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District of Columbia

Live on this state’s ALPR statute. The occupancy form on file is not a named ALPR highway instrument. A live card is not a permit in hand.

Highway system

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District of Columbia is not a state. Packed network is District public space and public rights of way, not a state highway system. DDOT: public space is all publicly owned property between the property lines on a street and includes the roadway, tree spaces, sidewalks, and alleys. Statutory definitions are in D.C. Code § 10-1141.01.

Owner

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District Department of Transportation (DDOT), Public Space Regulation Division. The Mayor may issue permits to occupy public rights of way, public space, and public structures (D.C. Code § 10-1141.03).

Right-of-way

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D.C. Code § 10-1141.01. “Public space” means all the publicly-owned property between the property lines on a street, park, or other public property as shown on District records, and includes any roadway, tree space, sidewalk, or parking between such property lines. “Public rights of way” means the surface, the air space above the surface (including air space immediately adjacent to a private structure located on public space or in a public right of way), and the area below the surface of any public street, bridge, tunnel, highway, lane, path, alley, sidewalk, or boulevard used pursuant to District law for public services. “Public structure” means all publicly-owned fixtures on the public space and in the public rights of way. Do not substitute Florida § 334.03(21).

Public records

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District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act (D.C. Code §§ 2-531–2-539). Who may request: Any person has the right to request access to records (DC.gov FOIA page quoting D.C. Code §§ 2-531–539).

Open meetings

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Open Meetings Act (D.C. Code § 2-571 et seq.)

ALPR statute

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D.C. Code § 50-2443 — License plate recognition systems; usage and privacy. Within one year after the applicability date, the Mayor shall issue rules to: (1) ensure District agencies equipped with LPRS for enforcement of parking or moving violations use the same database; (2) maximize transmission of information that may assist in locating immobilization-eligible vehicles; (3) maintain reasonable security procedures and practices for LPRS information; and (4) implement a usage and privacy policy so collection, use, maintenance, sharing, and dissemination of LPRS information is consistent with individuals’ privacy and civil liberties. This section as retrieved is a rulemaking mandate for parking/moving-violation LPRS — not a general law-enforcement ALPR retention statute and not a numbered-day cap.

Do not treat MPD general-order 30/90-day practices as this statute.

ROW permit

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Public Space Occupancy Permit (and related public-space construction permits) via TOPS. Who may apply: Users of District public space. D.C. Code § 10-1141.03(b): the Mayor may issue occupancy permits without regard to whether the permittee owns abutting property. Apply through DDOT’s Transportation Online Permitting System (TOPS).. The Mayor may revoke any permit issued pursuant to this subchapter at any time (§ 10-1141.03(c)). Prepaid charges for the revoked portion are refunded. On expiration or revocation the Mayor may require immediate removal and restoration at permittee expense (§ 10-1141.03(e)).. Named instrument is from DDOT’s own public-space page plus D.C. Code § 10-1141.03. No ALPR-named DDOT permit was found. This is not Florida GUP, not Minnesota OLPA, not Utah Special Use, and not a state DOT occupancy form.

Named instrument is from DDOT’s own public-space page plus D.C. Code § 10-1141.03. No ALPR-named DDOT permit was found. This is not Florida GUP, not Minnesota OLPA, not Utah Special Use, and not a state DOT occupancy form.

https://ddot.dc.gov/page/permit-applications-use-public-spaces

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