The District’s highest court has upheld Fenty administration-backed legislation that empowered government regulators to shut down outdoor used car lots, many of which served as “chop shops.”
The D.C. Court of Appeals ruling stems back to December 2008, when Mayor Adrian Fenty introduced and received D.C. Council approval for emergency legislation that required used car dealers to either cover their lots or move to industrial zones.
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