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Public Parking

Last updated: Friday, May 26, 2006 10:35 AM

Public parking

Parking Zone Map of Downtown Palo AltoParking is free for up to two hours, both on street and off street. Free three-hour parking is available at the Civic Center, and at the Cowper/Webster and Alma/High street garages in marked spaces.

Color zones: Downtown is divided into four color zones: purple, coral, lime and blue. Motorists may park in any one zone for up to two or three hours based on posted signs but are prohibited from parking in that zone again for the rest of the regulated day (8 a.m.-5 p.m.). Mon-Fri 30-minute zones are exempt from re-parking regulations. Yellow commercial-loading, white passenger-loading and disability designated spaces are exempt from the reparking requirement..

Visitor parking: For a one-day pass, pay $15 and park in off-street lots and parking garages. The pass may be purchased at the Revenue Collections desk at City Hall. Permit parking for employers and employees can be purchased for any of the seven downtown lots. Permits for more than one vehicle are available. There may be a waiting list. Call 650/329-2317 or visit Revenue Collections at City Hall. Costs for long-term permits: $325 a year, $105 a quarter. Sheraton: $70 a year, $25 a quarter. One-day permits: $15 per day, $60 per space a week for large commercial vehicles and construction workers.

California Avenue area: The lots around California Avenue are two-hour lots. You need to wait five hours before parking again in the same lot. Permits are available and may be used in all lots. $40 per quarter, $100 a year. One-day permits are $5.There is a 1-3 month waiting list. Call Revenue Collections, 650/329-2317

Web site on parking: http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/transportation-division/park-index.html

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