Meter rates, permit fees increase Nov. 1

posted on 10/22/2024

Following City Council action earlier this month, parking meter rates and permit fees will increase on Nov. 1, 2024. Parking violations were also increased, effective Oct. 15, 2024.  

Meter rates will rise by 25 cents per hour for all on-street metered parking and most municipal lots, including the Orchard Street Garage. There is also a 25-cent per hour increase for the city’s electric vehicle charging stations. Monthly permit fees also increased by $5 per month, and parking fines in most instances also increased by $5. 

Parking Manager Bill Simons said this was the first parking meter rate increase since July 2016, and the first fine increase since 2019. Monthly permit fees have not increased for four years in some lots and more than 10 years in others, Simons said.

All the money collected through parking meters, permits and fines goes into dedicated accounts that fund the Parking Bureau’s operation, with money set aside to fund parking infrastructure maintenance and replacement. Parking operations are not funded through the city’s general fund.

The increase in rates and fines follows an Aug. 7 City Council workshop with the Parking Commission and Parking Manager Simons, where they discussed Dover’s current and future parking landscape and costs. Click here to watch the workshop.

For more information, contact the Parking Bureau at 603-516-6132.