(Washington, DC) Residents in redistricted neighborhoods now have an additional 13 weeks to exchange their old residential parking permits (RPP) for new stickers that reflect the wards in which they now live.

Department of Public Works (DPW) Parking Officers assigned to residential areas affected by redistricting will honor either the old or new RPP sticker for the transition streets until September 30, 2002. Enforcement of the new RPP zones will begin October 1.

Although the new RPP zones were scheduled to be enforced beginning July 1, 2002, emergency legislation recently passed by Council gives residents in transition areas an extended "grace" period in which to switch their residential parking stickers at the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).

The RPP sticker allows DC residents in zoned-parking areas to park on the street in their neighborhoods for extended periods of time. Vehicles without current and correct RPP stickers are subject to ticketing after two hours parked in any zoned residential area.

District law requires that the old zone sticker must be scraped from the windshield and taken in person to a DMV office, along with the vehicle's registration, in order to receive the new RPP sticker. The resident will also need to produce a valid driver's license.