Ross Bradford lives in the 1300 block of Delaware Ave. SW, and recently received his very own visitor parking permit, part of the District’s new pilot residential parking restriction program in the Southwest and Near Southeast neighborhoods around the new Nationals stadium. Bradford told us the visitor permit, pictured above, was sent to him by the D.C. Department of Transportation without him having to do anything. Each household in the designated neighborhoods gets a total of one pass.

The pass was mailed with a letter from DDOT Director Emeka Moneme. Along with stern warnings that the pass is not to be used to “Avoid the requirement to register a resident’s vehicle,” “Avoid meter fees or time restrictions for an employee in a home-based business,” or “Obtain monetary compensation for use of the pass,” the letter outlines the way the new parking restrictions will affect those who do not display a residential or visitor parking pass.

… one side of each block will state: Zone 6 Permit Parking Only, Monday through Sunday 7AM to midnight. The opposite side of each block will state: Two Hour Parking Only; Zone 6 Permit Holders Exempted; Monday through Sunday, 7AM to midnight.

The letter also includes a map which shows a small number of streets highlighted in red and gold that will receive new meters and “pay to park” signage, as well as commercial corridors highlighted in green which will carry new parking restrictions during ball games.

The two-hour parking limit looks to give members of the Ebenezer United Methodist Church some trouble, as well as anyone living within the Zone 6 restricted area who’d like to allow more than one friend with a car to visit for more than two hours at a time.