Skip to main content
Profile Setting Icon  SETTINGS ×

Preferred Language


Notification Preferences

  MESSAGE CENTER ×

December 2023 Updates

This release of the DC One-Stop Business Portal will contain the following features:

Business Dashboard and Checklist Updates

The business dashboard and checklists were updated to better organize the information. In addition to the redesign the following updates were made:
  • Ability to apply for the basic business checklist item after the DC Health Inspection.
  • Ability for street vending business owners to start a new checklist when adding or replacing their vehicles.
  • Ability for an applicant to abandon an application from their dashboard.

Sidewalk Site Approval Process Updates

  • Ability for the applicant to receive email notifications when sidewalk location requests are approved.
  • For a sidewalk location, if the street vending license application is left unpaid for 7 business days, the application will become abandoned.
  • For a non-sidewalk location, if the street vending license application is left unpaid for 5 business days, the application will become abandoned.

Street Vending Business License Application Updates

  • Ability to request a vending unit inspection appointment on the checklist
  • The welcome back page will display the stage of the application.
    • If deficient, there will be instructions on how to remedy their application.
      • Business Owners will be able to resubmit their deficient vehicle cart applications to be re-reviewed.
  • Ability to abandon a vending unit application if it has been deficient for 7 business days.
  • Ability to opt out of SMS reminders.
  • Ability to reschedule or cancel vending unit inspection appointments.
  • Ability to upload the DC Health Inspection report.
  • Ability to pay for the Propane Permit application within the portal.
  • Ability to reschedule a propane permit inspection which has previously failed.
  • Ability to reschedule a vending unit inspection which has previously failed.

Street Vending Business License Application Notifications

  • Ability to notify business owners of the following:
    • Their site permit details once approved.
    • Their invoice information and instructions on how to pay for it.
    • Email reminders of their upcoming vending unit inspections appointment in 3 days.
    • Email confirmation with their vending unit inspection appointment details. 
    • If opted into SMS reminders, the applicant will receive the welcome message
    • Status update notifications will be sent when DLCP and/or FEMS passes or fails the vending unit inspection