ENROLLED ORIGINAL
AN ACT
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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To provide the Mayor, on an emergency basis, the authority to make a property ineligible for
residential parking permits when it is a condition of a zoning order.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
act may be cited as the RPP Voluntary Exclusion Emergency Act of 2020.
Sec. 2. RPP voluntary exclusion.
(a) The Mayor may, when a condition of a zoning order, designate a property, including
its future residents, as ineligible to obtain residential parking permits.
(b) Before entering into a purchase and sales agreement or lease, an owner of a property
that has been designated as ineligible to obtain residential parking permits pursuant to subsection
(a) of this section shall:
(1) Provide written notice of the designation to a buyer or residential tenant; and
(2) Require the buyer or residential tenant to acknowledge receipt of the notice
required by paragraph (1) of this subsection in writing.
(c) Upon designating a property ineligible to obtain residential parking permits pursuant
to subsection (a) of this section, the Mayor shall record with the recorder of deeds a restrictive
covenant identifying any such property as ineligible for residential parking permits.
(d)(1) Failure of a property owner to provide written notice of a residential tenants
inability to obtain a residential parking permit associated with the property shall be grounds for
the tenant to be released from obligations under the rental agreement.
(2) Failure of a property owner to provide written notice of a buyers inability to
obtain a residential parking permit associated with the property shall be considered a material
breach of the purchase and sales agreement.
Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement.
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact
statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved
October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code 1-301.47a).
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Sec. 4. Effective date.
This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the
Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than
90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section
412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 788;
D.C. Official Code 1-204.12(a)).
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Chairman
Council of the District of Columbia
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Mayor
District of Columbia
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