Metered downtown parking program resumes Oct. 3

The city of Sarasota will resume its metered parking program on Oct. 3, 2011.

The city has relocated some of the parking meters and pay stations, and visitors to downtown will encounter fewer meters in the downtown core as a result. Meters are being removed from State Street, 1300 and 1500 blocks of First Street, Cocoanut Avenue, and Gulfstream Avenue. They are being installed on Main Street, Adams Lane, East Street, and east of U.S. 41 on Ringling Boulevard.

The city is creating six free, 15-minute parking spaces on Main Street, between blocks 1300 and 1500.

Enforcement hours will be 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday, with rates of $.50 per hour from May to October, and $1 per hour from November to April.

With this implementation 20% of public parking space downtown will be metered. Pay stations accept coins as well as Visa and MasterCard. Visitors must remember their three-digit parking space number, which is visible on the purple curb at their parking space. Receipts will not be printed. 

Permits to park in one of the city's five public lots and two parking garages are available and will be sold at a reduced rate for upfront purchases. Packages for permits include $20 per month for one year, $30 per month for three months and $40 for one month. Permits can be purchased at the Parking Division located in the Sarasota Police Headquarters, 2099 Adams Lane.

To view a map of streets with metered parking, click here.

For more information contact Mark Lyons, Parking Manager, at 954-7058 or at [email protected].
Contact Eddie Kirsch at [email protected].