Section 24-4199. DEFINITIONS

 

4199.1 When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed:

 

Bus zone – a ten foot (10 ft.) wide strip of sidewalk parallel to the roadway and measured from the vertical face of the roadway curb toward the building line that runs the entire length of the area delineated as a bus zone by signage posted at the roadway curb.

 

DDOT or Department – District Department of Transportation.

 

Director – Director of the District Department of Transportation, or the Director's agent, representative, or designee.

 

Fixture - District government-authorized furniture or equipment that is secured or permanently affixed to public space.

 

Mail – Delivery of notice by U.S. Postal Service, electronic mail or other method of written message delivery.

 

MPD - Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia.

 

Owner – a person that owns or is in control of one or more publisher boxes placed, installed, or maintained on public space.  Each publisher box shall have a single owner for the purposes of this chapter.

 

Person – an individual or entity.

 

Public Space Committee - the Public Space Committee of the District of Columbia as established by Mayor’s Order 2009-114 on June 18, 2009.

 

Publisher box – a self-service or coin-operated box, container, storage unit, display or dispenser installed, used, or maintained for the display, distribution, or sale of newspapers or other periodicals.

 

Publisher box corral – a fixture, approved by the Public Space Committee, installed on public space for the purpose of controlling the placement of publisher boxes. 

 

Streetcar platform - the public right of way designated for public use as an embarkation/disembarkation or waiting area for the streetcar and which includes streetcar shelters, adjoining stairways, ramps and sidewalks and all attached equipment or fixtures.

 

 

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).