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 52 STAT.] 75T CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 534-JUNE 20, 1938 alteration fully conform to the provisions of this Act and of the regu- lations adopted under this Act. In the event that said regulations provide for the issuance of certificates of occupancy or other form of permit to use, it shall be unlawful to use any building, structure, or land until such certificate or permit be first obtained. It shall be unlawful to erect, construct, reconstruct, alter, convert, or maintain or to use any building, structure, or part thereof or any land within the District of Columbia in violation of the provisions of this Act or of any of the provisions of the regulations adopted under this Act. The owner or person in charge of or maintaining any such building or land or any other person who erects, constructs, reconstructs, alters, con- verts, maintains, or uses any building or structure or part thereof or land in violation of this Act or of any regulation adopted under this Act, shall upon conviction for such violation on information filed in the police court of the District of Columbia by the corporation counsel or any of his assistants in the name of said District and which court is hereby authorized to hear and determine such cases, be punished by a fine of not more than $100 per day for each and every day such violation shall continue. The corporation counsel of the District of Columbia or any neighboring property owner or occupant who would be specially damaged by any such violation may, in addition to all other remedies provided by law, institute injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate action or proceeding to prevent such unlawful erec- tion, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion, maintenance, or use, or to correct or abate such violation or to prevent the occupancy of such building, structure, or land. SEC. 11. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall enforce the regulations adopted under the authority hereof. Noth- ing herein contained shall be construed to limit the authority of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to make municipal regu- lations which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act and the regulations adopted hereunder. SEC. 12. Wherever the regulations made under the authority of this Act require a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces, or require a lower height of buildings or smaller number of stories, or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or impose other higher standards than are required in or under any other statute or municipal regulations, the regulations made under authority of this Act shall govern. Wherever the provisions of any other statute or municipal regulations require a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces or require a lower height of buildings or smaller number of stories or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied or impose other higher standards than are required by the regulations made under authority of this Act, the provisions of such other statute or municipal regulation shall govern. SEC. 13. The word "amend", "amendment", "amendments", or "amended", when used in this Act in relation to the zoning regu- lations, shall be deemed to include any modification of the text or phraseology of the regulations or of any provision of the regula- tions or any regulation or any repeal or elimination of any regu- lation or regulations or part thereof or any addition to the regula- tions or any new regulation or any change of or in the wording or content of the regulations. The word "amend", "amendment", "amendments", or "amended", when used in this Act in relation to the zoning maps or any map, shall be deemed to include any change in the number, shape, boundary, or area of any district or districts, any repeal or abolition of any such map or any part thereof, any addition to any such map, any new map or maps, or any other change in the maps or any map. The words "administrative decision", 36525°-?-8 - -51 801 Certificates of occu- pancy, etc. Construction, etc., in violation of Act or regulations. Penalty. Injunction, etc., pro- ceedings. Enforcement of reg- ulations. Effect of regulations on future construc- tion, etc. Conflicts with other statutes or regula- tions. Terms defined.

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