Purpose; definitions.

(a) (1) Section 1-207.38 provides that the Council shall, by act, divide the District of Columbia into neighborhood commission areas and establish, for each such area, an Advisory Neighborhood Commission. Such § 1-207.38 was to be effective only if a majority of the qualified electors voting in the charter referendum voted for the establishment of the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. (2) In the charter referendum a majority of the qualified electors did vote to establish such Commissions, and it is the purpose of this part to implement the provisions of § 1-207.38 . (b) Repealed. (c) For the purposes of this part, the term: (1) “Board” means the District of Columbia Board of Elections. (2) “Commission” means Advisory Neighborhood Commission. (2A) "Commissioner" means a member of an Advisory Neighborhood Commission. (2B) "Community" means those residents who reside within a Commission area. (2C) "DCAPA" means the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1204; D.C. Official Code § 2-501 et seq .). (3) “Emergency” means an action taken to immediately preserve the public peace, health, safety, welfare, or morals pursuant to § 2-505(c) . (4) “Gender identity or expression” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 1-1401.02(12A) . (5) "OANC" means the Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions established by § 1-309.15 .