Buildings requiring loading shall have a designated trash area either within the building or within a loading berth or within an accessory building or structure immediately adjacent to the loading area or within an enclosed receptacle in a designated trash area within the loading area. All new development over two thousand square feet (2,000 sq. ft.) of gross floor area other than buildings with only one (1) or two (2) dwelling units must clearly show the area for the building's trash receptacles on the building plans.
Except for single dwelling units and flats, trash receptacles external to a building shall be screened and covered.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-C907