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us-dc/statute/47/chapter-28/subchapter-i — Specific Licensing Provisions. · Axiom

Axiom
District of Columbia
Statutes
Title 47
§ chapter-28

Specific Licensing Provisions.

57 sections

Licenses for business or profession; application; transfer of license; signing and sealing.
Compliance with fire escape laws and regulations required for license.
Revocation of theater license for failure to comply with public decency regulations.
Separate license for each business, trade, or profession by same person; place of business restricted to that designated in license; operation under license by others prohibited.
Establishment of licensing periods by Mayor; prorating for late application.
Licenses to be posted on premises; exhibition to police.
Construction and definition of terms.
Auctioneers; temporary licenses; penalty for failure to account.
Barbershops and beauty parlors.
Conventions of national associations of hairdressers or cosmetologists exempted.
Massage establishments; Turkish, Russian, or medicated baths.
Public baths.
Keeping or storing of moving picture films.
Gasoline, kerosene, oils, fireworks, and explosives.
Pyroxylin.
Abattoirs or slaughterhouses.
Laundries; dry cleaning and dyeing establishments.
Mattress manufacture, renovation, storage, or sale; “mattress” defined.
Slot machines.
Theaters, moving pictures, skating rinks, dances, exhibitions, lectures, entertainments; assignment of police and firemen and additional fees based thereon; hours minors are prohibited on premises.
Bowling alleys; billiard and pool tables; games.
Shooting galleries.
Baseball, football, and athletic exhibitions; assignment of police and firemen; amusement parks.
Swimming pools.
Circuses.
Special events.
Commission merchants in food; bakeries; bottling, candy-manufacturing, and ice cream manufacturers; groceries; markets; delicatessens; restaurants; private clubs; wholesale fish dealers; dairies.
Classification of buildings containing living quarters for licenses; fees; buildings exempt from license requirement.
Vehicles for hire; identification tags on vehicles; vehicles for school children; ambulances, private vehicles for funeral purposes; issuance of licenses; payment of fees.
Rental or leasing of motor vehicle without driver.
Vehicles hauling goods from public space.
Repairing of motor vehicles.
Livery stables.
Sales on streets or public places.
Solicitors.
Guides.
Secondhand dealers; classification; licensing; stolen property.
Dealers in dangerous weapons.
Private detectives; “detective” defined; regulations.
Fortune-telling
Exposing persons or animals as targets prohibited.
Council of the District of Columbia may regulate, modify, or eliminate license requirements.
Undertakers’ licenses; qualifications; examination; license without examination; authority of Mayor and Council; appropriations; definitions.
Regulations; suspension or revocation of licenses; bonding of licensees authorized to collect moneys; exemptions.
Prosecutions.
Penalties.
Saving clause.
Severability.
Refund of erroneously-paid fees.
Rules governing the business of furnishing towing services for motor vehicles.
Establishment of licensing periods by Mayor; prorating for late application.
Body art establishments.
Parking establishments.
Security agencies.
Cease and desist orders.
Requirement for social security number.
Tire dealers.