4512.1 A Streatery Permit issued by the Director may be revoked at any time upon reasonable determination, which may include the following reasons:

1. (a) There is a public need for the use of the parking lane, alley, or travel lane;
2. (b) The Permittee has failed to make use of the public space for a period of more than six (6) consecutive months after the effective date listed on the Streatery Permit; or
3. (c) The Permittee has failed to complete the construction of the Streatery within six (6) months.

4512.2 The failure to comply with public space requirements pursuant to Sections 4502-4504 or Section 4513 of this Chapter is a Class 3 infraction that the Department will enforce pursuant to the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Civil Infractions Act of 1985, effective October 5, 1985 (D.C. Law 6-42; D.C. Official Code §§ 2-1801.01 et seq.), and 16 DCMR §§ 3200 and 3201.

4512.3 The Permittee shall restore the public space within seventy-two (72) hours following the revocation of a Streatery Permit or Certificate of Use.

4512.4 A person shall not operate a Streatery subsequent to the revocation of a Streatery Permit, unless a new Streatery Permit and a new Certificate of Use has been issued pursuant to this chapter.

4512.5 If a Streatery Permit has been revoked pursuant to § 4512.1, the Director of the District Department of Buildings, upon the recommendation of the Director, may reissue the Building Permit if the Applicant certifies that the construction will comply with the provisions of the initial Building Permit and the initial Streatery Permit, and that the construction will be completed within six (6) months from the date the permits were reissued.

4512.6 The Director shall reissue a Streatery Permit, and the Director of the District Department of Buildings shall restore and reissue a Certificate of Use, when the conditions that caused the revocation to be issued have been corrected.

4512.7 Any costs incurred by the Department, the District Department of Buildings, and any other District agency, as determined by the Director and the Director of the District Department of Buildings, in connection with the revocation and the issuance of a new Streatery Permit and a new Certificate of Use, shall be paid by the Applicant before the Streatery Permit and the Certificate of Use are reissued.

4512.8 The Director shall notify the Permittee that their Streatery Permit has been revoked by mail at the Permittee's address and electronic mail address provided to the Director.

4512.9 The Director of the Department of Buildings shall notify the Permittee that their Certificate of Use permit has been revoked in a manner specified in Section 113.5.5 of Title 12A of Building Code Supplement of 2017 (12-A DCMR 113.5.5).

4512.10 Any notices of infraction made pursuant to this section shall be adjudicated by the Office of Administrative Hearings pursuant to the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Civil Infractions Act of 1985, effective October 5, 1985 (D.C. Law 6-42; D.C. Official Code § 2-1801.01 et seq.) and 16 DCMR § 3100 et seq.

4512.11 A Permittee whose Streatery Permit the Department proposes to revoke pursuant to § 4512.1 may, within five (5) business days of receipt of the notice of revocation, request a hearing. The hearing shall be conducted pursuant to the D.C. Administrative Procedure Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1208, D.C. Code § 2-509).

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 73 DCR 007863 (May 22, 2026).