Free downtown parking remains amid few new changes to parking program

For the past several months, City transportation staff has met with downtown business owners, employees and neighbors to balance the desire for free downtown parking at all hours with the need to increase parking availability during business hours.

Few changes are scheduled to take effect by June 1, 2022 and effective Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. They are:

1. On-street parking spaces on the east and west sides of SE 1st Street, between University Avenue and SE 1st Avenue, have been converted from 2-hour free parking to 30-minute free parking.
2. Parking in City Lots 3, 4, 5, and 13 has changed to a 4-hour time limit per space at $0.50/hour.
3. Several short-term parking spaces on SW 2nd Street, near the SW parking garage, have been converted from 5-minute pick up/drop off spaces to a 2-hour time limit per space.
4. Paid parking spaces on the first block of SW 5th Terrace have been converted to 30-minute free parking.
5. Employees of downtown businesses may purchase a discounted monthly permit for unlimited parking in the City’s SW Downtown Parking Garage at 105 SW 3rd St.