Any person may place, maintain, or operate a publisher box on public space after first obtaining an annual public space permit from the Director of the District Department of Transportation ("Director").
The Director shall issue an annual public space permit when the following conditions are satisfied:
As a condition of the annual public space permit, the permittee shall indemnify and hold harmless the District of Columbia, its officers, employees or agents from any and all liability, loss, or damage the District of Columbia may suffer as a result of claims, demands, costs, or judgments against it arising from the placement of the publisher box.
An owner of an existing publisher box on public space must obtain the annual public space permit required by § 4100.1 by June 1, 2017.
Notwithstanding § 4100.2(a), the fifty dollar ($50) public space permit application fee shall only be charged for the original permit application and shall not be charged when submitting an application to renew or to amend the original permit. The fee to renew or amend an annual permit shall be based solely on the permit fee per box per year pursuant to § 4100.2(c).
If after securing the annual public space permit, the owner no longer wishes to place publisher boxes in public space, the owner must request a refund within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date the permit was issued pursuant to 24 DCMR § 225.3.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 24, r. 24-4100