Section 24-3599. DEFINITIONS

 

3599.1For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

 

Adjacent property owner – a person who owns the private property nearest the curb where the intercity bus operator plans to establish an intercity bus passenger loading zone.  The adjacent property owner is on the same side of the street as the intercity bus passenger loading zone.

 

Bus – a motor vehicle with a seating capacity of more than twenty-five (25) passengers, exclusive of the driver, that is used for the transportation of passengers;

 

Department - District Department of Transportation

 

Director - Director of the District Department of Transportation.

 

Intercity bus – a bus used for intercity bus service.

 

Intercity bus service operator – a company that operates intercity buses.

 

Intercity bus service – regularly scheduled bus service for the general public which operates with limited stops over fixed routes connecting two (2) or more areas not in close proximity, and which has the capacity for transporting baggage carried by passengers.

 

Intercity bus service passenger loading zone or intercity bus passenger loading zone – a segment of a curb lane designated by signs prohibiting general purpose parking or standing to facilitate loading and unloading of passengers for intercity bus service.

 

Occupy – the parking, as that term is defined in 18 DCMR § 9901, of an intercity bus in a public right-of-way under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia Government for any purpose.

 

Person - a person, utility, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.

 

Public right-of-way – all the publicly owned property between the property lines on a street as such property lines are shown on the records of the District of Columbia, including the roadways, tree spaces, sidewalks, and alleys.

 

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, 5336 (June 24, 2011).