4891824 Taxicab Commission, DC - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Amendments to Chapter 5, regarding taxicab company parking
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TAXICAB COMMISSION
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
The District of Columbia Taxicab Commission, pursuant to the authority set forth in Sections 8(c)(2), (7), (18), (19) and 14 of the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission Establishment Act of 1985, effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-97; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-307(c)(2), (c)(7), (c)(18), (c)(19), and 50-313 (2012 Repl. & 2013 Supp.)), hereby gives notice of its intent to adopt amendments to Chapter 5 (Taxicab Companies, Associations and Fleets) of Title 31 (Taxicabs and Public Vehicles for Hire) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).
The proposed rules would: (1) require taxicab companies, associations, and fleets to prohibit long-term parking around the administrative offices or other property of the taxicab company, association, or fleet and establish penalties for failure to comply with this requirement, (2) require taxicab companies, associations, and fleets to post hours of operation, and (3) require taxicab companies, associations, and fleets to provide notice to the Commission if the taxicab company, association, or fleet acquires property for long-term parking.
The proposed rulemaking was adopted on April 9, 2014, and will begin a thirty (30) day comment period upon publication in the D.C. Register. The Commission also hereby gives notice of the intent to take final rulemaking action to adopt these proposed rules in not less than thirty (30) days after the publication of this notice of proposed rulemaking in the D.C. Register. Directions for submitting comments may be found at the end of this notice.
Title 31, TAXICABS AND PUBLIC VEHICLES FOR HIRE, of the DCMR is amended as follows:
Chapter 5, TAXICAB COMPANIES, ASSOCIATIONS AND FLEETS, is amended as follows:
Section 502, REQUIREMENT OF LOCAL PLACE OF BUSINESS, is amended by adding new Subsections 502.7 and 502.8 as follows:
502.7 Each company, association, and fleet shall post the hours of operation of its bona fide administrative office as set forth in § 516.
502.8 Each company, association, or fleet shall prohibit the parking of taxicabs on any public street in front of, alongside, or in the rear of the bona fide administrative office as set forth in § 516.
Section 516 is amended to read as follows:
516 COMPANIES, ASSOCIATIONS, AND FLEETS – HOURS OF OPERATION AND STREET PARKING OF TAXICABS
516.1 Each company, association, and fleet shall post the hours of operation of any building or property it owns, leases, or uses in the District for its taxicab business (“taxicab business property”). The hours of operation shall be visible to the public from the outside of the building or, if the building or property is enclosed by a fence, from outside the perimeter of the fenced-in area.
516.2 Each company, association, and fleet shall prohibit the parking of taxicabs on any public street in front of, alongside, or in the rear of any taxicab business property as follows:
(a) Parking outside of the posted hours of operation of the taxicab business property shall be prohibited; and
(b) Parking during the posted hours of the taxicab business property shall be prohibited unless the operator of the taxicab is carrying on business at the taxicab business property and only for so long as the operator is carrying on such business.
516.3 If a company, association, or fleet acquires space for long-term parking, it shall provide notification to the Office within thirty (30) days after the acquisition. The notification shall also be provided with each application for renewal of the operating authority of the company, association, or fleet pursuant to § 501.
Copies of this proposed rulemaking can be obtained at www.dcregs.dc.gov or by contacting
Jacques P. Lerner, General Counsel and Secretary to the Commission, District of Columbia
Taxicab Commission, 2041 Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue, S.E., Suite 204, Washington, D.C.
20020. All persons desiring to file comments on the proposed rulemaking action should submit
written comments via e-mail to dctc@dc.gov or by mail to the DC Taxicab Commission, 2041
Martin Luther King, Jr., Ave., S.E., Suite 204, Washington, DC 20020, Attn: Jacques P. Lerner,
General Counsel and Secretary to the Commission, no later than thirty (30) days after the
publication of this notice in the D.C Register.
