BCIB Agenda August 22, 2012

Story at a Glance

All BCIB meetings are held at 10 am at 1100 4th St SW, Washington, DC, 20024, in Room 4302 on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month.

For more information, please contact the BCIB at (202) 442-4332.

The Board for the Condemnation of Insanitary Buildings (BCIB) is charged, under DC Official Code Section 6-901, et seq. (2001 Edition), with:

Examining the sanitary condition of all buildings in the District
Receiving referrals from other agencies, citizens and inspectors
Inspecting insanitary building conditions and reporting them to BCIB meetings
Determining which buildings are so insanitary that they endanger the health or lives of occupants or people in the vicinity
Serving owners with Notices to Show Cause, within 10 days, why their buildings should not be condemned
Holding hearings, if owners ask for them
Issuing Orders of Condemnation to owners to correct insanitary conditions, within 30 days, by changing, repairing, making habitable, razing, or removing buildings
Making buildings safe and sanitary or razed and removed—if owners fail to fix conditions—and assessing corrective action costs as special taxes on the property