Evening star., 1938-09-21
DISTRICTS HEADS
BAN FREE SPACES
IN METER AREAS
Regulations Are Issued for
Congested Section Under
New Parking Plan.
Time LIMIT EXTENSION
BY OWNERS PROHIBITED
Penalty for Violation Is Fixed at
$500 or 10 Days-Agents Will
Paint Curb Lines.

Daytime free parking spaces on most
streets In the congested section. ~
washington were eliminated todav bv
the Commissioners as they adopted
regulations governing the use of park.
ing meters which are to be installed
IN ABOUT month for an experimental
years trial ordered by Congress.
The Commissioners designated avail.
able parking spaces on E, F and q
streets NV, and on cross streets, be.
tween Seventh street and Madison
place, where the meters are to be in
stalled. 1t was made clear that in tho
blocks In which the meters are To be
used, there will remain no free park.
ing spaces.
The regulations permit the installa.
tlon OF meters throughout the area
from E street on the south and H
street on the north. Seventh street on
the east and Madison place on the
west, but not all this area will be cov.
cred under the meter plan now because
only 80 of the mechanical coin col.
lectors are to be purchased and the
whole area covered would require 56e.
The regulations were drafted so that
changes In location might be ordered.
Prices Announced.
Where the meters are installed in
existing 20-minute parking limit
spaces, the charge for the use of the
meters will be cents for 20 minutes.
Where they are placed in spaces where
parking now is permitted up to one
hour, the price will be S cents for
so minutes.
The Commissioners prescribed that
a person renting the parking space
may not return at the expiration Of
the time limit and rent the space for
another period by the deposit of a
second nickel They ruled that the
car owner may not engage another
person to deposit the second nickel
for them.
Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer. who drew the plan for the
Commissioners, explained that this
fule was adopted because the principal
idea OF the use Of parking meters is to
assure turnover in the use of parking
spaces. Therefore, he said, it was
ruled that person renting a space
must not be allowed to hold that space
indefinitely by the deposit of addi-
tional nickels at the expiration of Q
20-minute or Commute period.
Fines Are Fixed.
A penalty clause attached to the
new rules provides that any one
violating the regulations shall face
punishment of fine up to $500 or
imprisonment up to 10 days, or both.
The meter regulations were super
imposed on existing parking restric-
tions. In other words, the installation
OF a meter at a certain point will not
mean that person can park there
at times when parking now Is for
hidden by previously existing regula-
tions. For instance, parking already
IS forbidden from 8 to $50 am., and
from to 6. However, the installation
of meters at designated points will
not always mean that the parking OF
a car there will require a nickel de-
posit Parking in these spaces will be
free between pm. and 8 am
Another section Of the regulations
provides:
mo commercial vehicle may stop,
stand or park in parking meter zones
between the hours of $50 am. and
4 pm. but may park in the zones
previous to $50 am. while actually
engaged in loading and unloading
merchandise unless otherwise provided
by regulations. No passenger car shall
stop, stand or park in any parking
meter zone between and $50 am
and to pm. except for the purpose
of taking on or discharging passengers
except before 8 am or after pm
and on Sundays and legal holidays.
May Have Unused Period.
II a person drives his car into q
parking meter zone and finds the time
limit for parking previously paid fol
by another motoriss has not expired
he may make use OF the unused paid.
for period without extra cost.
The regulations prescribe that Dis
trict agents shall use painted lines te
mark off the parking spaces adjacent
to the meters, which are to be placed
on poles on the sidewalk or near the
curb.
At present the meters are to be
placed alongside existing parking
spaces on streets on the area generally
bounded by Fifteenth, Ninth. E and c
streets, with the exception that few
will be placed on the east side of Sew.
enth street between E and F. streets
few on the north and south street.
just above G street. dozen on Z
street between hal
and Fourteenth street in front Of the
District Building and in front Of thu
banks and other Office buildings on thu
west side Of Fifteenth street between
Pennsylvania avenue and H street, anc
on the north side of Pennsylvania ave
nue., between Fifteenth street and Mad
ison place.
The Commissioners this Afternoon
were expected to award tho contrac
for the installation Of the meters
acting on bids which were openet
about month ago.
MISS SMITH H0N0REn