Title 50 — Motor and Non-Motor Vehicles and Traffic.

For purposes of this subchapter, the terms: (1) “Abandoned vehicle” means any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer that is left, parked, or stored on public space for more than 48 hours or on private property for more than 30 days, and to which at least 2 of the following apply…

It shall be a violation of Chapter 23 of this title for any person to park, leave unattended, or store: (1) An abandoned or dangerous vehicle on public space; (2) Any motor vehicle on private property without the consent of the property owner; or (3) An abandoned or dangerous veh…

(a) The District government, or any towing company at the direction of the Department shall remove an abandoned or dangerous vehicle parked, left, or stored on public space in violation of § 50-2421.03(1), as follows: (1) An abandoned vehicle shall be removed 48 hours after a war…

The District government or any towing company at the direction of the Department shall remove a motor vehicle parked, left, or stored, on private property in violation of § 50-2421.03(2) or (3), as follows: (1) A vehicle parked, left, or stored without the consent of the property…

Except for vehicles removed after traffic accidents, the Department may, without further notice, dispose of a dangerous vehicle or abandoned vehicle removed from the public space or private property pursuant to any District law or regulation if the vehicle does not display a vali…

(a) The Director is authorized to impound any vehicle removed from public space or private property pursuant to any District law or regulation. A vehicle subject to impoundment shall be taken to a District government impoundment facility, or a storage lot owned or operated by a t…

(a) An impounded vehicle removed from public or private property pursuant to this subchapter shall be reclaimed within 28 days after the impoundment notice sent pursuant to § 50-2421.07(b). (b) All other vehicles impounded pursuant to this subchapter, or pursuant to any other law…

(a) An owner or lienholder, or a person duly authorized by either, may reclaim an impounded vehicle stored at a District government impoundment facility at any time prior to the expiration of the applicable reclamation period, by: (1) Repealed; (2) Repealed; (3) Repealed; (4) Mak…

(a) The Department may, consistent with reasonable business practices, sell or otherwise dispose of an unclaimed vehicle. (b) If an unclaimed vehicle is sold at a public auction or through other means pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the purchaser shall take title to t…

An owner or lienholder who fails to reclaim a vehicle within the time prescribed shall nevertheless be entitled to recover the fair market value of any vehicle disposed of pursuant to this subchapter if: (1) The owner or lienholder requests a hearing with respect to the notices o…

The Directors of the Department of Public Works (“DPW”) and the Department of Motor Vehicles (“DMV”) are authorized, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, to promulgate, amend or repeal rules, or establish or modify cost-based fees that are within the scope of their i…

[Repealed or reserved.]

Any repeal of a law or regulation by this subchapter or section 13 of D.C. Law 15-35 shall not invalidate any enforcement action, adjudication, or any other action made or taken pursuant to such law or regulation.

This subchapter and section 13 of D.C. Law 15-35 shall apply to all vehicles impounded after October 28, 2003. This subchapter and section 13 of D.C. Law 15-35 shall also apply to all vehicles impounded prior to October 28, 2003, provided that notice is sent to the owners and lie…

In an effort to combat the parking shortages in areas of the District to be defined, the Council finds it necessary to create an independent corporate body for the acquisition, construction and operation of public off-street parking facilities for motorized and nonmotorized vehic…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Bond” or “bonds” means any revenue bond, note, or other obligation (including refunding bonds, notes, or other obligations) to borrow money to finance, to assist in financing, or to refinance undertakings authorized by this chapter…

(a) There is established an Authority to be known as the Public Parking Authority of the District of Columbia (“Authority”). (b) The Authority shall be organized as a corporate body which has a legal existence separate from the District government but which is an instrumentality …

(a) A Board of Directors (“Board”) is established to manage the affairs of the Authority. (b) The Board shall be comprised of 5 members, one of whom shall be the Chief Financial Officer of the District. The Board chairperson and 3 other members shall be appointed by the Mayor wit…

Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of office, each member of the Board shall take an oath that he or she will faithfully execute the duties of office according to the laws of the District. Each member shall also take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation that the …

(a) The Board shall appoint an Executive Director who shall be the chief administrative officer of the Authority. The Executive Director shall not be a member of the Board and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Executive Director shall be a District resident throughout…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Unit A of Chapter 14 of Title 2, each qualified District resident applicant for a position within the Authority shall receive an additional 10-point preference over a qualified non-District resident applicant unless the applicant declines the pre…

The powers of the Authority shall include the following: (1) To have perpetual existence as a corporation pursuant to the laws of the District pertaining to corporations; (2) To appoint, by majority vote of the Board an Executive Director, General Counsel, and other officers and …

(a) All property conveyed to the Authority shall be conveyed in the name of the Authority. (b) The purpose for which property is leased and for which the privileges, permits, and concessions are granted may not be inconsistent with the use of the property for the purposes authori…

(a) After the establishment of a parking district by the Council pursuant to § 50-2511, the Authority may request that the Mayor transfer District-owned property to the Authority. The Mayor, pursuant to Chapter 8 of Title 10, may sell, lease, grant, convey, acquire, or otherwise …

(a) There is established a special fund to be known as the Parking System Fund (“Fund”). (b) The Authority shall administer the Fund. (c) The monies deposited into the Fund shall not be a part of, nor lapse into, the General Fund of the District. (d) Monies in the Fund shall deri…

(a)(1) Parking districts shall be geographical areas definable by specific metes and bounds and may be located in any area permitted in accordance with the zoning regulations of the District. (2) Parking facilities may be established in any section or portion of the District exce…

(a) The Council delegates to the Authority the power of the Council, as provided in § 1-204.90, to issue revenue bonds in such principal amounts as, in the opinion of the Authority, shall be necessary to finance the cost of acquiring property and of establishing, constructing, er…

(a) Bonds issued by the Authority and the interest thereon are exempt from District taxation except estate, inheritance, and gift taxes. (b) Real and personal property owned and used for exempt purposes by the Authority shall be exempt from District taxation.

(a) No member of the Board or employees of the Authority shall be employed by, be an officer or director of, or have any ownership interest in any corporation or entity which is a party to any agreement with the Authority. No monies of the Authority shall be deposited in any fina…

(a) The Mayor may establish Performance Parking Zones for the purpose of managing curbside parking and reducing congestion citywide. (b) The Mayor shall establish zone-specific parking management targets, and implement regulations, to achieve the following goals: (1) Protect resi…

(a)(1) There is established as a nonlapsing fund the Performance Parking Program Fund (“Fund”), which shall be used solely for the purposes set forth in § 50-2534, and shall be administered by the Director of the District Department of Transportation. (2) Fees collected for the p…

(a) The Ballpark Performance Parking Pilot Zone is designated as the area bounded by: (1) The Southeast/Southwest Freeway on the north, 10th Street, S.E., on the east, 12th Street, S.W., on the west, and the Washington Channel and Anacostia River on the south, including both side…

(a) The H Street N.E. Performance Parking Zone is designated as the area within the following boundary: K Street, N.E., from 3rd Street, N.E., to 8th Street, N.E.; 8th Street, N.E., from K Street, N.E., to Florida Avenue, N.E.; Florida Avenue, N.E., from 8th Street, N.E., to 15th…

(a) The Penn Quarter/Chinatown Performance Parking Pilot Zone is designated as the area bounded by H Street, N.W., on the north, 11th Street, N.W., on the west, 3rd Street, N.W., on the east, and E Street, N.W., on the south, including both sides of these boundary streets. (b) In…

(a) The Columbia Heights Retail Performance Parking Pilot Zone is designated as: (1) The area bounded by: (A) 1100 through 1500 blocks of Monroe Street, N.W.; (B) 1100 through 1500 blocks of Harvard Street, N.W.; (C) 2900 through 3400 blocks of 11th Street, N.W.; and (D) 2900 thr…

(a) The Performance Parking Program Fund shall be used for non-automobile transportation investments in each zone. These investments shall supplement or substantially accelerate investments that would otherwise be made by the District. (b) The Mayor shall involve performance park…

(a) Before implementation, or upon November 25, 2008, whichever is later, the District Department of Transportation (“DDOT”) shall transmit a detailed performance parking zone plan to the Council and to the Chairs of all ANCs within a performance parking zone. The plan shall set …

(a) The Mayor shall establish a taxicab zone in Adams Morgan by July 15, 2008, which shall include, at a minimum, the following areas: (1) The width of 18th Street, N.W., from the intersection of 18th Street, N.W., and Wyoming Avenue, N.W., to the intersection of 18th Street, N.W…

(a) The Mayor shall implement a one-year visitor parking pilot program for residential permit parking areas within ANC1D boundaries. (b) For the purposes of this pilot program, DDOT may: (1) Charge a fee for each permit issued pursuant to this program; and (2) Limit the hours for…

(a) There is established a Ward 1 Enhanced Residential Parking Program (“Program”). Any Ward 1 Advisory Neighborhood Commission (“ANC”) may, by resolution of that ANC, vote to include blocks within the ANC in the Program. The Program will consist of the following requirements: (1…

(a) Within 90 days of October 26, 2010, the Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [§ 2-501 et seq.], shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter. The proposed rules shall be submitted to the Council for a 30-day period of review, excluding Satu…

It is hereby declared that the free circulation of traffic of all kinds through the highways of the District is necessary to the health, safety, and general welfare of the public, whether residing in said District, or traveling to, through, or from said District in the course of …

When used in this subchapter, unless the context indicates otherwise: (1) The term “District” means the District of Columbia. (2) The term “Mayor” means the Mayor of the District of Columbia. (3) Repealed. (4) The term “parking facilities” means 1 or more public off-street parkin…

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to exercise all powers necessary and convenient to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, the said purposes being hereby declared to be the acquisition, creation, and operation, in any manner hereinafter provided, under publ…

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Parking facilities may be established in any section or portion of the District except that no parking facilities shall be established upon any property zoned residential without the approval of the Zoning Commission of the District. The Zoning Commission may grant such approval …

The National Capital Planning Commission and the Highway Planning Survey Unit shall make available such records and factual data and make such additional surveys as the Mayor may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.

All moneys derived from the sale or assignment of any property, real or personal, shall be deposited in the Local Transportation Fund as established by § 9-111.01a.

The Mayor shall include in his annual budget such amounts as may be required from the highway fund established in § 47-2301 for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this subchapter.

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