As of October, 2016, Residential Parking permit enforcement will no longer require a physical tag on your vehicle as proof of a valid parking permit. The license plate on your vehicle is now your permit. Permittees are required to provide a registered license plate number for the particular vehicle to be parked in the residential permit parking zone.

Learn about the cost, requirements and how to purchase a Residential Parking Permit via the City Clerk's webpage.

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To create a new zone, expand an existing zone, or establish restrictions on a street within an existing zone, a petition is required. The City will then conduct a parking study to determine whether the area in question has a parking problem, and whether the problem is created by cars that are registered within the zone.For more information regarding the petition requirements, parking study criteria, or permit eligibility, please view Rochester Code of Ordinances Section 11-10.

Meters are enforced on weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

 

Meters are not enforced on the following holidays:

• New Year's Day
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving
• Christmas Day

IMPORTANT NOTE: TIMES LISTED ARE MAXIMUM TIME ALLOWED 
Per City Ord 11-6-34, a vehicle is unlawfully parked if it remains beyond the legal parking limit established for the limited parking zone.

Interactive (GIS) map instructions: This map application illustrates downtown Rochester metered parking spaces and parking restriction zones. Zoom into your area of interest to make the parking layer visible. Click on a parking space polygon to see the associated attributes (i.e. parking space ID, space type, location). Please note: parking information shown in this application is not a real-time representation. Spaces out of service temporarily (i.e. hours/days for maintenance) are not identified.

Payment can be made using coins, the ParkMobile app, or by credit card in select areas.