Official notice of Urban Renewal Plans, Agency statutory authority, and other public records of the Agency, and of any matter of which courts may take judicial notice may be taken by the Board.
Materials which may be officially noticed shall include, but are not limited to, the District of Columbia Redevelopment Act of 1945, as amended by D.C. Code § 5-801 et seq. (1981), and the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, and shall be considered a part of the official record without formal introduction into evidence.
Where a decision by the Board rests upon official notice of a material fact, the decision will so state and shall allow any party upon request to have an opportunity to show to the contrary. This request shall be filed and served within the time and in the manner prescribed in the decision.
Where a decision has rested upon official notice of a material fact and has afforded the parties an opportunity to show to the contrary, no further opportunity to show to the contrary shall be allowed.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 10, r. 10-B2024