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DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
The Director of the District Department of Transportation, pursuant to the authority set forth in Sections 3(b) and 5(3)(D) of Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002, effective May 21, 2002 (D.C. Law 14-137; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-921.02(b) and 50-921.04(3)(D)(2009 Repl.)); Mayor's Order 2011-27 (January 13, 2011); Section 3(a) of the Residential Parking Protection Pilot Act of 2010, effective October 26, 2010 (D.C. Law 18-240) (the “Pilot Act”); and the Motor Vehicle Parking Regulation Amendment Act of 1999, effective May 9, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-97; 18 DCMR § 2411.14); hereby gives notice of the intent to adopt amendments to title 18 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR). The amendments will establish the Ward 1 Enhanced Residential Parking Program, renumber title 18, subsection 2411.244, as subsection 2411.24, and make other minor revisions.
Final rulemaking action to adopt these amendments shall be taken in not less than thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register, but not until the D.C. Council adopts a resolution approving these rules as required by Section 3(a) of the Pilot Act.
Title 18, VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, of the DCMR is amended as follows:
The title of chapter 24, Stopping, Standing, Parking, and Other Non-Moving, is amended as follows:
Chapter 24 Stopping, Standing, Parking, and Other Non-Moving VIOLATIONS
Section 2411, Residential Permit Parking, is amended as follows:
Subsection 2411.244 is amended to read as follows:
2411.24 As provided in § 2424.6, within the Ballpark Performance Parking Pilot Zone, parking a motor vehicle on a residential permit parking street shall be restricted, as follows:
(a) All residential streets east of South Capitol Street, S.E. to a consecutive two (2) hour period between 7:00 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, unless the motor vehicle displays a valid Zone 6 residential permit parking sticker or visitor permit for the designated area.
(b) All residential streets west of South Capitol Street, S.E. to a consecutive two (2) hour period between 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) Monday through Sunday, unless the motor vehicle displays a valid Zone 6 residential permit parking sticker or visitor permit for the designated area.
(c) On all streets in the Ballpark Zone on the opposite side of the street, as designated 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. or 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. (midnight), no parking may occur unless the motor vehicle displays a valid Zone 6 residential permit parking sticker or visitor parking permit for the designated area.
A new subsection 2411.25 is added to read as follows:
2411.25 An Enhanced Residential Permit Parking (ERPP) program shall be established within the boundaries of Ward 1:
(a) Each Ward 1 Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) may implement an ERPP program within the ANC’s respective boundaries. The ERPP program shall include the following elements:
(1) One (1) side of each residential block, or fifty percent (50%) of the parking spaces within the ANC boundaries, shall be reserved for Zone 1 Resident Only Parking; the opposite side of the residential block shall be designated as described in § 2411.1.
(2) A motor vehicle without a valid Zone 1 parking sticker shall not park on any portion of a street in Ward 1 that has been reserved for Zone 1 Resident Only Parking under the process established in this regulation.
(3) Any resident owning a vehicle registered at an address within the ERPP program area shall be eligible to apply for residential permit parking decals as provided by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(4) All households within the ERPP area shall be eligible to participate in the visitor parking pilot program described in § 2414.7.
(b) Each Ward 1 ANC may, by resolution, participate in the ERPP program.
Each Ward 1 ANC must establish a notification and approval process for ascertaining support for the ANC’s inclusion in the ERPP program from residents. The ANC resolution must clearly specify the process by which residents were notified and approval was obtained from the residents within the ANC’s boundaries.
(c) The residents on both sides of any Ward 1 street that are within one block
of a ward boundary shall not be subject to § 2411.25(a)(1). These
residential permit parking blocks shall remain subject to § 2411.20.
(d) Any blocks within a streetscape construction project impact zone in Ward 1 shall be excluded from the ERPP program until the Director of the District Department of Transportation declares that all major construction associated with the streetscape construction project impact zone has been completed.
(e) For purposes of this section, the phrase “streetscape construction project impact zone” means an area designated by the District Department of Transportation where, due to the nature and duration of a streetscape project (that is, a roadway construction project on a commercial street), a local or small business as defined in D.C. Official Code §§ 2-218.31 and 2-218.32(2006 Repl., 2010 Supp.) may experience demonstrated losses during the construction period.
All persons interested in commenting on the subject matter in this proposed rulemaking may file comments in writing, not later than thirty (30) days after the publication of this notice in the D.C. Register, with Karina Ricks, Associate Director, District of Columbia Department of Transportation, 2000 14th Street, N.W., 7th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20009. Comments may also be sent electronically to Policy.DDOT@dc.gov. Additional copies of this proposed rulemaking are available, at cost, by writing to the above address, and are available electronically, at no cost, on the Department’s web site at www.ddot.dc.gov.
