Section 24-101. STREETS AND ROADS

 

101.1Without a permit from the District, no person shall make an excavation in or under any public street, avenue, or other public place; and no person shall remove from or deposit on any public street, avenue, or other public place, any earth or other material.

 

101.2Without a permit, no person shall destroy, cut, or injure the footway or roadway of any street, avenue, or other public place.

 

101.3No person shall place or maintain in the footway of any pavement any stopcock box, street washer, vent, vault, cover, cellar door, or any hinge that projects above the level of the pavement or above any vault cover with a smooth surface.

 

101.4Without a permit, no person shall erect a fence or wall, or plant a tree, in any public street, avenue, or other public space; except as provided §§102 through 104.

 

101.5No part of any street shall be used for the keeping, depositing, storing, displaying, selling, valet staging or valet parking of vehicles of any kind, except when authorized under a permit issued in conformity with the provisions of chapter 3 or 16 of this title.

 

101.6Any permit issued by the Mayor under the provisions of this title shall be displayed at all times at the address of work indicated on the permit.

 

101.7Any person issued excavation permits pursuant to section 101.1 shall comply with all terms and conditions of the permit, the District of Columbia Department of Public Works Standard Specifications for Highways and Structures (1996), and Chapter 34 of this title, as those specifications and that Chapter is amended from time to time.

 

101.8Any person issued a valet staging or valet parking permit pursuant to section 101.5 shall comply with all terms and conditions of the permit and Chapter 16 of this title, as that chapter is amended from time to time.

 

 

authority

The Director of the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), pursuant to the authority set forth in sections 3(b), 5(3)(D)(i), 5(3)(D)(iii), 6(c), and 7 of the Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002, effective May 21, 2002 (D.C. Law 14-137; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-921.02(b), 50-921.04(3)(D)(i), 50-921.04(3)(D)(iii), 50-921.05(c), and 50-921.06)) (2009 Repl); Mayor’s Order 2009-62 (April 21, 2009); Title VI of the Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Support Act of 1996, effective April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-198; D.C. Official Code § 10-1141.01, et seq.) (2008 Repl.); Mayor’s Order 96-8 (February 9, 1996); the Litter Control Administration Act of 1985, effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-100; D.C. Official Code § 8-801, et seq.) (2008 Repl. and 2009 Supp.) (Litter Control Act); and Mayor’s Order 2000-184 (December 5, 2000),

source

Article 4, §20, and Article 8, §§1-3 of the Police Regulations (May 1981); as amended by §5 of the Litter Control Expansion Amendment Act of 1987, D.C. Laws 7-38, 34 DCR 5326, 5329 (August 14, 1987); as amended by Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 9918(December 15, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 3075 (April 6, 2001); as amended by Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 5059 (June 11, 2010)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 8025, 8026 (September 3, 2010).