Parking FAQs

Q: Where can I apply for an off-street parking permit?
A: Applications for parking off-street in the Central Business District can be found here: Online Application.

Q: How do I contest a parking ticket?
A: To contest a ticket by court appearance, please call (434) 455-4045.

Q: How much are parking fines?
A: Parking fines range from a warning up to $250.

Q: How much is a residential parking permit for residents of downtown?
A: A residential parking permit is $25 per month for the first vehicle.

Q: How much are monthly parking permits for City owned parking facilities?
A: Parking deck rates are $50 per month; Surface lots are $40.00 per month.

Q: What other types of parking permits are available?
A: Construction parking permits are issued through the Office of Parking Management. Construction dumpster parking permits are available and are issued by the Public Works Department.

Q: What happens to the revenue that is collected from parking fees and fines?
A: All revenue generated from parking downtown provides funding for the management and operation of parking facilities; maintenance, security, street scape improvements, and other downtown amenities.

Q: Where can I not park?

On a sidewalk or city trail
In front of a public or private driveway
Within an intersection or traveled way
Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant
On a crosswalk
Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection
Within thirty (30) feet of any flashing beacon, stop or yield sign or traffic-control signal located on the side of a roadway
Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad grade crossing
Within twenty (20) feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five (75) feet of the entrance
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when parking obstructs traffic
On the roadway side of any vehicle parked at the edge or curb of a street
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure
Where official signs and/or pavement markings prohibit parking
Between the street curb, or the edge of the paved portion of the roadway when there is no street curb, and the adjacent sidewalk
Between the street curb and the adjacent right-of-way line or sidewalk so as to cause the continual mounting and/or dismounting of the curbing
On the wrong side of the street
In areas that are posted parking by permit only or reserved parking without a permit
In a loading zone