Evening star., 1934-05-04
+, G and Seventh Streets
Ruling Shelved After
Merchants Protest.
RIGID ENFORCEMENT
OF HOUR RULE ORDERED
Traffic Director to Lay Out Curb
Loading Spaces for Com
mercial Vehicles.

The ban on daytime parking or
downtown sections Of F, G and Sew
enth streets will be lifted next Wed
nesday morning, under an amendment
to the traffic regulations adopted Of
ficially today by the Commissioners, in
keeping with an informal decision late
yesterday after a long hearing on the
subject.
At the same time, however, the
Commissioners ordered the institution
of a more rigid no-parking rule on
these three streets during morning
and evening rush hours than has
heretofore been invoked on downtown
streets generally. On the three thor
oughfares there is to be no parking
from 7:30 to $50 am. and from to
$50 pm. One-hour parking will be
permitted on the streets between $3.50
am. and pm.
The order affects Seventh street
from Pennsylvania to New York ave-
nue.; F street, from Fifth to Seventh
street, and from Ninth to Fourteenth
street, and G street, from Fifth to
Fifteenth streets. o., -.
curb Loading spaces.
william A. Van Duzer, director of
traffic, was directed to lay out proper
curb loading spaces on each side OF
each block along the three streets
for commercial vehicles loading and
unloading. Such space in each block
is not to be in excess of total of 100
feet. The Commissioners also de-
creed there shall be no double-parking
Of cars permitted on the three streets.
The 30-day trial of the ban on day.
time parking, protested by merchants,
would have ended Saturday night.
Rules will stay in effect until 1880 am
Wednesday next, however, to permit
traffic and police officials to establish
the necessary new system of signs.
Merchant Aid Expected.
Commissioner Hazen made point
edly clear at yesterdays meeting that
he will expect merchants along the
three streets not only to obey new
parking regulations to the letter, but
also to insist that their employees and
customers cooperate fully in any new
regulatory plans.
Enforcement of modified plans will
be difficult with the present limited
Commissioner Hazen said, land we
propose to hold the downtown mer-
chants to their promise to cooperate
in enforcement of parking restric-
tions."
Decision to shelve the rule against
daytime parking on F, G and Seventh
streets was reached by the city heads
following a three-and-a-half-h hour
public hearing on the matter.
Spokesman for the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association. Chamber
of Commerce, Board of Trade and the
Seventh Street Business Mems Asso-
ing ban was discriminatory, unneces-
sary and "ruinous" to business of firms
along the .hree streets.
Arthur J. Sundlun, spokesmen for
the joint group, contended the rule
had given to the streets the appear
ance of deserted village" and had
driven customers away. Millions Of
dollars of investments in downtown
real property, and the jobs Of thou
sands of employees were jeopardized.
they argued.
On the other hand, spokesmen for
street car and bus companies, the
Chevy Chase, Lincoln Park and Mid
city Citizens Associations, argued for
continuation of the ban, questioning
whether the merchants along the
streets could show losses attributed to
the no-parking ban. Police and traffic
officials also urged continuation of the
special rule.