Section 24-3511. SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSES

 

3511.1 The Department may suspend or revoke a public space permit issued to an intercity bus service operator for any of the following reasons:

 

(a) Failure to comply with any condition of the public space permit, including failure to pay a fee;

 

(b) Failure to cure any violation cited under § 3510.1 or failure to pay the associated fine;

 

(c) Failure to satisfy any outstanding traffic or parking citation for which the intercity bus service operator was deemed to have admitted or that was sustained after a hearing;

 

(d) Falsification of any material information provided on the permit application;

 

(e) Failure to respond to any written request by the Department;

 

(f) Negative impact on vehicular and pedestrian flow or congestion caused in whole or in part by the intercity bus service operations;

 

(g) Causing a public safety hazard; or

 

(h) Causing a negative impact on rail or bus transit operations.

 

3511.2 Prior to suspending or revoking a public space permit under this section, the Department shall provide fifteen (15) days written notice to the intercity bus service operator committing any of the violations listed in § 3510.1.

 

3511.3Notwithstanding § 3510.2, the Department may immediately suspend or revoke the permit issued to the intercity bus service operator if the intercity bus operations cause or contribute to a public safety hazard.

 

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, 5335 (June 24, 2011).