment Act of 2018, effective July 17, 2018 (D.C. Law 22-146; D.C. Official Code §§ 8-1031.12(b) (2018 Supp.)). SOURCE: Article 32, Police Regulations (1955), as amended; as amended by Commissioners’ Order 56-1302 (June 28, 1956); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 7951 (July 5, 2019). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Public Health Nuisances and Rodent Control Regulations 25-I DCMR § 200