102.1 Any person, other than a person licensed as a housing business under authority of D.C. Official Code § 47-2828 (2001) and chapter 2 of this subtitle, who fails to comply with any provision of this subtitle after expiration of the time for compliance established in accordance with this subtitle shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300), or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, in lieu of, or in addition to, any fine, for such failure to comply.

102.2 No further penalties shall be imposed under subsection 102.1 for an offense during the period in which any appeal from a conviction of that offense is pending.

102.3 Any person licensed as a housing business under authority of D.C. Official Code § 47-2828 (2001) and chapter 2 of this subtitle, who fails to comply with any provision of this subtitle shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300) or imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days for each such failure to comply.

102.4 Civil fines, penalties, and fees may be imposed as additional sanctions for any violation of this chapter or chapters 1 through 14 of this subtitle, pursuant to titles I-III of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Civil Infractions Act of 1985. Adjudication of any infraction of this chapter or chapters 2 through 14 of this subtitle, shall be pursuant to titles I-III of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Civil Infractions Act of 1985.

102.5 Any person, including a tenant, who causes a violation of any provision of this subtitle is subject to the same penalties as those provided in this section.

102.6 In the event of any failure to comply with any provision of this subtitle, each and every day such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.

102.7 The penalties prescribed in subsections 102.1 and 102.3 shall be applicable to each separate offense, except as provided in subsection 102.2.

102.8 The violation of any applicable provision of this subtitle or the failure to comply with any of the applicable requirements of this subtitle shall be grounds for the institution of proceedings for revocation of a license issued under chapter 3 of this subtitle, as provided in the License Act.

SOURCE: The Housing Regulations of the District of Columbia, 5G DCRR § 2104, Commissioners' Order 55-1503 (August 11, 1955), as amended by section 4 of the Smoke Detector Act of 1978 Amendment Act of 1984, D. C. Law 5-139, 31 DCR 5751, 5754; and by section 489 of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Civil Infractions Act of 1985, D.C. Law 6-42, 32 DCR 4450, 4482-83; and section 6 of the Abatement of Nuisance Properties and Tenant Receivership Amendment Act of 2008, D.C. Act 17-623, 56 DCR 214,

218 (January 9, 2009).