2404.1 No vehicle shall park in a parking meter zone at any time when such parking is otherwise prohibited.
2404.2 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 parked overtime or beyond the lawful period of time indicated on the meter or by the signs applicable to the parking meter space or zone.
2404.3 No person shall park any vehicle or allow any vehicle registered in his or her name to be parked so that the vehicle is not within the area between the designated signs or other marking(s) delimiting the parking meter space or zone.
2404.4 No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle exceeding twenty feet (20 ft.) in length in a parking meter zone, except as provided in §§ 2402.6, 2404.12, 2428.8 and 2429.8.
2404.5 Immediately after parking a vehicle, the operator shall pay for the amount of parking time desired and, if a receipt is issued, place the receipt on the passenger side of the dashboard of the vehicle so that it is clearly visible through the windshield of the vehicle. The space may then be used by the vehicle during the parking limit indicated by the parking meter zone signs or on the parking meter for the amount of time that is confirmed through the receipt issued or the pay-by-cell system, as applicable.
2404.6 No person shall purchase more time than allowed for parking a vehicle in a parking meter space or zone as indicated by the signs in the zone, pay-by-cell system, or on the parking meter.
2404.7 Except as provided in §§ 2404.9, 2406.12, and 2406.18, a vehicle shall be considered illegally parked in a parking meter zone if:
(a) No parking payment has been made at the meter or through the pay-by-cell system;(b) The amount of time paid for a parking meter space at a parking meter or using pay-by-cell has lapsed;(c) The vehicle does not display a parking meter receipt in the manner required by § 2404.5;(d) The vehicle has been parked in the parking meter zone longer than the parking limit indicated by the signs or on the meters for that parking meter zone;(e) The vehicle is oversized for the parking meter zone, pursuant to § 2404.4;(f) The vehicle is not a tour bus and is parked in a bus parking zone; or(g) The vehicle is not a motorcycle and is parked in a space designated for motorcycle parking only. 2404.8 An operator may park a vehicle in a parking meter space:
(a) Without depositing payment at a parking meter space:(1) At times when the signs and meters in the parking meter zone indicates payment is not required;(2) With unexpired time displayed on the meter, until such time has lapsed;(3) If a vehicle identified by license plate as being owned, rented, or leased by the federal or District government is being used on official government business and is parked in a parking meter space; or(4) If the vehicle is a tour bus parked in a bus parking zone only while actively engaged in loading and unloading of passengers.(b) In the same pay-by-cell parking meter zone until the time confirmed by the operator's paid, active pay-by-cell session has lapsed;(c) That is served by a pay-by-space parking meter until the time confirmed by the operator's paid, active pay-by-space session for the parking meter space has lapsed, provided, the operator's vehicle remains in the designated space for which payment was made;(d) That is served by a pay-and-display parking meter in the same zone until the time on the receipt, displayed in accordance with § 2404.5, has lapsed; or(e) That is served by a pay-by-plate parking meter until the time confirmed by the operator's paid, active pay-by-plate session has lapsed; provided the operator's vehicle remains in the parking meter zone for which payment was made.2404.9 An operator may park in a parking meter space where the corresponding parking meter is broken if the operator pays for the amount of parking time desired at an adjacent, functioning multi-space parking meter, or through the pay-by-cell system.
2404.10 The rate for each parking meter space shall be posted on the meter serving the space or any pay-by-cell application authorized to collect meter payment in the District.
2404.11 Except as otherwise provided, all civil infractions and their respective fines set forth in § 2404 shall apply to the provisions in § 2424.
2404.12 Notwithstanding § 2404.4, a tour bus may park outside a loading zone if it occupies no more than three (3) metered spaces or no more than sixty feet (60 ft.) within a designated bus parking zone serviced by a parking meter or pay-by-cell system.
2404.13 The Director shall designate, by the posting of signs or by the placement of meters with signage, the street segments that are subject to payment for parking.
2404.14 The Director shall establish objective criteria to create parking me ter zones, set parking meter time limits, and determine parking meter operation hours. These criteria shall consider the need to promote:
(a) Short term parking access near commercial, cultural, educational, entertainment, medical, recreational and transportation facilities;(b) Turnover of parking occupancy;(c) Equitable availability; and(d) Efficient use of public parking spaces.2404.15 The Director shall provide written notice to the affected Advisory Neighborhood Commission ("ANC") and publish a notice of intent (NOI) on DDOT's website, of all proposed modifications to parking meter zone designations at least thirty (30) days before implementation.
2404.16 The rates for parking meters shall be as follows:
(a) Fifty cents ($0.50) for thirteen (13) minutes for automobile size spaces;(b) Twenty-five cents ($0.25) per hour for motorcycle size spaces;(c) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) for thirteen (13) minutes for bus size spaces; and(d) Performance Parking Zone rates, as established pursuant to § 2424.D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 18-2404
Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 9152 (October 14, 2005); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 10409 (November 25, 2005); 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 56 DCR 9215 (December 4, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 5464 (June 25, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 2497 (March 18, 2011); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10635 (December 16, 2011); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 16844 (December 13, 2013); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 4555 (4/24/2020)Authority: Sections 5(3)(D) (allocating and regulating on-street parking) and 6(b) (transferring to the Department the parking management function previously delegated to the Department of Public Works under Section III (H) of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1983) 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 50-921.05(b) (2012 Repl.)), Section 3 of the Commercial Curbside Loading Zone Implementation Amendment Act of 2009, effective October 22, 2009 (D.C. Law 18-66; D.C. Official Code § 50-2652 (2012 Repl.)), and Mayor's Order 2010-63, dated April 15, 2010.