Certificate of Occupancy

City of Washington, DC (District of Columbia)
All applicants for a Basic Business License operating from a commercial location in the District of Columbia must provide a Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) for the premise address from which the business activity is conducted in order to demonstrate the activity does not conflict with building and zoning codes. A certificate of occupancy is needed to occupy any structure other than a single family dwelling, including two family flats, apartment houses, and all commercial uses.
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Last Updated 2026-04-22T05:02:01.000Z
Geospatial Bounds -77.1118,38.8128,-76.9101,38.9902
Portal Type arcgis
Success True
Quality Score
100%
Usable
Yes
Total Rows
80,097
Valid Geometries
80,097 / 80,097

Schema Compliance

Geometry Type Point
CRS {"$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjso...
WGS84 Yes
Required Columns Yes

Spatial Bounds

SW: (-77.1118, 38.8128)
NE: (-76.9101, 38.9902)

Column Completeness

Column Completeness
id 100.0%
names 100.0%
categories 100.0%
operating_status 100.0%
addresses 100.0%
sources 100.0%
source_properties 100.0%
phones 0.0%
websites 0.0%
socials 0.0%
emails 0.0%

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business (80,097)

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