Section: 18-9901

DEFINITIONS

Most recent version of the final adopted rule codified in the D.C. Municipal Regulations (DCMR)


Effective Date : 11/17/2023 12:00:00 AM

Authority : Sections 3(b) (delegating to the Director of DDOT authority over agency functions and personnel), 5(a) (allocating and regulating on-street parking, developing a city-wide parking management program, and establishing citywide parking and curbside management regulations), and 6(c) (transferring to DDOT the authority and function to make traffic rules and regulations previously delegated to the Department of Public Works under Section IV(A) of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1983, the Department of Transportation under Section IV(G) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1975 and the Director of Highways and Traffic under Commissioner Order No. 68-554) of the Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002, effective May 21, 2002 (D.C. Law 14-137; D.C. Official Code § 50-921.02(b), §§ 50-921.04(a)(3)(Q), (R), and (S), and § 50-921.05(c)).

Source : Regulation No. 72-13, effective June 30, 1972, 32 DCRR (October 19, 1970); as amended by Commissioners’ Order 55-130, effective January 18, 1955; as amended by Commissioners’ Order 57-1966, effective October 8, 1957; as amended by Commissioners’ Order 61-1684, effective October 3, 1961; as amended by Commissioners’ Order 65-340, effective March 16, 1965; as amended by Commissioners’ Order 65-928, effective July 8, 1965; as amended by Commissioners’ Order 65-1115, effective August 10, 1965; as amended by Commissioners’ Order 68-421a, effective June 19, 1968; as amended by Regulation No. 71-26, effective July 30, 1971; as amended by Regulation 74-5, effective April 21, 1974; as amended by § 2 of the District of Columbia Bus Safety Inspection Act, effective April 9, 1976 (D.C. Law 1-60; 22 DCR 4373 (February 12, 1976)); as amended by § 2 of the District of Columbia Motorized Bicycle Act, effective April 7, 1977 (D.C. Law 1-110; 23 DCR 4954 (January 21, 1977)); as amended by § 2 of the Historic Motor Vehicle Act of 1977, effective February 25, 1978 (D.C. Law 2-41; 24 DCR 3629 (November 11, 1977)); as amended by § 102 of the D.C. Traffic Adjudication Act of 1978, effective September 12, 1978 (D.C. Law 2-104; 25 DCR 1275, 1276 (August 11, 1978)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 25 DCR 11028 (June 29, 1979), incorporating the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 25 DCR 7939, 7940 (February 16, 1979); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 458 (February 1, 1980), incorporating the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 26 DCR 2470, 2472 (November 30, 1979); as amended by § 2 of the Motorized Bicycle Amendment Act of 1980, effective February 26, 1981 (D.C. Law 3-125; 28 DCR 226 (January 16, 1981)); as amended by § 2 of the District of Columbia Motor Vehicle Definition Act of 1981, effective April 3, 1982 (D.C. Law 4-93; 29 DCR 749 (April 16, 1982)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 30 DCR 552 (February 4, 1983); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 30 DCR 990 (March 4, 1983); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 30 DCR 4757 (September 16, 1983); as amended by § 2 of the Residential Permit Parking Regulation Amendment Act of 1984, effective March 16, 1985 (D.C. Law 5-185; 32 DCR 859 (February 15, 1985)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 32 DCR 1536 (March 15, 1985); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 2055, 2060 (April 4, 1986); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 2204 (March 18, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 2566 (April 8, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 41 DCR 4936 (July 22, 1994); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 44 DCR 5967 (October 17, 1997); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 10223 (November 5, 2004); as amended by the Department of Motor Vehicles Reform Amendment Act of 2004, effective April 8, 2005 (D.C. Law 15-307; 52 DCR 1700 (February 25, 2005)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 4744 (May 20, 2005); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 10409 (November 25, 2005); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 3245 (April 21, 2006); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 7218 (September 1, 2006); as amended by the Personal Mobility Device Amendment Act of 2006, effective March 6, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-224; 53 DCR 10225 (December 29, 2006); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 131 (January 5, 2007); as amended by the Department of Motor Vehicles Service and Safety Amendment Act of 266, effective March 14, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-279; 54 DCR 903, 921 (February 2, 2007)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 1572 (February 16, 2007); as amended by the Bicycle Registration Reform Amendment Act of 2008, effective May 1, 2008 (D.C. Law 17-149; 55 DCR 1272 (February 8, 2008));as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 3972 (April 11, 2008) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 7993(July 25, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 3939 (May 15, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 8595 (October 30, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 5243 (June 18, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 6424, 6427 (July 29, 2011); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 16035, 10639 (December 16, 2011); as amended by Emergency and Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 6685 (August 5, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 11113, 11116 (December 23, 2011); as amended by the Neighborhood Contractor Daytime Parking Permit Act of 2012, effective April 20, 2013 (D.C. Law 19-254; 60 DCR 984 (February 1, 2013)); as amended by the Motorized Bicycle Amendment Act of 2012, effective April 27, 2013 (D.C. Law 19-290; 60 DCR 2343 (March 1, 2013)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 10071 (July 12, 2013); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 11236 (August 2, 2013); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 10575 (October 10, 2014); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 11212 (October 24, 2014); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 11568 (August 21, 2015); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 14092 (October 30, 2015); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 7930 (August 11, 2017); as amended by Final Rulemaking 66 DCR 00056 (January 4, 2019); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 10565 (August 16, 2019); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 4555 (April 24, 2020); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 1900 (February 12, 2021); as amended by the Ward Redistricting Amendment Act of 2021, effective February 24, 2022 (D.C. Law 24-0074; 69 DCR 000010 (January 7, 2022)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 69 DCR 014965 (December 9, 2022); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 69 DCR 015578 (December 30, 2022); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 69 DCR 015578 (December 30, 2022); as amended by the Animal Care and Control Omnibus Amendment Act of 2022, effective April 21, 2023 (D.C. Law 24-346; 70 DCR 000570 (January 20, 2023); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 015111 (November 17, 2023).

Editor's Note :

Rulemaking notices were published in the D.C. Register(DCR) and Adopted Rules were codified into the D.C. Municipal Regulations (DCMR)

  Notice ID Register Category Heading Notice/
Adopted Section
Register Issue/
Effective Date
R0054135 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
11/17/2023

N133742 Final Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Amending 18 DCMR Chapters 22, 24, 40, and 99 - Bus Lanes and Bus Zones View Text 11/17/2023
Vol 70/46
N131504 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking - Amending 18 DCMR Chapters 22, 24, 40, and 99 - Bus Lanes and Bus Zones View Text 7/28/2023
Vol 70/30
R0054137 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
4/21/2023

R0052354 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
12/30/2022

N128515 Final Rulemaking Motor Vehicles, Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - 18 DCMR Ch. 99 - Autocycle definition View Text 12/30/2022
Vol 69/52
R0052317 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
12/9/2022

N127211 Proposed Rulemaking Motor Vehicles, Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Amending Title 18 DCMR Chapter 99 (Definitions) to change the definition of "autocycle" View Text 9/23/2022
Vol 69/38
N127107 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Public Works, Department of/ Motor Vehicles, Department of/ Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Additional Extension of Public Comment Period through September 28, 2022 - Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking for Immobilization and Removal of Vehicles with Fraudulent and Expired Identification Tags View Text 9/2/2022
Vol 69/35
N125957 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Public Works, Department of/ Motor Vehicles, Department of/ Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period through September 13, 2022 - Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking for Immobilization and Removal of Vehicles with Fraudulent and Expired Identification Tags View Text 8/12/2022
Vol 69/32
N123408 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Public Works, Department of, Motor Vehicles, Department of, and Transportation, District Department of – Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking – 18 DCMR Ch. 4 - Vehicles with Expired or Fraudulent Identification Tags View Text 7/15/2022
Vol 69/28
R0054132 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
2/24/2022

N119167 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Autonomous Vehicle Testing View Text 1/28/2022
Vol 69/4
N115052 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Motorized Bicycles on Shared Use Paths View Text 10/29/2021
Vol 68/44
R0048216 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
2/12/2021

N103162 Final Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Healthcare Facilities, Pedestrian ROW in the Roadway, and Proper Behavior in Bus Lanes View Text 2/12/2021
Vol 68/7
N0098986 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking - Healthcare Facilities, Pedestrian ROW in the Roadway, and Proper Behavior in Bus Lanes View Text 10/30/2020
Vol 67/45
R0040498 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
4/24/2020

N0091259 Final Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Parking Meters and Meter Zone Parking View Text 4/24/2020
Vol 67/17
N0086401 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Parking Meters and Bus Parking View Text 9/27/2019
Vol 66/40
R0038543 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
8/16/2019

N0085953 Final Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Residential Permit Parking View Text 8/16/2019
Vol 66/34
R0036833 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
1/4/2019

N0077306 Final Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of, and Motor Vehicles, Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Vision Zero View Text 1/4/2019
Vol 66/1
N0074689 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Extended Public Comment Period - Residential Permit Parking View Text 11/9/2018
Vol 65/46
N0074313 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Second Proposed Rulemaking - Residential Permit Parking View Text 10/12/2018
Vol 65/42
R0021610 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
8/11/2017

N0064906 Final Rulemaking Motor Vehicles, Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Autocycles and specified vehicle exception to emission inspections. View Text 8/11/2017
Vol 64/32
N0063157 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of, and Motor Vehicles, Department of - Extension of Public Comment Period on Vision Zero Second Proposed Rulemaking to May 1, 2017 View Text 4/7/2017
Vol 64/14
N0062780 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of, and Motor Vehicles, Department of - Extension of Public Comment Period on Vision Zero Second Proposed Rulemaking to April 10, 2017 View Text 3/10/2017
Vol 64/10
N0062189 Proposed Rulemaking Motor Vehicles, Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Autocycles and waiver of emission testing for certain vehicles View Text 2/3/2017
Vol 64/5
N0062007 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of, and Motor Vehicles, Department of - Notice of Second Proposed Rulemaking - Vision Zero View Text 1/20/2017
Vol 64/3
N0060192 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Extension of the Public Comment Period - To extend public comment period and additional 30 days on the residential parking permit proposed rules View Text 8/19/2016
Vol 63/35
N0059936 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Residential Permit Parking Rulemaking View Text 8/12/2016
Vol 63/34
N0056744 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of, and Motor Vehicles, Department of - Notice to Extend Public Comment Period for Vision Zero Rulemaking View Text 1/15/2016
Vol 63/3
N0056248 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Vision Zero View Text 12/11/2015
Vol 62/51
N0055602 Final Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Bus Lanes, Play Streets and Local Access Streets View Text 10/30/2015
Vol 62/45
R0017820 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
10/30/2015

R0017415 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
8/21/2015

N0054667 Final Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Pedicabs and Multi-Seat Pedal Cycles View Text 8/21/2015
Vol 62/35
N0052452 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking -Dedicated Bus Lanes and Play Streets View Text 3/27/2015
Vol 62/13
N0051061 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - Notice of Second Proposed Rulemaking - Amendments to regulations on pedicabs and multi-seat pedal cycles View Text 2/20/2015
Vol 62/8
R0016638 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
10/24/2014

N0050251 Final Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - to amend 18 DCMR, Ch. 24 and Ch. 99, to revise Visitor Parking Permit program View Text 10/24/2014
Vol 61/44
R0016439 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
10/10/2014

N0049944 Final Rulemaking Motor Vehicles, Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Commercial Drivers' License exemption for drivers of DC Streetcars View Text 10/10/2014
Vol 61/42
N0049431 Proposed Rulemaking Motor Vehicles,Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - to amend 18 DCMR, Ch. 13 and Ch. 99, to provide a commercial driver's license exemption for drivers of streetcars View Text 8/29/2014
Vol 61/36
N0049408 Proposed Rulemaking Transportation, District Department of - to amend 18 DCMR, Ch. 24 and Ch. 99, to revise Visitor Parking Permit program View Text 8/22/2014
Vol 61/35
R0014359 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
8/2/2013

R0015203 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
8/2/2013

N0043782 Final Rulemaking Reserved On-Street Car Sharing Rulemaking View Text 8/2/2013
Vol 60/33
R0013718 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
7/12/2013

N0043400 Final Rulemaking Multi-purpose school vehicle View Text 7/12/2013
Vol 60/30
N0043031 Proposed Rulemaking Pedicab and Multi-Seat Pedal Cycle rulemaking View Text 6/14/2013
Vol 60/26
N0042776 Proposed Rulemaking Reserved On-Street Car Sharing Rulemaking View Text 6/7/2013
Vol 60/25
N0041439 Proposed Rulemaking Multi-purpose school vehicles View Text 3/15/2013
Vol 60/12
R0011482 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
12/23/2011

N0017779 Final Rulemaking Pedicab Regulations View Text 12/23/2011
Vol 58/51
R0011403 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
12/16/2011

N0017712 Final Rulemaking Point to Point Car Sharing Rulemaking View Text 12/16/2011
Vol 58/50
N0017133 Proposed Rulemaking Point to Point Car-Sharing Rulemaking View Text 11/4/2011
Vol 58/44
N0013668 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Emergency Revisions to the Pedicab Regulations View Text 8/5/2011
Vol 58/31
R0010793 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
7/29/2011

R0008401 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
6/18/2010

N0003586 Final Rulemaking Driver's Licenses, Revocation, Title & Registration, Inspections, Safety, Adjudication and Definitions View Text 6/18/2010
Vol 57/25
N0002272 Proposed Rulemaking Driver's Licenses, Revocation, Title & Registration, Inspections, Safety, Adjudication and Definitions View Text 5/7/2010
Vol 57/19
N0002061 Proposed Rulemaking Establish safety standards for pedicabs View Text 4/23/2010
Vol 57/17
N0000224 Final Rulemaking Definition of Commercial Vehicle- Chapter 99 View Text 10/30/2009
Vol 56/44
R0003186 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
1/1/1900