Section 18-2409. RESTRICTED USE OF VALET STAGING ZONES, TAXICAB STANDS, AND PUBLIC TRANSIT BUS STOPS, ZONES, AND STANDS

 

2409.1 The Director may:

(a)Prohibit parking and/or standing at public transit bus stops, zones, and stands; taxicab stands; and valet staging zones;

(b)Determine the dimensions of the area where parking and/or standing at such stops, zones, and stands will be prohibited; and

(c)Erect signs designating the areas where such parking and/or standing are prohibited.

2409.2At locations where a bus stop sign is posted by WMATA or DC Circulator, but signs restricting parking at the bus stop are not posted, there shall be no parking or standing by vehicles other than a bus within eighty feet (80 ft.) of the approach side of a bus stop sign; provided, that a vehicle may stop momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers; provided further, that the loading or unloading of materials is prohibited.

 

2409.3 Except as provided in Subsection 2409.4, no person shall stand or park a vehicle in a valet staging zone unless authorized to do so; in a public transit bus stop, zone, or stand, other than a public transit bus authorized to use the bus stop, zone, or stand; or in a taxicab stand, other than a taxicab authorized to use the taxicab stand.

 

2409.4A driver of a passenger vehicle may stand in an area described in § 2409.3 for the purpose of and while actually picking up or discharging passengers, as long as such standing does not interfere with any vehicle, public transit bus, or taxicab, about to enter or exit the stop, stand, or zone designated for the use of such vehicle.

 

2409.5The driver of a vehicle stopping in a stand, stop, or zone designated for public transit buses, taxicabs, or valet staging  in accordance with § 2409.4, shall at all times remain with his or her vehicle.

 

2409.6The prohibition against parking or standing at stops, zones, and stands designated for public transit buses, taxicabs, or valet staging shall be effective at all times, unless a less restricted time period is designated by an official sign.

 

authority

Sections 5(3)(D) (allocating and regulating on-street parking and curb regulations) and 6(c) (transferring to the Department the authority and function to make traffic rules and regulations previously elegated to the Department of Public Works under Section IV(A) of the Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1983, the Department ofTransportation under Section IV(G) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1975, and the Director of Highways and Traffic under Commissioner Order No. 68-554) of the Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002, effective May 21, 2002 (D.C. Law 14-137; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-921.04(3)(D) and 50-921.05(c) (2014 Repl.)).

source

Commissioners’ Order 274, 310/949, effective September 1, 1949; 17 DCRR §§ 86(e), (f); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 5516 (July 7, 2006); as amended by Emergency Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 6221 (May 30, 2008)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Emergency Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 10030 (September 26, 2008)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 79 (January 2, 2009); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 5059 (June 11, 2010)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 8024 (September 3, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 14092 (October 30, 2015).