Parking Pilot Program

Time limits will be standardized to three hours between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Monday through Friday on all streets in the pilot program area that currently have daytime limits or restrictions. This change is intended to provide more consistency than the current regulations, which can vary from block to block. New parking regulatory signage is expected to begin going up in March.

Neighborhood residents whose vehicles have a valid Village vehicle license are exempt from the time limit if they park on the same block as their home during the day. However, weekly street cleaning restictions must be observed.

Paid parking hours will be extended to 8 p.m. from the current 6 p.m. at meters and pay stations in the parking pilot program area to create more turnover in parking spaces near businesses. This change should particularly benefit restaurants and their customers by creating more available parking spaces during busy dining hours. This change will be effective the week of February 18.

Vehicle operators will have the option to stay longer than three hours at pay stations in the parking pilot program area if they pay more. The rate at parking pay stations in the pilot area will continue to be $1 per hour for the first three hours, but rise to $3 per additional hour with no time-limit. This approach is intended to encourage customers to park at meters and pay-by-plate spaces for shorter durations and encourage long-term parkers to use parking garages, which offer lower, longer-term rates. This change will be effective in February.

Pay stations for nearly 100 new pay-by-plate parking spaces will become operational on Madison Street to create higher turnover near businesses. The new equipment already has been installed.

Permit holders will be allowed to park overnight at designated metered and pay-by-plate spaces on Madison, Marion and Pleasant streets. This change, which is set to begin in February, is intended to create additional inventory of overnight parking spaces in these high-demand areas.

The Parking Pilot program was crafted following an extensive process guided by the Village's Transportation Commission, which held a series of public meetings and solicited feedback from members of the community. The feedback gathered during the process helped guide the changes being tested in the pilot program.

Click here for an archive of information compiled during the planning stages for the parking pilot in 2017 and 2018.