Section 24-4100. PLACEMENT OF PUBLISHER BOXES ON PUBLIC SPACE

 

4100.1Any person may place, maintain, or operate a publisher box on public space after first obtaining an annual public space permit from the Director of the District Department of Transportation (“Director”). 

 

4100.2The Director shall issue an annual public space permit when the following conditions are satisfied:

 

(a) A non-refundable public space permit application fee of fifty dollars ($50) has been paid;

 

(b) The Director determines that the information and documentation submitted pursuant to § 4101 are complete; and

 

(c) An annual public space permit fee of one dollar ($1) per publisher box per year has been paid.

 

4100.3As a condition of the annual public space permit, the permittee shall indemnify and hold harmless the District of Columbia, its officers, employees or agents from any and all liability, loss, or damage the District of Columbia may suffer as a result of claims, demands, costs, or judgments against it arising from the placement of the publisher box.

 

4100.4An owner of an existing publisher box on public space must obtain the annual public space permit required by § 4100.1 by June 1, 2017.  

 

4100.5Notwithstanding § 4100.2(a), the fifty dollar ($50) public space permit application fee shall only be charged for the original permit application and shall not be charged when submitting an application to renew or to amend the original permit.  The fee to renew or amend an annual permit shall be based solely on the permit fee per box per year pursuant to § 4100.2(c).

 

4100.6If after securing the annual public space permit, the owner no longer wishes to place publisher boxes in public space, the owner must request a refund within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date the permit was issued pursuant to 24 DCMR § 225.3. 

 

 

authority

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), 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), 9j (granting the Director rulemaking authority), and 9(j) (authorizing civil fines and penalties) 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), 50-921.05(b), 50-921.18, and 50-921.19 (2014 Repl.& 2015 Supp.)), Sections 604 and 607 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 and 10-1141.07 (2013 Repl. & 2015 Supp.)), Subtitle C of Title VI of the Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Support Act of 2004, effective December 7, 2004 (D.C. Law 15-205; D.C. Official Code §§ 10-1181.01 et seq. (2013 Repl. & 2015 Supp.)), and the Public Space Enforcement Amendment Act of 2014, effective March 11, 2015 (D.C. Law 20-207; 61 DCR 12690 (December 19, 2014)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 14191 (November 18, 2016).