DDOT's Public Space Permit application forms and one-page instructions are available online for the following common public space uses:
- Banners and Holiday Displays
- Residential Driveway and Curb Cut
- Fences and Retaining Walls
- Parking in Public Space
- Bike Rack, Bench or Other Street Furniture
- Sidewalk Café
- Vault Projections
- Subsurface Permit
- Sidewalk, Curb and Gutter
- Oversize and Overweight Vehicles
- Payphones
Applicants can download the form, fill-it-in and bring it to the DDOT Public Space Office, 2nd floor, 941 North Capitol Street, NE, at K Street. Because parking is very limited, transit use is advised; the nearest Metro stop is Union Station on the Red Line.