D.C. Code § 6-905

Owner to repair or demolish condemned building.

Effective Apr 27, 2001May 1, 1906, 34 Stat. 158, ch. 2073, § 5; Aug. 28, 1954, 68 Stat. 886, ch. 1032; Mar. 21, 1987, D.C. Law 6-216, § 13(f), 34 DCR 1072; Apr. 27, 2001, D.C. Law 13-281, § 103(d), 48 DCR 1888

The owner of any building or part of building condemned under the provisions of this chapter shall, within the time specified by the Board for the Condemnation of Insanitary Buildings in the order of condemnation, or any extension of time which may be granted by the Board:

  1. (1) make such changes or repairs as will remedy the conditions which led to the condemnation of such building or part of building; or
  2. (2) cause such building or part of building to be demolished and removed;

History

May 1, 1906, 34 Stat. 158, ch. 2073, § 5

Aug. 28, 1954, 68 Stat. 886, ch. 1032

Mar. 21, 1987, D.C. Law 6-216, § 13(f), 34 DCR 1072

Apr. 27, 2001, D.C. Law 13-281, § 103(d), 48 DCR 1888

References in Text

The “Construction Codes Approval and Amendments Act of 1986,” referred to in par. (2), is D.C. Law 6-216.

Effect of Amendments

D.C. Law 13-281 substituted “uninhabitable or insanitary condition” for “insanitary condition” in two places, and substituted “but the Board may require the building to be brought into substantial conformity” for “or to require such building to be brought into substantial conformity”.

Prior Codifications

1973 Ed., § 5-620.

1981 Ed., § 5-705.

Section References

This section is referenced in § 6-916.

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