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New Parking Meter System in Beach Parking Lots

Effective June 26, 2009

Effective June 26, 2009, the multi-space beach area parking meter system will be converted to a “Pay-N-Display” system. Beach parking customers will be able to park their vehicle and pay for parking at one of the fourteen (14) “pay stations” that will be located within the surrounding beach parking lots on the west side of Ocean Boulevard (SR A1A). After payment is received, customers will receive a receipt that will be required to be placed face-up on the driver's side of the dashboard inside the vehicle (facing outward).  This receipt will indicate the start and end of the time purchased - additional time may be added to an existing transaction using the “Add Time transaction number printed on the original receipt.  Time limits will be enforced by Parking Enforcement Specialists checking the receipt on the dashboard.

This modification to the parking payment system will continue to provide customers with the choice of paying with credit card (i.e., Visa and/or MasterCard) at the Multi-Space meters or any U.S. coin at either type of meter. There is no transaction fee charged to the customer when using their credit card.

This new parking payment program will offer various benefits, including:

  • Reduced citations issued in error due to a wrong space number being programmed in the meter by a customer.
  • Receipts will be automatically printed providing a record of the parking transaction.

Instructions on how to pay for parking with the “Pay-N-Display”:

  • Find the nearest “Pay-N-Display” pay machine and press any button to engage the machine.  Follow the prompts and pay for desired parking time by way of coins or credit card (Visa, MasterCard).  Please note that dollar bills are not accepted.
  • Remove your receipt/ticket from pay machine and return to your vehicle.
  • Place ONE ticket at a time on the lower left hand driver's side of the dash board inside the vehicle (facing outward). Please remove old tickets from the dashboard to avoid getting tickets in error from old receipts on the dashboard.
  • Keep bottom portion of the ticket as receipt of payment.  Machine DOES NOT give change or refunds. No refunds will be given for unused time.

SMART CARDS
The City is pleased to announce that Smart Cards are now available for purchase in the Utility Billing Department at Delray Beach City Hall, 100 NW 1st Avenue, Monday through Friday, during normal business hours (8:00 am - 5:00 pm).

The Smart Card is a new parking payment option which enables beach customers to pay for parking without using coins at any of the City’s “Pay-N-Display” metered beach areas or the single-head meters on Ocean Boulevard (SR A1A).  Smart Cards are the size of a credit card and will fit conveniently in a wallet and/or pocket.  Customers will be able to “add” money to their Smart Card in various denominations at any multi-space meter, and/or the Visitors Center at the SW corner of Atlantic Avenue and Ocean Boulevard.

Instructions on how to pay for parking with your Smart Card:

  • Simply insert Smart Card into the slot, arrow up facing in, on the parking meter. The meter will read the tiny microchip embedded in your card and show you how much money is left on your Smart Card.
  • On single head meters, your card will automatically begin adding time to the meter in 12 minute increments, deducting the appropriate amount of money from the remaining value on your card.
  • When you reach the desired amount of time on the meter, remove your card from the slot.
  • For Multi-Space meters follow the prompts on the LCD Display.

Metered parking along SR A1A is enforced 8:00 am until 8:00 pm, 365 days per year.  Customers are required to pay for parking during these hours. 

SPECIAL NOTE:  PARKING IS PROHIBITED ON SR A1A BETWEEN 11:00 PM AND 5:00 AM.

For more information, contact Scott Aronson, Parking Management Specialist - Environmental Services Department, at (561) 243-7196 or via e-mail at aronson@ci.delray-beach.fl.us.