Section 24-3505. USE OF LOADING ZONE; DISPLAY OF PERMIT

 

3505.1An intercity bus service operator shall use a permitted passenger loading zone for the drop-off and pick-up of passengers for intercity bus service.
 

3505.2No intercity bus service operator shall occupy a passenger loading zone except during the approved hours as posted on the sign.

 

3505.3No intercity bus service operator shall occupy an intercity bus service passenger loading zone other than a loading zone it has been permitted to use.

 

3505.4In occupying and making use of a passenger loading zone, the intercity bus service operator shall:

 

(a) Conduct intercity bus service passenger loading and unloading operations in public space only within its authorized passenger loading zone;

 

(b) Conduct active loading and unloading in a safe and expedient manner;

 

(c) Refrain from ticket vending or any other direct commercial activity on public space other than the loading and unloading of passengers; and

 

(d) Queue assembled passengers awaiting intercity bus service in an orderly manner that maintains a ten foot (10 ft.) clear and unobstructed pedestrian pathway on the sidewalk in the Central Business District and a six foot (6 ft.) clear and unobstructed pedestrian pathway on the sidewalk in all other parts of the city, and that does not interfere with ingress or egress to adjacent buildings or businesses.

 

3505.5The intercity bus operator shall display a copy of the loading zone permit in a conspicuous location visible from the public space on the curb side of each authorized intercity motor carrier operating in the approved passenger loading zone.

 

authority

The Director of the District Department of Transportation (Department), pursuant to the authority set forth in sections 4(a)(5)(A) (assigning authority to coordinate and manage public space permits and records to the Department Director), 5(4)(A) (assigning duty to review and approve public space permit requests to the Department Director), and 6(b) (transferring the public right-of-way maintenance function previously delegated to the Department of Public Works under section III (F) of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1983 to the Department) 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(4)(A), and 50-921.05(b)(2009 Repl.)), and section 604 of the Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Support Act of 1996, effective April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-198; D.C. Official Code § 10-1141.04(2008 Repl.)), which was delegated to the Director of DPW pursuant to Mayor’s Order 96-175, dated December 9, 1996, and subsequently transferred to the Director of the Department in section 7 of the DDOT Establishment Act (transferring to the Director of the Department all transportation-related authority previously delegated to the Director of the Department of Public Works) (D.C. Official Code § 50-921.06(2009 Repl.)).

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 5323, 5331 (June 24, 2011).