Paid parking rates and hours

It is the intent of paid parking to achieve a target occupancy rate of 85 percent. Occupancy rate refers to the percentage of spaces occupied by vehicles during the hours of operation of the paid parking zone. The paid parking rates and hours of operation will be established in the rates and fees schedule by the council and may be recommended for adjustment by the director of transportation in accordance with this chapter. Subject to the exceptions in subsection 10.77.010 (A), hourly paid parking rates for paid parking zones may be no less than 50 cents and no more than $10 per hour, and the flat rate for paid parking zones must be set in the annual budget for daily, weekly, or monthly parking passes. The director of transportation may recommend setting the rate of parking payment devices and flat rate parking, consistent with achieving the 85 percent target occupancy rate, based upon parking occupancy data. The director of transportation may recommend adjusting the parking payment device rates in increments of 25 cents at a time. Parking payment device rate adjustments must not occur more than once a month and must not increase more than $2 per calendar year within the established range of rates. The director of transportation may adjust the hours of operation and parking time limits of a paid parking zone. ( Ord. No. 413.362 , § 4, 2025; Ord. No. 413.360 , § 3, 2022)