District of Columbia Code
Title 37 - Weights, Measures, Markets, and Vending

Chapter 1 - Eastern Market Management and Regulation

§ 37–101. Definitions - For the purpose of this chapter, the term: (1) “Agricultural...

§ 37–102. Coordinated management - (a) The Department of General Services shall supervise and provide...

§ 37–103. Enterprise Fund - (a) There is established the Eastern Market Enterprise Fund (“Fund”)...

§ 37–104. Market operation - Eastern Market shall be operated primarily as an indoor urban...

§ 37–105. Market manager - (a) The CPMO shall consult with the EMCAC in preparing...

§ 37–106. Eastern Market building and tenants - (a) Tenants shall not occupy any space or stand inside...

§ 37–107. Right of first refusal for existing inside operations - (a) Any individual, association or corporation having a lease, contract,...

§ 37–108. Right of first refusal for existing sidewalk operations - (a) Any farmer or other market vendor of agricultural products...

§ 37–109. Other neighborhood vending - (a) In order to maintain the theme and character of...

§ 37–110. Enforcement - In the event that a market vendor violates any law,...

§ 37–111. Eastern Market Community Advisory Committee - (a) There is hereby established the Eastern Market Community Advisory...

§ 37–112. Insurance - (a) The market manager shall maintain appropriate liability insurance. The...

§ 37–113. Reporting requirements - No later than January 2, 2004, the CPMO shall file...

Chapter 1A - Vending Regulation

§ 37–131.01. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Fund”...

§ 37–131.02. Vending from public space - (a) Except as set forth in subsection (b) of this...

§ 37–131.03. Vending locations - (a) The Mayor shall designate the specific vending locations on...

§ 37–131.04. Assignment of vending locations - (a) A vendor shall not vend from a vending location...

§ 37–131.05. Vending development zones - The Mayor may establish vending development zones, upon application and...

§ 37–131.06. Public markets - The Mayor may require the permitting of public markets on...

§ 37–131.07. Fees and funding - (a) The Mayor may establish fees, by rule, for the...

§ 37–131.08. Penalties - (a) The Mayor may establish civil penalties for the violation...

§ 37–131.09. Establishment of the Citywide Vending Task Force - (a) Within 30 days after October 22, 2009, the Mayor...

§ 37–131.10. Rules - The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of...

Chapter 2 - Weights, Measures, and Markets Generally

Subchapter I - Weights and Measures Generally

§ 37–201.01. Department of Weights, Measures, and Markets created; appointment of Director, assistants and employees - (a) There is hereby created an executive department in the...

§ 37–201.02. Director to give bond and take oath - The Director shall, before entering upon the performance of his...

§ 37–201.03. Exclusive powers of Director; examination of measuring devices; condemnation; charges by Mayor - (a) The Director and, under his direction, his assistants and...

§ 37–201.04. Inspection required after repair; alteration of condemnation tag prohibited - No person shall use or, having the same under his...

§ 37–201.05. Obstruction of inspection prohibited - No person shall neglect, fail, or refuse to exhibit any...

§ 37–201.06. Record of inspections - The Director shall keep in his office a record of...

§ 37–201.07. False measure prohibited; sale of commodities - No person shall sell, offer for sale, keep, or expose...

§ 37–201.08. Commodities sold by weight; “ton” defined - When any commodity is sold by weight it shall be...

§ 37–201.09. Vending machines - No person, firm, or corporation shall erect, operate, or maintain,...

§ 37–201.10. Sales tickets - Every person, firm, or corporation shall, when a sales ticket...

§ 37–201.11. Sale of coal, charcoal, or coke - (a) It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for...

§ 37–201.12. Sale of ice - It shall be unlawful to sell, within the District of...

§ 37–201.13. Sale of bread - (a) The word “bread” when used in the name of...

§ 37–201.14. Sale of frozen and fluid dairy products - (a) All fluid and frozen dairy products, including but not...

§ 37–201.15. Standard containers for sale of fruits, vegetables, and other dry commodities; no sales except in standard containers or by weight or count - (a) Standard containers for the sale of fruits, vegetables, and...

§ 37–201.16. Substitutes for dry measure prohibited - Nothing in this subchapter contained shall be construed as permitting...

§ 37–201.16a. Quantity markings required for packages; exemption - No person shall sell, offer, or expose for sale in...

§ 37–201.17. Sale of wood - A cord of wood shall contain 128 cubic feet. Wood...

§ 37–201.18. Standard liquid measures; automatic gasoline pumps - The standard liquid gallon shall contain 231 cubic inches; the...

§ 37–201.18a. Gasoline and fuel pump octane measurement - (a) The Director shall: (1) Take samples of automotive fuel...

§ 37–201.19. Sale of shucked oysters, fish, meat, butter, and cheese - Shucked oysters shall be sold only by liquid measure or...

§ 37–201.20. Automatic measuring pumps - Every user of an automatic measuring pump or similar device,...

§ 37–201.21. Sale of pro rata quantity - Whenever any commodity is offered for sale at a stated...

§ 37–201.22. Inspection of commodities by Director - The Director, or under his direction, his assistants and inspectors,...

§ 37–201.22a. Sale of food by false advertising - The Director of Weights, Measures, and Markets is further authorized...

§ 37–201.23. Sale of measuring devices by Director prohibited - It shall be unlawful for the Director or any employee...

§ 37–201.24. Police power conferred upon Director; inspections without warrants - There is hereby conferred upon the Director, his assistants and...

§ 37–201.25. Council may establish tolerances and specifications - The Council of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized...

§ 37–201.26. Weighmasters; public scales; fees. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 3, 1921, 41 Stat. 1224, ch. 118, §...

§ 37–201.27. Powers and duties of Director conferred on assistants and inspectors - The powers and duties granted to and imposed on the...

§ 37–201.28. Supervision of markets; investigations and reports - The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized and...

§ 37–201.29. “Mayor” and “Director” defined - Wherever the word “Mayor” is used in this subchapter, it...

§ 37–201.30. “Person” defined; meaning of singular words - The word “person,” as used in this subchapter, shall be...

§ 37–201.31. Severability - Each section of this subchapter, and every provision of each...

§ 37–201.32. Penalties; conduct of prosecutions - Any person violating any of the provisions of this subchapter...

§ 37–201.33. Registration and inspection fees for weighing and measuring devices - (a) The Mayor shall collect fees relating to the registration...

Subchapter II - Definition of “Barrel of Corn.”

§ 37–203.01. “Barrel of corn” defined - Three hundred and fifty pounds of corn on the cob...

Subchapter III - Markets Generally

§ 37–205.01. Supervision of municipal fish market - The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized and...

§ 37–205.02. Markets; disposition of receipts; charges - On and after July 1, 1906, all receipts of the...