{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-47-803","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 47-803","heading":"Additional definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this chapter:\n\n(1)\nThe term \"community land trust\" means a nonprofit organization that:\n(A)\nAcquires and holds land for the purpose of providing and maintaining affordable housing for low- and moderate-income families in perpetuity; and\n(B)\nEmploys land leases as a method to secure the affordability of housing.\n\n(1A)\nThe term “condominium” means the ownership of a single dwelling unit in a horizontal property regime.\n\n(2)\nThe term “cooperative housing association” means an association, whether incorporated or unincorporated, organized for the purpose of owning and operating residential real property in the District of Columbia, the shareholders or members of which, by reason of their ownership of a stock or membership certificate, a proprietary lease or other evidence of membership, are entitled to occupy a dwelling unit pursuant to the terms of a proprietary lease or occupancy agreement.\n\n(3)\nThe term “dwelling unit” means any room or group of rooms forming a single unit which is used or intended to be used for living, sleeping and the preparation and eating of meals, and which is located within a building which is wholly or partially used or intended to be used for living and sleeping by human occupants.\n\n(4)\nThe term “horizontal property regime” shall have the meaning given that term by § 42-2003.\n\n(5)\nThe term “nontransient” means occupancy of a dwelling unit or units by any person(s) for a period of more than 5 consecutive days during any 1 stay in such unit(s).\n\n(6)\nThe term “single family residential property” means real property improved by a dwelling unit which is used exclusively for nontransient residential purposes and which contains not more than 1 dwelling unit whether as a row, detached or semidetached structure, or as a single condominium unit within a horizontal property regime.","path":["Title 47. Taxation, Licensing, Permits, Assessments, and Fees. [Enacted title]","Chapter 8. Real Property Assessment and Tax.","Subchapter I. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/47-803","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"f2270296916478a24e999c411cdbaff98a37e730592622ae1705aa0055feddb9","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-47-802","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-47-804"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}