D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 10-A, § 416

T-3.2 Curbside Management and Parking

Effective Aug 21, 2021Authority: Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2021, effective August 21, 2021 (D.C. Law 24-20; 68 DCR 006918 (July 16, 2021)). Source: District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984, effective April 10, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-76; 31 DCR 1049 (March 9, 1984)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984 Land Use Element Amendment Act of 1984, effective March 16, 1985 (D.C. Law 5-187; 32 DCR 873 (February 15, 1985)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1989, effective May 23, 1990 (D.C. Law 8-129; 37 DCR 55 (January 5, 1990)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1989 NCPC-Recommended Amendments, and Closing of Public Alleys in Square 669, S.O. 88-452, Act of 1990, effective May 23, 1990 (D.C. Law 8-132; 37 DCR 2213 (April 6, 1990)); as amended by District Government Land Use Temporary Amendment Act of 1994, effective October 1, 1994 (D.C. Law 10-190; 41 DCR 5360 (August 12, 1994)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1994, effective October 6, 1994 (D.C. Law 10-193; 41 DCR 5536 (August 19, 1994)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984 Land Use Amendment Act of 1994, effective March 21, 1995 (D.C. Law 10-235; 42 DCR 30 (January 6, 1995)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 1996, effective April 18, 1996 (D.C. Law 11-110; 43 DCR 530 (February 9, 1996)); as amended by Second Technical Amendments Act of 1996, effective April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-255; 44 DCR 1271 (March 7, 1997)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 1998, effective April 27, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-275; 46 DCR 1441 (February 19, 1999)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 1999, effective April 12, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-91; 47 DCR 520 (January 28, 2000)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2006, effective March 8, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-300; 54 DCR 924 (February 2, 2007)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 2008, effective March 25, 2009 (D.C. Law 17-353; 56 DCR 1117 (February 6, 2009)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-361; 58 DCR 908 (February 4, 2011)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2021, effective August 21, 2021 (D.C. Law 24-20; 68 DCR 006918 (July 16, 2021)).District of Columbia, Office of the Secretary

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416.1 The public curbside, the space along the street between travel lanes and sidewalk, is limited real estate. Within this space, many essential activities of urban life occur: buses pull in and out, delivering thousands of passengers a day; residents and visitors come and go; and shoppers and diners arrive and depart. It is an active place, the use and management of which affects adjacent businesses and local neighborhoods. Demands on the public curbside space are diverse and come from residents, workers, visitors, patrons, deliverers, and travelers of all means and modes. The needs and desires for curbside use are not uniform throughout the District. In some areas, competition for curbside space is fierce, while in other areas, demand is comparatively light. As new vehicle technologies develop and become commercially available, the District will explore ways to receive parking data from them, enhancing the District's parking management system. DDOT's District Mobility Project includes a tool to visualize multimodal transportation system performance.

416.2 DDOT manages 1,392 miles of public curbside. Curbside space is generally available for anyone to use, at least for short durations, except in areas with curbside restrictions due to traffic safety and specific, reserved uses, such as residential permit parking, commercial loading zones, diplomatic parking, motorcycle parking, metered parking, motor coach parking, and valet staging zones. The District does not own or operate off-street garages and lots for public use.

416.3 Policy T-3.2.1: Parking Duration in Commercial Areas Using pricing, time limits, and curbside regulations, encourage motorists to use public curbside parking for short-term needs, and promote curbside turnover and use while pushing longer-term parking needs to private, off-street parking facilities.

416.4 Policy T-3.2.2: Employing Innovations in Parking Consider and implement new, asset-light technologies and approaches to increase the efficiency, management, and customer use of curb space, while minimizing barriers to entry such as price or lack of access to technology. These include pay-by-cell parking metering, digitizing the curbside management permit distribution system, and multimodal dynamic demand-based parking pricing.

416.5 Policy T-3.2.3: Repurposing Parking Consider the potential reuse of parking facilities at the outset of their design to future-proof them. These uses could include housing, office, retail, and/or other non-vehicle-storage-related uses. Future-proofing considerations could include the design and configuration of ramps, column spacing, ceiling heights, natural light exposure, ventilation, and elevators in ways that could support other uses.

416.6 Action T-3.2.A: Short-Term Parking Continue to work with existing private parking facilities to encourage and provide incentives to convert a portion of the spaces now designated for all-day commuter parking to shorter-term parking to meet the demand for retail, entertainment, and mid-day parking.416.7 Action T-3.2.B: Carshare Parking Continue to provide strategically placed and well-defined curbside parking for carshare vehicles, particularly near Metrorail stations, major transit nodes, and major employment destinations, and in medium- and high-density neighborhoods.416.8 Action T-3.2.C: Curbside Management Techniques Revise curbside management and on-street parking policies to:- • Adjust parking pricing to reflect the demand for, and value of, curb space; - • Adjust the boundaries for residential parking zones; - • Establish parking policies that respond to the different parking needs of different types of areas; - • Expand the times and days for meter parking enforcement in commercial areas; - • Promote management of parking facilities that serve multiple uses (e.g., commuters, shoppers, recreation, entertainment, churches, special events ); - • Improve the flexibility and management of parking through mid-block meters, provided that such meters are reasonably spaced and located to accommodate persons with disabilities; - • Preserve, manage, and increase alley space or similar off-street loading space; - • Increase enforcement of parking limits, double-parking, bike lane obstruction, and other curbside violations, including graduated fines for repeat offenses and towing for violations on key designated arterials; and - • Explore increasing curbside access for EV supply equipment.416.9 Action T-3.2.D: Unbundle Parking Cost Find ways to unbundle the cost of parking. For residential units, this means allowing those purchasing or renting property to opt out of buying or renting

parking spaces. Unbundling should be required for District-owned or subsidized development and encouraged for other developments. Employers should provide a parking cash-out option, allowing employees who are offered subsidized parking the choice of taking the cash equivalent if they use other travel modes. Further measures to reduce housing costs associated with off-street parking requirements, including waived or reduced parking requirements in the vicinity of Metrorail stations and along major transit corridors, should be pursued. These efforts should be coupled with programs to better manage residential street parking in neighborhoods of high parking demand, including adjustments to the costs of residential parking permits.

416.10 Action T-3.2.E: Manage Off-Street Parking Supply

Continue to waive or reduce parking requirements in the vicinity of Metrorail stations and along major transit corridors, as implemented during the recent revision of the zoning regulations. Explore further reductions in requirements as the demand for parking is reduced through changes in market preferences, technological innovation, and the provision of alternatives to car ownership. Update the Mayor’s Parking Taskforce Report with more recent parking data, and monitor parking supply on an ongoing basis.

416.11 Action T-3.2.F: Encourage Shared-Use Parking

Collaborate with private, off-street parking facilities to encourage shared-use parking arrangements with nearby adjacent uses to maximize the use of off-street parking facilities.

SOURCE: District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984, effective April 10, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-76; 31 DCR 1049 (March 9, 1984)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984 Land Use Element Amendment Act of 1984, effective March 16, 1985 (D.C. Law 5-187; 32 DCR 873 (February 15, 1985)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1989, effective May 23, 1990 (D.C. Law 8-129; 37 DCR 55 (January 5, 1990)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1989 NCPC-Recommended Amendments, and Closing of Public Alleys in Square 669, S.O. 88-452, Act of 1990, effective May 23, 1990 (D.C. Law 8-132; 37 DCR 2213 (April 6, 1990)); as amended by District Government Land Use Temporary Amendment Act of 1994, effective October 1, 1994 (D.C. Law 10-190; 41 DCR 5360 (August 12, 1994)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1994, effective October 6, 1994 (D.C. Law 10-193; 41 DCR 5536 (August 19, 1994)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984 Land Use Amendment Act of 1994, effective March 21, 1995 (D.C. Law 10-235; 42 DCR 30 (January 6, 1995)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 1996 effective April 18, 1996 (D.C. Law 11-110; 43 DCR 530 (February 9, 1996)); as amended by Second Technical Amendments Act of 1996 effective April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-255; 44 DCR 1271 (March 7, 1997)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 1998, effective April 27, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-275; 46 DCR 1441 (February 19, 1999)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 1999, effective April 12, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-91; 47 DCR 520 (January 28, 2000)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2006, effective March 8, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-300; 54 DCR 924 (February 2, 2007)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 2008, effective March 25, 2009 (D.C. Law 17-353; 56 DCR 1117 (February 6, 2009)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-361; 58 DCR 908 (February 4, 2011)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2021, effective August 21, 2021 (D.C. Law 24-20; 68 DCR 006918 (July 16, 2021)).