2414 ANNUAL VISITOR PARKING PASSES AND TEMPORARY PARKING PERMITS

2414.1 The Director may issue temporary visitor parking permits to a housing unit on a residential permit parking block, for use by visitors to the housing unit; provided, that the Director may not issue temporary visitor parking permits to a housing unit that, in the aggregate, are valid for a period of time in excess of ninety (90) days per calendar year.

2414.2 The Director may issue a temporary home health care provider parking permit to a housing unit on a residential permit parking block, valid for a period of up to one hundred and eighty (180) days, for use by a home health care provider providing service to a resident of the housing unit as warranted by the resident's medical necessity.

2414.3 The issuance of a temporary home health care provider parking permit under § 2414.2 shall not count against a housing unit's ninety (90)-day per calendar year limit for temporary visitor parking permits under § 2414.1.

2414.4 The Director may issue one (1) annual visitor parking pass per twelve (12) month period to a housing unit located on a residential permit parking block or an ERPP block as defined by § 2438. The annual visitor parking pass shall be valid for each day of that twelve (12) month period, for use by visitors to the housing unit.

2414.5 To obtain a pass or permit under this section, a resident of an eligible housing unit shall:

(a) Submit an application, either online or over the telephone, in a format provided by DDOT; and

(b) Provide proof of residency at the housing unit.

2414.6 Each pass or permit issued under this section shall authorize the person using the pass or permit to park a vehicle only in the area designated on or by the pass.

2414.7 The area designated on or by the pass or permit shall be the geographic area of the ANC in which the housing unit for which the pass or permit is issued is located.

2414.8 Each pass or permit issued under this section may be used within the area designated on the pass even if the motor vehicle using the permit or pass displays a residential permit parking sticker for another zone.

2414.9 The Director may issue a permit or pass described in this section in a

physical or electronic form.

2414.10 A person's use of a permit or pass under this section shall be valid only if:

(a) The person using the permit or pass is visiting the housing unit for which the pass was issued;

(b) The vehicle using the pass or permit is parked within the geographic area designated on or by the pass or permit;

(c) The vehicle using the pass or permit is parked in a location where it would be valid for a vehicle with a residential permit parking sticker to be parked at that date and time; and

(d) In the case of a physical permit or pass only, the permit or pass is clearly displayed on the driver side of the vehicle dashboard so that the following information is visible from outside the vehicle:

(1) The designated geographic area within which a vehicle displaying the permit or pass is authorized to park;

(2) The dates or time period during which the permit or pass is valid; and

(3) For a temporary visitor parking permit or temporary home health care provider parking permit, the license plate information of the vehicle for which the permit or pass was issued.

2414.11 The forgery, counterfeiting, sale, exchange for value, or unauthorized use or replication of a permit or pass described in this section shall be punishable by a fine of three hundred dollars ($300).

2414.12 Notwithstanding subsections 2414.4 and 2414.9:

(a) Any annual visitor parking permit valid through December 31, 2020, shall expire December 31, 2022.

(b)

(1) DDOT shall make a physical visitor parking pass to eligible residents at no cost, which shall be valid until December 31, 2022.

(2) A resident shall be considered eligible for a visitor parking pass under this paragraph when the resident complies with subsection 2414.5 and certifies to DDOT that they do not currently possess a visitor parking pass for calendar year 2020.

SOURCE: The Parking Enhancement Amendment Act of 2006, effective November 16, 2006 (D.C. Law 16-186; 53 DCR 6719 (August 18, 2006)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 10066 (October 19, 2007); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 003972 (April 11, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 7993 (July 25, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 12906 (December 26, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 1812 (February 27, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13365 (November 23, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 10573 (October 10, 2014); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 11212 (October 24, 2014); as amended by the Temporary Parking Permit Limitation Regulation Amendment Act of 2018, effective March 28, 2019 (D.C. Law 22-0270; 66 DCR 1444 (February 1, 2019)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 10565 (August 16, 2019); as amended by the Temporary Visitor Parking Permit Program Transfer Regulation Amendment Act of 2019, effective January 1, 2020 (D.C. Law 23-0016; 66 DCR 8621 (July 26, 2019 – part 1)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 3327 (March 26, 2021); as amended by the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Support Act of 2022, effective September 21, 2022 (D.C. Law 24-0167; 69 DCR 009223 (July 29, 2022)).