Section 24-3510. FINES

 

3510.1An intercity bus service operator shall be subject to the following fines:

 

(a) Failure to obtain a permit for an intercity bus passenger loading zone: five hundred dollars ($500) for the first offense, one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the second offense, and one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for the third and all subsequent offenses.  Each bus loading or unloading passengers without a permit shall constitute a separate offense. 

 

(b) Failure to display a permit for the use of an intercity bus passenger loading zone: one hundred dollars ($100) for the first offense, two hundred dollars ($200) for the second offense, and three hundred dollars ($300) for the third and each subsequent offense.  Each bus failing to display a permit while loading or unloading passengers shall constitute a separate offense.

 

(c) Providing intercity bus passenger loading or unloading service outside of the hour(s) and day(s) of the week permitted: one hundred dollars ($100) for the first offense, two hundred dollars ($200) for the second offense, and three hundred dollars ($300) for the third and each subsequent offense.  Each bus loading or unloading passengers outside of the approved hour(s) or day(s) of the week permitted shall constitute a separate offense. 

 

(d) Failure to abide by a condition of the permit: two hundred dollars ($200) for the first offense and three hundred dollars ($300) for the second and each subsequent offense.

 

(e) Knowingly falsifying material information provided on the permit application:  one thousand dollars ($1,000).

 

3510.2The District Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Police Department may issue the fines specified in this section.

 

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, 5334 (June 24, 2011).