Laundries; dry cleaning and dyeing establishments

  1. Law
  2. District of Columbia Code
  3. Taxation, Licensing, Permits, Assessments, and Fees. [Enacted title]
  4. General License Law
  5. Specific Licensing Provisions
  6. Laundries; dry cleaning and dyeing establishments

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(a) Owners or managers of laundries operated other than by hand power shall pay a license fee of $188 biennially.

(b) Repealed.

(c)(1) Owners or managers of dry cleaning or dyeing establishments shall pay a license fee of $222 biennially.

(2) Any license issued pursuant to this subsection shall be issued as an Environmental Materials endorsement to a basic business license under the basic business license system as set forth in subchapter I-A of this chapter.

(d) Any license issued pursuant to this section, shall be in addition to those required under subsection (c)(2) of this section, if any, and shall be issued as a General Services and Repair endorsement to a basic business license under the basic business license system as set forth in subchapter I-A of this chapter.

(July 1, 1902, 32 Stat. 625, ch. 1352, § 7, par. 17; July 1, 1932, 47 Stat. 553, ch. 366; Sept. 14, 1976, D.C. Law 1-82, title I, § 104(i), 23 DCR 2461; Sept. 26, 1995, D.C. Law 11-52, § 302(b), 42 DCR 3684; enacted, Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-254, § 2, 44 DCR 1575; Apr. 20, 1999, D.C. Law 12-261, § 2003(pp)(14), 46 DCR 3142; Apr. 12, 2000, D.C. Law 13-91, § 157(d)(2), 47 DCR 520; Oct. 28, 2003, D.C. Law 15-38, § 3(hh)(4)(F), 50 DCR 6913.)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 47-2817.

1973 Ed., § 47-2317.

Effect of Amendments

D.C. Law 15-38, in subsec. (c)(2), substituted “an Environmental Materials endorsement to a basic business license under the basic” for “a Class A Environmental Materials endorsement to a master business license under the master”; and in subsec. (d), substituted “General Services and Repair endorsement to a basic business license under the basic” for “Class B General Services and Repair endorsement to a master business license under the master”.

Cross References

Mayor, Council and other offices, application of certain sections to boards, commissions and committees, see § 1-321.02.

Emergency Legislation

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 3(hh)(4)(F) of Streamlining Regulation Emergency Act of 2003 (D.C. Act 15-145, August 11, 2003, 50 DCR 6896).


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