Section 1-303.04 - Building regulations(a) The Council of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed to make and the Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed to enforce such building regulations for the said District as the Council may deem advisable.(b) Such rules and regulations made as above provided shall have the same force and effect within the District of Columbia as if enacted by Congress.June 14, 1878, 20 Stat. 131, ch. 194, §§ 1, 2. Electricity, authority of Council to make rules respecting production, use, and control, see § 2-131. Plumbing and drainage, maintenance of house and public sewers, regulations governing, see §§ 2-135 and 2-135. .