• Office of Planning Chinatown Design Review Procedures

 

 

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Find What You Need to Have a Complete Application* 

 

 

 

Get a Supplemental Permit Online 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you need an inspection of completed work you did under structural, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, fire protection, elevator, or boiler permits, or you need a zoning inspection, please call (202) 442-9557.

 

 

 

• A completed building permit application.
• A site plan that clearly identifies the specific location(s) of the hydrant(s) and property lines.
• A copy of the agreement recorded with the District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds that establishes the person or entity responsible for the maintenance, repair, and replacement of the private fire hydrant in perpetuity.
• Piping isometrics, plans and elevation details
• Design notes and specifications to include applicable codes, water flow and pressure at fire hydrant valve; piping material, schedule, corrosion controls and other installation details. 

 

Beginning December 22, 2008, anyone paid to renovate residential housing or child-occupied facilities (such as daycare centers) built before 1978 must provide a new EPA pamphlet, entitled Renovate Right, to the owners and occupants.  Both DCRA and the District Department of the Environment (DDOE) have already begun making the Renovate Right brochures available to the public. 

 

If you are a contractor, feel free to download the new EPA pamphlets below in English and Spanish. DCRA is also providing sample renovation checklists and pre-renovation confirmation forms.

The brochure requirement begins the national implementation of a sweeping set of EPA regulations called the Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule, otherwise known as RRP. The rule establishes requirements for training and certifying individual renovators and renovation firms, to ensure that the work they do in properties that may contain lead paint is done safely, without generating lead hazards. The rule also establishes cleanup requirements for those whose work disturbs paint in these properties. The use of lead-based paint was not restricted nationally until 1978, and the bulk of the District’s housing was built before lead paint was banned.