District Of Columbia § 1-303.01 - Police regulations.
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§ 1-303.01. Police regulations.
1-303.01The Council of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and empowered to make and modify, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and empowered to enforce, usual and reasonable police regulations in and for said District as follows:
For causing full inspection to be made, at any reasonable times, of the places where the business of pawnbroking, junk-dealing, or second-hand clothing business may be carried on.
To regulate the storage of highly inflammable substances in the thickly populated portions of the District.
Repealed.
To establish and regulate the charges to be made by owners of hacks and hackney carriages of any kind whatsoever.
To prohibit conducting droves of animals upon such streets and avenues as it may deem needful to public safety and good order.
To regulate the keeping of dogs and fowls.
To prohibit the deposit upon the street or sidewalks of fruit, or any part thereof, or other substance or articles that might litter the same, or cause injury to or impede pedestrians.
To regulate or prohibit loud noises with horns, gongs, or other instruments, or loud cries, upon the streets or public places, and to prohibit the use of any fireworks or explosives within such portions of the District as it may think necessary to public safety.
To prescribe reasonable penalties, including civil penalties, for the infraction of the regulations mentioned in §§ and . The penalties may be enforced in any court or administrative tribunal of the District of Columbia having jurisdiction of minor offenses or civil infractions, and in the same manner that minor offenses or civil infractions are by law prosecuted or adjudicated and punished.
Annotations
Pursuant to this section, the following new regulations were adopted in 1982: The “Vendors Regulation Amendment Act of 1982” (, Mar. 10, 1983, 30 DCR 55).
Pursuant to this section, the following new regulations were adopted in 1982: The “Taxicab Act of 1981” (, Mar. 31, 1982, 29 DCR 661).
Pursuant to this section, the following new regulations were adopted in 1979: The “District of Columbia Noise Control Amendments Act of 1979” (, Sept. 28, 1979, 26 DCR 229).
Pursuant to this section, the following new regulations were adopted in 1978: The “District of Columbia Noise Control Act of 1977” (, Mar. 16, 1978, 24 DCR 5293) (as amended by , July 23, 1992, 39 DCR 4079) and the “Vendors Regulation Amendments Act of 1978” (, June 30, 1978, 24 DCR 9293).
Source: official District Of Columbia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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