2406.1 The Director is authorized to have signs prohibiting parking, except for those vehicles indicated by such signs, placed where government parking areas have been provided.

2406.2 The Director is authorized to have signs prohibiting parking placed on streets adjacent to any school on school days, or playgrounds between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., or for such lesser time as the Director may, in his or her discretion, establish.

2406.3 The Director is authorized to have signs prohibiting parking placed in front of the entrance of any of the following:

(a) A government or public building;

(b) A theater, hospital, hotel, club, or church;

(c) An apartment building in which twenty-five (25) or more separate families are housed;

(d) A restaurant having facilities for two hundred fifty (250) or more people or where there is a marquee or covered walkway; or

(e) The principal entrance of the embassy or legation of any foreign country.

2406.4 The Director is authorized to have signs prohibiting parking placed in front of the entrance of any office building having ten (10) or more offices, or the chancery of the embassy or legation of any foreign country between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.

2406.5 The Director is authorized to have signs prohibiting parking placed for a distance not to exceed sixty feet (60 ft.) along the curb in front of or along side of any building occupied by an embassy or legation of any foreign country, except for those vehicles bearing diplomatic motor vehicle identification tags.

2406.6 The Director is authorized to erect signs indicating “NO PARKING” from the intersection of curb lines of intersecting streets to a point twenty-five feet (25 ft.) in advance of and on the approach to a vehicle detector for traffic signals or for vehicle counters located in the road.

2406.7 The Director is authorized to erect signs indicating “NO PARKING” on any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed twenty feet (20 ft.) or on one side of any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed thirty feet (30 ft.).

2406.8 When official signs prohibiting parking are erected on narrow streets as authorized in § 2406.7, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign.

2406.9 The Director of the Department of Public Works is authorized to establish reserved on-street parking spaces for exclusive use of individuals with disabilities provided:

(a) Parking in spaces established pursuant to this subsection shall be permitted only for the use of individuals with disabilities utilizing vehicles displaying special license tags or special permits issued pursuant to Chapter 27 or issued by other state or Country.

(b) To the extent deemed practical and lawful by the Director, such spaces shall be located adjacent to or nearby a curb cut or driveway;

(c) All parking meters shall meet the standards of the American with Disability Act Accessibility Guidelines; and

(d) Unauthorized vehicles parked in such spaces shall be in violation of and subject to the fine set forth in § 2601.

(e) The Director may establish reasonable payment and time limitations for parking in the spaces established pursuant to this subsection; provided, that any time restrictions established allow twice the period of parking time permitted at the nearest non-reserved, time-limited parking space.

(f) No later than 10 days after the effective date of the Parking Amendment Act of 2006, passed on 2nd reading on July 11, 2006 (Enrolled version of Bill 16-536), the Director of the District Department of Transportation shall commence a study to determine the appropriate locations of the reserved parking spaces authorized by this subsection. The study shall also address the accessibility of parking meters for persons with disabilities and identify any alternative means by which meter payment requirements can be met.

2406.10 The Director may establish the parking spaces authorized by § 2406.9, without first publishing the notice provided for in section 6 of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedures Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1204; D.C. Code § 1-1506), but shall provide affected Advisory Neighborhood Commissions with thirty-days (30) written notice of the intent to establish such spaces.

2406.11 The Department shall implement a public education program on changes in the handicapped parking procedures consisting of the following:

(a) The placing of informational cards in all Department of Motor Vehicles offices in collaboration with the Department of Public Works;

(b) Notifying District and federal agencies, community and civic organizations,

businesses, and property managers for dissemination to their tenants;

(c) Providing reminder notices to the disabled community;

(d) Providing notices to all District hotels and visitor centers; and

(e) Undertaking any additional public education and information efforts deemed appropriate by the Director or the Department of Public Works.

2406.12 The Director is authorized to establish reserved on-street parking spaces for the exclusive use of car-sharing vehicles provided:

(a) Parking in spaces established pursuant to this subsection shall be permitted only for vehicles registered to and operated by any car-sharing company in the District that enters into a one-year contract with the District that shall include, but not be limited to, the following provisions:

(1) The company must indemnify the District against legal liabilities associated with the use of public space with car-sharing operations;

(2) All company car-sharing vehicles parked in the District, regardless of whether they are located on private or public space, must be registered in the District of Columbia and display District license plates;

(3) Up to seven (7) cars must be located in low-income neighborhoods as identified by DDOT even if such locations are not desired or requested by the company;

(4) The company must provide a list of pre-existing private parking locations and agree not to eliminate any of these private parking locations until the size of their District fleet exceeds the pre-existing fleet size by 50%. Thereafter, the company may eliminate one private parking space for each additional public parking space up to a maximum of 25; and

(5) The company shall provide DDOT with data to help evaluate the impact of the program.

(b) These one-year contracts may be renewed, renegotiated or terminated based upon an evaluation of results. The Department reserves the rights to charge a fee for the reservation of public space should it determine that doing so is in the public interest;

(c) Unauthorized vehicles parked in such spaces shall be in violation of and subject to

the fine set forth in § 2601; and

(d) The Director may authorize the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue special license plates pursuant to this subsection properly identifying car-sharing vehicles as such, in order to aid in the enforcement of 24016.12(c).

2406.13 The Director may establish the parking spaces authorized by § 2406.12 without first publishing the notice provided for in section 6 of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedures Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1204; D.C. Code § 1-1506), but shall consult with affected Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs) and provide affected ANCs with thirty (30) days written notice of the intent to establish such spaces.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 4744 (May 20, 2005); and as amended by D.C. Act 16-453 published at 53 DCR 6499 (August 11, 2006).