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DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING
The Director of the District Department of Transportation pursuant to the authority set forth in sections 6(b) and 7 of the Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002, effective May 21, 2002 (D.C. Law 14-137, D.C. Official Code §§ 50-921.05(b), and 50-921.06); Section 422 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act of 1973, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 790; D.C. Official Code 1-204.22); Title VI of the Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Support Act of 1996, effective April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-198; D.C. Official Code §§ 10-1141.01 et seq.); and Mayor’s Order 96-8, 43 DCR 615 (February 9, 1996), hereby gives notice of adoption of the following amendments to Chapter 1 of Title 24 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations. These rules allow all signs that are not lewd, indecent, or vulgar, or do not pictorially represent the commission of or the attempt to commit any crime to be posted on a structure in public space for sixty (60) days, and a sign, advertisement, or poster related to a specific event to be affixed any time prior to the event for which it is advertising or publicizing but be removed no later than thirty (30) days following the event.
A Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking was published in the D.C. Register on November 6, 2009 (56 DCR 8759).
The emergency rulemaking was adopted on November 2, 2009, and became effective immediately on that date. No changes have been made to the text of the emergency and proposed rules, as published.
These final rules shall become effective on the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.
Title 24 DCMR, Chapter 1, OCCUPATION AND USE OF PUBLIC SPACE, Section 108, SIGNS, POSTERS, AND PLACARDS, is amended as follows:
Subsections 108.5 and 108.6 are amended to read as follows:
108.5 A sign, advertisement, or poster not related to a specific event shall be affixed for no more than sixty (60) days.
108.6 A sign, advertisement, or poster related to a specific event may be affixed any time prior to the event but shall be removed no later than thirty (30) days following the event to which it is related.
