4434663 Nationals Park Vending Locations

DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

 

NOTICE OF EMERGENCY RULEMAKING

                                                                               

The Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, pursuant to the authority under Section 18(e) of Police Regulation No. 74-39, approved December 13, 1974, as amended by the Vendors Regulation Amendments Act of 1978, effective June 30, 1978 (D.C. Law 2-82; 24 DCR 9293); Reorganization Plan 1 of 1986, effective August 21, 1986; the Vending Regulation Act of 2009, effective October 22, 2009 (D.C. Law 18-71; 56 DCR 6619); and Mayor’s Order 2010-91, dated May 27, 2010, hereby gives notice of the adoption of the following emergency rulemaking. This emergency rulemaking will amend Chapter 5 (Vendors and Solicitors) of Title 24 (Public Space and Safety) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations.

 

This emergency rulemaking is necessitated by the immediate need to preserve the designated vending locations within the Nationals Park Vending Zone for the remainder of Major League Baseball’s 2013 season, including any post-season playoffs games.

 

This emergency rulemaking was adopted on June 25, 2013, to become effective immediately, and will remain in effect for up to one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of adoption.  The rules will expire on October 23, 2013.

 

Chapter 5 (Vendors and Solicitors) of Title 24 (Public Space and Safety) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations is amended as follows:

 

Section 505.12 is amended to read as follows:

 

505.12             The Mayor shall post on the website of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs notice of any legislative, regulatory, or policy changes affecting vending in the District.

 

New Section 530 is added to read as follows:

 

530                  NATIONALS PARK VENDING ZONE

 

530.1               The streets listed in this subsection shall constitute the Nationals Park Vending Zone. Sidewalk vending locations shall be allowed on the following streets and in the following numbers:

(a)                East side of First Street, SE between N Street, SE and N Place, SE: two (2) Vending Locations;

(b)               East side of First Street, SE between N Place, SE and O Street, SE: two (2) Vending Locations;

(c)                West side of Half Street, SE between M Street, SE and N Street, SE: seven (7) Vending Locations; and

(d)               North side of N Street, SE between Half Street, SE and Van Street, SE: three (3) Vending Locations.

530.2               The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs shall conduct a monthly lottery to assign the fourteen (14) vending locations within the Nationals Park Vending Zone.

 

530.3               The monthly fee for a monthly vending site permit in the Nationals Park Vending Zone shall be one hundred twenty-three dollars ($123) per lottery.

 

530.4               Applicants may apply electronically, via designated computer kiosks, for each monthly lottery by visiting the DCRA Business Licensing Center which shall maintain information regarding the application process and qualifications.

530.5               Winners of each monthly lottery shall be notified by phone, first-class mail, electronic mail, or by being listed on the DCRA website (dcra.dc.gov).

530.6               Legally licensed vendors at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium shall receive a preference in the assignment of vending locations in the Nationals Park Vending Zone in the form of an additional entry in each lottery.