District of Columbia Code Division I. Government of District. § 8-1556. Exemptions.

(1) Publishing notice of the proposed exemption for a 30-day period for public comment and explaining why enforcement of the section 3 requirement would result in unnecessary hardship or practical difficulty to the applicant, and why the public health and welfare would not be endangered or the public interest would be served by the exemption;  and

(2) After the public comment period has closed, publishing the approved exemption, including a description of any differences between the approved exemption and initially proposed exemption, and responses to any public comments received during the comment period.