Parking Meter question

[robertgoodman]

Originally Posted by VileTat

Totally did not see any of those new stickers, though we were using 5 hour meters exclusively around 9th and Grant. Will have to check next time if the 5 hour ones are free at night then or if we just got lucky

To my knowledge they haven't expanded overnight metered parking outside of downtown. If it has a meter outside of downtown it likely still has the no parking between 2am and 6am rule. On those as long as you don't park overnight you should be good parking without paying from after the hour posted until 2am.

Although that could have changed since the last time I had to pay attention to those rules (only rarely drive within the city and when I do it's usually using Car2go which has more lenient parking restrictions).

[AmFest]

Originally Posted by Gamecock2001

Yeah it was downtown. It read something similar to "This meter operates from 8-10 PM" but apparently I am reading a few things on the new additions where you are still supposed to pay after that. Which is why they didn't accept my dispute.

That's what I figured. My first parking ticket was due to misreading the label as well. Thankfully, the ticket is only for $25. Sometimes parking downtown costs more than that.

[Lyndarn]

Originally Posted by Gamecock2001

I received a ticket after the posted time (meter said it was out of service at 10 PM.) I got the ticket at 11 PM and tried to dispute it via a form, but they are still saying I need to pay. Is this correct? Are you still supposed to pay after the ending time but a smaller amount for the meter? I am unsure on this

Just be grateful you didn't have your vehicle towed..then the cost would go thru the roof!!

You didn't mention the actual ticket cost??? What was it just out of curiosity?
In the end..once dealt with you will never do that again..unless fighting bureaucracy is you mission in life

[VileTat]

Originally Posted by robertgoodman

To my knowledge they haven't expanded overnight metered parking outside of downtown. If it has a meter outside of downtown it likely still has the no parking between 2am and 6am rule. On those as long as you don't park overnight you should be good parking without paying from after the hour posted until 2am.

Although that could have changed since the last time I had to pay attention to those rules (only rarely drive within the city and when I do it's usually using Car2go which has more lenient parking restrictions).

We did see "no parking on X day of the week" for street sweeping, so that does seem to be in effect even in Cap Hill. But parking overnight was ok. Staying in an apartment near there, we basically just had to set an alarm clock and go pay the meter by 9AM each morning. Probably a bit different rules than downtown because there were tons of tall apartment buildings around and not nearly enough lot parking.

[Gamecock2001]

Originally Posted by Lyndarn

Just be grateful you didn't have your vehicle towed..then the cost would go thru the roof!!

You didn't mention the actual ticket cost??? What was it just out of curiosity?
In the end..once dealt with you will never do that again..unless fighting bureaucracy is you mission in life

$25, so not terrible