Pioneer Square Community,
Paid parking and hourly time limited parking enforcement were suspended in early April in response to the Governor’s Stay Home, Stay Healthy Order. With King County’s transition to Phase 2 of the
Safe Start Plan
, businesses are reopening, and reliable access at the curb for customers is critical for recovery. Parking will therefore be charged at $0.50/hour in all paid areas; which is the lowest rate allowed according to the Seattle Municipal Code.
The rate will remain unchanged for at least a month while SDOT reviews data to determine parking activity and occupancy in business districts. Further adjustments are expected to come later in 2020. Parking Enforcement Officers will begin enforcing paid parking requirements, as well as free, hourly time limited parking on July 13.
Please note that for the first two weeks of this rate adjustment, Parking Enforcement Officers will be focused on education and voluntary compliance of paid parking and will issue courtesy notices and warnings for non-payment violations rather than citations, to help ease the transition back to paid parking.
For more parking locations throughout the neighborhood, we encourage you to visit
DowntownSeattleParking.com
, an
interactive, mobile website that helps drivers find off-street, low-rate parking. Many parking garages have rates comparable or cheaper than typical on-street parking. Spots are as low as $3 per hour or a flat $7 rate on evenings and weekends. Make sure to add a link to DowntownSeattleParking.com to your website and let your visitors know to use this resource.
