Parking Rules Return

Typically at this time of year, it is announced that overnight alternate side of the street parking will be suspended on weekends throughout the summer. This year, things are different.

By Mayor Kamal Johnson's COVID-19 State of Emergency order, alternate side of the street parking rules were suspended in mid-March, along with having to put coins in the meters on streets and in municipal parking lots. On June 1--this coming Monday, the day after tomorrow--both suspensions will end. We are back to having to park our cars on the odd side of the street from midnight to 8:00 a.m on days whose dates are odd and on the even side of the street on days whose dates are even. This means that tomorrow, Sunday, when you park your car for the night, it needs to be on the odd side on the street--that is, the south side for east-west streets, the west side for north-south streets. As yet, there is no indication if the overnight parking rule will be suspended on summer weekends, as it has in the past.

Also, if you are parking at a meter between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., you will need to put a quarter in the meter for every 30 minutes you plan to stay there, with a maximum, as always, of two hours.  
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