Section 18-2704. ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL LICENSE TAGS OR PARKING PERMIT

 

2704.1The Director shall issue either a special license tag or a special parking permit that displays the Universal Symbol of Accessibility to any District resident who satisfies the requirements in §§ 2701.1(a), (b), (c), or (d); except that if the resident does not own a motor vehicle only the permit shall be issued.

 

2704.2The special parking permit shall be displayed so that it is readable through the front windshield of the vehicle.

 

2704.3Except as provided in §§ 2406.9 and 2406.11, a vehicle displaying a disability license tag or disability parking permit for an individual with a disability, whether issued by the District or any other jurisdiction shall be subject to any time limitation or meter payment requirement established for any space in which the vehicle is parked, as indicated on the sign or meter denoting the space and shall not be engaged in vending. 

 

2704.4Notwithstanding § 2704.3, a vehicle displaying a disability license tag or disability parking permit for an individual with a disability, whether issued by the District or any other jurisdiction, shall be permitted to park for twice the period of time as posted on a residential permit parking designated block.

 

2704.5[REPEALED].

 

2704.6The special license tags shall be renewed at the time of registration; the special parking permit issued to a person qualifying under §§ 2701.1(a) through (d) shall be renewed every eight (8) years, except that the Director may issue a permit of greater duration, not to exceed nine (9) years, or lesser duration, so that the permit shall expire at the same time that the person’s District driver’s license or special identification card expires.

 

2704.7[REPEALED].

 

2704.8The issuance of the permit shall involve no fee over and above the annual fee required to maintain a driver’s license and motor vehicle registration.

 

2704.9A person qualifying under § 2701.1(e) shall only be eligible for a special parking permit for the likely duration of the disability, as determined by the Director.

 

2704.10Until such time as the Director has established a program for reserved on-street metered parking spaces outside the Central Business District in accordance with § 2406.10, a vehicle displaying a disability license tag or disability parking permit for a person with a disability, whether issued by the Director or any other jurisdiction, shall be permitted to park at a metered space outside of the Central Business District, without depositing payment established for the on-street metered parking space, for twice the period of time, but not to exceed four (4) hours.

 

 

authority

Sections 5(3)(D) (allocating and regulating on-street parking) and 6(b) (transferring to the Department the parking management function previously delegated to the Department of Public Works under Section III (H) of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1983) 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) (2014 Repl. & 2016 Supp.)) and 50-921.05(b) (2014 Repl.), and Section 3 of the People First Respectful Language Modernization Amendment Act of 2006, effective September. 29, 2006 (D.C. Law 16-169; D.C. Official Code § 2-632 (2012 Repl. & 2016 Supp.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 37 DCR 5692 (August 31, 1990); as amended by the Department of Motor Vehicles Reform Amendment Act of 2004, effective April 8, 2005 (D.C. Law 15-307; 52 DCR 1700 (February 25, 2005)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 5759 (June 17, 2005); as amended by the Parking Amendment Act of 2006, effective November 16, 2006 (D.C. Law 16-175; 53 DCR 6499 (August 11, 2006)); as amended by the Department of Motor Vehicles Service and Safety Amendment Act of 2006, effective March 14, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-279; 54 DCR 903 (February 2, 2007)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 6698 (August 21, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 11887 (September 30, 2016).