District of Columbia Administrative Code

2224 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN MOTOR VEHICLES 2224.1 Except as provided in §§ 2224.2 and 2224.3, no person shall operate or ride in a vehicle when any opened alcoholic beverage is in or on the vehicle. 2224.2 An open container shall not be considered to be in or on a vehicle if the …

2225 AVOIDANCE OF LANE BLOCKAGE – EXPEDITIOUS REMOVAL OF VEHICLES 2225.1 No person shall stop or park a vehicle in such manner as to impede or render dangerous the use of a roadway by others, except to avoid a collision, at the direction of an authorized official, or in the case …

2300 GENERAL PROVISIONS 2300.1 Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic control signals as provided in this chapter. At all other places, pedestrians shall be accorded the privileges and shall be subject to the restrictions stated in this chapter. 2300.2 Notwithstanding the provis…

2301 TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS: PEDESTRIANS 2301.1 Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic control signals exhibiting the words “GO,” “CAUTION,” or “STOP,” or exhibiting different colored lights successively one at a time, or with arrows, the terms and lights shall apply to pedes…

2302 PEDESTRIAN “WALK”, “DON’T WALK”, AND “WAIT” SIGNALS 2302.1 Whenever special pedestrian control signals exhibiting the words “WALK”, “DON’T WALK”, or “WAIT” are in place, such signals shall indicate and apply to pedestrians as set forth in this section. 2302.2 Pedestrians fac…

2303 RIGHT-OF-WAY IN CROSSWALKS 2303.1 [REPEALED]. 2303.2 No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb, safety platform, safety zone, loading platform, or other designated place of safety and walk or turn into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is impossible for the dri…

2304 CROSSING AT PLACES OTHER THAN CROSSWALKS 2304.1 Except on streets described in §§ 2217.1, 2217.2, or 2217.3, between adjacent intersections controlled by traffic control signal devices or by police officers, pedestrians shall not cross the roadway at any place except in a cr…

2305 WALKING AND STANDING ON SIDEWALKS AND ROADWAYS 2305.1 Whenever possible, pedestrians shall walk on the right half of crosswalks. 2305.2 Where a paved sidewalk is provided, a pedestrian shall not walk upon a roadway adjacent to the sidewalk, except as appropriate to avoid a r…

2400 PROPER PARKING: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITIONS 2400.1 No person shall stand or park a vehicle in a roadway other than parallel with the edge of the roadway headed in the direction of lawful traffic movement. 2400.2 A person shall stand or park a vehicle on a two-way s…

2401 LOADING AND UNLOADING VEHICLES 2401.1 If no curb space is available within a reasonable distance, a passenger vehicle may stand parallel and as near as practicable to other parked vehicles, only long enough to take on passengers who are actually waiting at the curb or to lea…

2402 LOADING ZONES The Director of the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) shall install and maintain signs designating the location for each commercial motor vehicle loading zone (“loading zone”). Each sign shall state the hours during which the loading zone restriction…

2403 [REPEALED] SOURCE: As amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 10565 (August 16, 2019). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Vehicles and Traffic 18 DCMR § 2403 AUTHORITY: DC-DCMR Sections 5(3)(D) and 6(b) of the Department of Transportation Establishment Act of…

2404 PARKING METERS AND PARKING METER ZONES No vehicle shall park in a parking meter zone at any time when such parking is otherwise prohibited. Except as provided in §§ 2406.12 and 2406.18, no person shall park any vehicle or allow any vehicle registered in his or her name to be…

2405 STOPPING, STANDING, OR PARKING PROHIBITED: NO SIGN REQUIRED 2405.1 Notwithstanding any other parking regulation, no person shall stop, stand, or park a motor vehicle or trailer in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or at …

2406 PARKING PROHIBITED BY POSTED SIGN 2406.1 The Director is authorized to have signs prohibiting parking, except for those vehicles indicated by such signs, placed where government parking areas have been provided. 2406.2 The Director is authorized to have signs prohibiting par…

2407 TEMPORARY AND EMERGENCY PARKING RESTRICTIONS 2407.1 Whenever by reason of the scheduled assembly of a large number of persons at any public or semi-public building, embassy, legation, stadium, or other place of assembly, it is determined that the free flow of traffic upon th…

2408 PROCEDURES FOR POSTING TEMPORARY OR EMERGENCY PARKING RESTRICTIONS 2408.1 Whenever any District Agency authorized to prohibit or reserve parking on a temporary or emergency basis does so, a record shall be made by entering the information required in § 2407.21 into a record-…

2409 RESTRICTED USE OF VALET STAGING ZONES, TAXICAB STANDS, AND PUBLIC TRANSIT BUS STOPS, ZONES, AND STANDS 2409.1 The Director may: (a) Prohibit parking and/or standing at public transit bus stops, zones, and stands; taxicab stands; and valet staging zones; (b) Determine the dim…

2411 [RESERVED] SOURCE: The Residential Permit Parking Area Amendment Act of 2002, effective June 28, 2002 (D.C. Law 14-167; 49 DCR 4475 (May 17, 2002); as amended by the Removal and Disposition of Abandoned and Other Unlawfully Parked Vehicles Reform Act of 2003, effective Octob…

2412 [RESERVED] SOURCE: D.C. Act 14-356 published at 49 DCR 4475 (May 17, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 003972 (April 11, 2008); and as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 7793 (July 25, 2008).; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 6…

2413 [RESERVED] SOURCE: D.C. ACT 13-459 published at 48 DCR 9435 (December 1, 2001); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 003972 (April 11, 2008); and as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 7793 (July 25, 2008); .as amended by Final Rulemaking published …

2414 ANNUAL VISITOR PARKING PASSES AND TEMPORARY PARKING PERMITS 2414.1 The Director may issue temporary visitor parking permits to a housing unit on a residential permit parking block, for use by visitors to the housing unit; provided, that the Director may not issue temporary v…

2415 FEES FOR STICKERS OR PERMITS 2415.1 The Director may establish a fee for residential permit parking stickers, visitor permits, and temporary permits. 2415.2 The Director may establish a fee for the replacement of stickers or permits, but the fee may not exceed the cost of th…

2416 PENALTY 2416.1 It shall be a violation of the provisions of §§ 2414, 2415, and 2432 through 2441, for any person to falsely represent himself or herself as eligible for a residential permit parking sticker or permit, annual visitor parking pass, or temporary visitor parking …

2417 SNOW EMERGENCY PARKING REGULATIONS 2417.1 In addition to the Severe Weather Traffic Controls contained in § 2219, whenever snow, sleet, or freezing rain is creating a condition making it necessary to prohibit the parking of motor vehicles on Snow Emergency Routes, or wheneve…

2418 MISCELLANEOUS NON-MOVING VIOLATIONS 2418.1 No persons driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key, and effectively setting the brake. 2418.2 In addition to the requireme…

2419 MUNICIPAL CENTER PARKING RESTRICTIONS 2419.1 No motor vehicle, either public or private, shall be left standing or parked, whether attended or unattended, in any place or space in the Municipal Center area described in this section, except in a place or space assigned to the…

2420 OFFICIAL PARKING PERMITS AND SPACES 2420.1 Government officials parking in official parking areas shall display, in a conspicuous place behind the windshield of their vehicle, an “Official Parking Permit” which is issued by the Director. 2420.2 The holder of a special parkin…

2421 IMPOUNDMENT OF VEHICLES FOR VIOLATIONS 2421.1 Any unattended vehicle found parked in violation of any traffic regulation, except overtime parking of less than twenty-four (24) hours, may, by or under the direction of a member or members of the Metropolitan Police force or em…

2423 STREET CLEANING PARKING PROVISIONS 2423.1 No person shall park any vehicle or permit any vehicle to remain parked during the times and days indicated on a Street Cleaning Route. 2423.2 Parking prohibitions for street cleaning shall override any less restrictive parking privi…

2424 PERFORMANCE PARKING ZONE 2424.1 The regulations in this § 2424 do not guarantee or reserve curbside parking to any individual or class of drivers within the Ballpark Performance Parking Zone. 2424.2 The Ballpark Performance Parking Zone is designated as the area bounded by: …

2427 [REPEALED]. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 3498 (April 16, 1999); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 003972 (April 11, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 7993 (July 25, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67…

2428 COMMERCIAL PERMIT PARKING; ANNUAL PASS There is established a commercial permit parking (CPP) annual pass to provide commercial motor vehicle owners the option to purchase an annual parking pass for a commercial motor vehicle to park in loading zones or at curbside parking s…

2429 COMMERCIAL PERMIT PARKING; DAY PASS There is established a CPP day pass to provide commercial motor vehicle owners the option to purchase a daily parking pass for a commercial motor vehicle to park in loading zones or at curbside parking spaces instead of paying for parking …

2430 COMMERCIAL PERMIT PARKING PASS FEES The annual CPP permit fee for each commercial motor vehicle registered in the CPP program shall be three hundred and twenty three dollars ($323). A company may register as many commercial motor vehicles as it owns in the CPP program. A com…

2432 RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING – GENERAL 2432.1 The residential permit parking (“RPP”) program is established to restrict parking on designated blocks in the District as follows: Parking on a block may be restricted so that only motor vehicles registered to residents who live in…

2433 RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING – BOUNDARIES OF RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING ZONES 2433.1 Each Ward of the District shall constitute a separate residential permit parking (“RPP”) zone, except that: The areas of Ward 7 and Ward 8 that are located west of the Anacostia River shall be…

2434 RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING – STANDARDS AND PROCESS FOR DESIGNATING RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING BLOCKS 2434.1 Notwithstanding the notice requirements in §§ 6 and 10 of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat 1204; D.C. Official…

2435 RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING – DAYS, HOURS, AND RESTRICTIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING 2435.1 If a block is designated as a residential permit parking (“RPP”) block pursuant to § 2434 of this chapter, the times and days during which the RPP restrictions shall apply shall …

2436 RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING - MODIFYING THE DAYS OR HOURS OF RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING RESTRICTIONS 2436.1 Notwithstanding the notice requirements in §§ 6 and 10 of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat 1204; D.C. Official …

2437 RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING – RESIDENT-ONLY PARKING 2437.1 Notwithstanding the notice requirements in §§ 6 and 10 of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat 1204; D.C. Official Code §§ 2-505 and 2-509 (2016 Repl.)), the Direct…

2438 ENHANCED RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING PROGRAM 2438.1 The Enhanced Residential Permit Parking (“ERPP”) program as established by the Residential Parking Protection Pilot Act of 2010, effective October 26, 2010 (D.C. Law 18-240; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-2551 et seq. (2014 Repl.)…

2439 RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING – ENFORCEMENT 2439.1 Except as provided in §§ 2406, 2414, and 2424, parking a motor vehicle on a residential permit parking block shall be restricted as follows: (a) A vehicle without the necessary residential permit parking zone sticker shall not …

2440 RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING – ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING PRIVILEGES 2440.1 Between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:30 a.m., a vehicle displaying a valid residential parking permit may park, within a designated residential permit parking (“RPP”) zone, in the following …

2441 RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING – RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING STICKERS 2441.1 Each residential permit parking (“RPP”) sticker shall indicate at least the following: (a) Its expiration date; (b) The RPP zone in which it is valid; (c) The identification tag number of the motor vehic…

2445 SCHOOL PARKING ZONES 2445.1 The Director of the District Department of Transportation (“Director”) may, in accordance with this section establish school parking zones, to provide on-street parking for teachers and other employees of a District of Columbia Public Schools (“DC…

2499 DEFINITIONS 2499.1 For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed: Farmers’ market – a public market where at least seventy five percent (75%) of the vendors are selling agricultural produce. Loading zone – on-street parkin…

2500 GENERAL PROVISIONS 2500.1 It shall be unlawful for any person to drive, move, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, on any highway or street, any vehicle or vehicles of a size or weight exceeding the limitations stated in this chapter or otherw…