The Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs,pursuant to the authority set forth in An Act To provide for the abatement of nuisances in the District of Columbia by the Commissioners of said District, and for other purposes, approved April 14, 1906 (34 Stat. 114; D.C. Official Code §§ 42-3131.01, et seq. (2010 Repl. & 2011 Supp.)); Article III of Reorganization Plan No.1  of 1983, effective March 31, 1983, D.C Official Code§§ 47-2828 and 47-2851.20 (2005 Repl.); and Mayor's Order 83-92, dated April 7, 1983, hereby gives notice of the adoption of the following amendments to chapter 2 (Housing Business Licenses) of title 14 (Housing) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations.

The  rulemaking  amends  the  housing  business  licensing  rules  to  update  requirements  for licensure, to designate the license categories that may be issued pursuant to chapter 2, to clarify housing inspection requirements during the period of licensure, to revise the registered agent provisions for licensees not residing in the District, and to clarify the license user fees. In addition, the name of the chapter is amended.

Proposed regulations were first published in the D.C. Register in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on October 2, 2009,at 56 DCR 7840; a Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was published in the D.C. Register on January1, 2010, at 57 DCR 134; and a Third Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was published in the D.C. Register on May 4, 2012, at 59 DCR 4239.

One comment was received and one minor change was made to section 200.4 to allow for the conspicuous posting of either the housing basic business license or a copy of the license. An additional change was made in section 207.1(d)to clarify that the $35 per unit fee covers the overall. cost of the Department's proactive inspections program, not the inspection on a per-unit basis.