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DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING
The Director of the Department of Transportation, pursuant to the authority of sections 5(3)(D) and 6(b) of the Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002, effective May 21, 2002 (D.C. Law 14-137; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-921.04(3)(D) and 921.05(b)) (transferring the parking management function previously delegated to the Department of Public Works under section III (H) of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1983), and 18 DCMR 2404.18, hereby gives notice of the adoption of the following rulemaking to amend Chapter 24 of Title 18 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR) (Vehicles and Traffic).
The rulemaking eliminates hour restrictions on parking meters after 6:30 p.m. and before 7:00 a.m. Two comments were received. One commenter raised a concern that this rulemaking would require patrons to return to the meter to lawfully feed the meter. Meters will be adjusted to allow patrons to pay for as much time as they need at the meter one time. Another commenter requested the elimination of hour restrictions on parking on Saturday. This suggestion will be examined; however, it does not affect the publication of this final rulemaking. No substantive changes have been made to the text of these proposed rules. Reference to the High Demand Parking Meter Rate Zone has been removed because that zone no longer exists. The proposed rule was published in the D.C. Register on Vol. 57 DCR 3788 (April 30, 2010). These rules will be effective upon publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.
Chapter 24, of Title 18, DCMR, is amended as follows:
Section 2404, PARKING METERS AND PARKING METER ZONES, is amended as follows:
A. Subsection 2404.9 is amended to read as follows:
2404.9 Parking meter zones may be used without charge at times when the signs and meters in those zones indicate payment is not needed.
B. New subsections 2404.27 through 2404.29 are added to read as follows:
2404.27 Notwithstanding subsection 2404.7, a person may, during evening hours, park a vehicle for longer than the posted time limit in a parking meter zone that is located in an Unlimited Evening Hour Zone; provided, that the person must still pay for parking during the times metered parking is enforced.
2404.28 For the purposes of this section, evening hours are defined as the hours between 6:30 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day.
2404.29 The Unlimited Evening Hour Zone shall include all metered street segments in the Premium Demand Parking Meter Rate Zone.
