Section 18-2414. VISITOR OR TEMPORARY PERMITS

 

PART A: TEMPORARY HOME HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PARKING PERMITS

 

2414.1 The Director may issue a temporary home health care provider parking permit, valid for a period of up to sixty (60) days, for temporary use warranted by a resident’s medical necessity.

 

2414.2A temporary home health care provider parking permit may be issued for a zone even though the motor vehicle displays a residential permit parking sticker for another zone.

 

2414.3 The forgery, counterfeiting, or unauthorized use or replication of a temporary home health care provider parking permit shall be punishable by a fine of three hundred dollars ($300).

 

2414.4[RESERVED]

 

PART B:TEMPORARY VISITOR PARKING PERMITS

 

2414.5 The Chief of Police may issue a temporary visitor parking permit valid for a period of up to fifteen (15) days to visitors at an address on a residential permit parking block. 

 

2414.6 A temporary visitor parking permit shall be valid on a commercial vehicle only while the operator of the vehicle is actually involved in the performance of construction, maintenance, repair, or reconstruction work at an address on a residential permit parking street.

 

2414.7A temporary visitor parking permit may be issued for a zone even though the motor vehicle displays a residential permit parking sticker for another zone.

 

2414.8 The forgery, counterfeiting, or unauthorized use or replication of a temporary visitor parking permit shall be punishable by a fine of three hundred dollars ($300).

 

PART C:ANNUAL VISITOR PARKING PASS

 

2414.9An annual visitor parking pass (“VPP”) program is hereby established by the District Department of Transportation (“DDOT”) in the following areas of the District (the “VPP program area”):

 

(a)Wards 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; and

 

(b)Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2F.

 

2414.10Additional Advisory Neighborhood Commission areas in Ward 2 may be added to the annual VPP program area if:

 

(a)The Advisory Neighborhood Commission, by resolution, votes to request that DDOT add the Advisory Neighborhood Commission area to the annual VPP program area; and

 

(b)DDOT adds the Advisory Neighborhood Commission area to the annual VPP program by rulemaking.

 

2414.11Each housing unit located on a residential permit parking block or an ERPP block as defined by Subsection 2411.25 in the VPP program area shall be eligible to receive one (1) annual visitor parking pass.

 

2414.12(a) Each annual visitor parking pass shall authorize a person using the pass to park a vehicle only in the Advisory Neighborhood Commission area designated on the pass.

 

(b)The Advisory Neighborhood Commission area designated on the annual visitor parking pass shall be the geographic area of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission in which the housing unit for which the pass is issued is located.

 

2414.13Each annual visitor parking pass shall be valid during a single calendar year (from January 1 through December 31).  The calendar year shall be designated on the pass.

 

2414.14A person’s use of the annual visitor parking pass shall be valid only if:

 

(a)The pass is clearly displayed on the driver side of the vehicle dashboard;

 

(b)The vehicle is parked in the Advisory Neighborhood Commission area designated on the pass; 

 

(c)(1) The person using the pass is a guest of a resident in the Advisory Neighborhood Commission area designated on the pass; or

 

(2)If the pass is displayed on a commercial vehicle, the operator of the vehicle is actually involved in the performance of construction, maintenance, repair, or reconstruction work at an address in the Advisory Neighborhood Commission area designated on the pass; and

 

(d)The vehicle is parked in a location where it would be valid for a vehicle with a residential permit parking sticker to be parked.

 

2414.15 In order to obtain an annual visitor parking pass, a resident from an eligible housing unit shall:

 

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

 

(b)Provide confirmation of District residency.

 

2414.16After approval of an application by DDOT, DDOT shall mail the annual visitor parking pass to the address on the application.

 

2414.17An annual visitor parking pass may be used in an Advisory Neighborhood Commission area even though the motor vehicle displays a residential permit parking sticker for another zone.

 

2414.18The forgery, counterfeiting, sale, exchange for value, or unauthorized use or replication of an annual visitor parking pass shall be punishable by a fine of three hundred dollars ($300).

 

 

authority

Sections 4(5)(A) (assigning authority to coordinate and manage public space permits and records to the Department Director), 5(3)(D)(i) and (iii) (allocating and regulating on-street parking), and 5(4)(A) (assigning duty to review and approve public space permit requests to the Department Director) of the Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002 (“DDOT Establishment Act”), effective May 21, 2002 (D.C. Law 14-137; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-921.03(5)(A), 50-921.04(3)(D)(i) and (iii), and 50-921.04(4)(A)) (2012 Repl.)), and Sections 6(a)(6) and 6(b), of the District of Columbia Traffic Act, approved March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1121; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-2201.03 (a)(6), and (b) (2012 Repl.)).

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).