§ 30–104. Cleaning and maintenance of hotels and motels and public notice of service disruptions.

*NOTE: This section was created by emergency legislation that will expire on January 22, 2025.*

(a)(1) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, may issue rules to establish requirements for the cleaning and maintenance of hotels, motels, and other lodging establishments (collectively "lodging establishments") and to establish standards for public notice of actual or potential disruptions to service at, or use or enjoyment of, lodging establishments.

(2) A lodging establishment providing guest rooms that contain a kitchen, defined as a cooking facility that includes a permanently affixed cooktop appliance consisting of two or more burners, with or without an oven, with a power supply served by either an electrical connection or a natural gas line, shall not be required to clean those guest rooms on a daily basis, unless specifically requested by a guest.

(b) Civil fines and penalties may be imposed by the Mayor pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2 ("Civil Infractions Act"), for infraction of the rules. The adjudication of any such infraction, fine, or penalty shall be pursuant to the Civil Infractions Act.