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Parking Meters

Parking Operating Hours

Parking Meters

Parking Operating Hours

Parking hours of operation for meters and time limits vary by area. View parking operating hours map for details.

Effective July 1, 2024: Meters and time limits will be enforced on Sundays. All free meter programs for the holidays will also be discontinued. Operational hours of enforcement will be the same as the other days of the week.

Parking operating hours map

View hours of operation for meters and time zones in midtown and downtown

Meter rates

View tiered meter rates and how to use on-street meters

Metered and non-metered spaces are regulated by parking operating hours. These are hours of the day when either meter payments or time limits are enforced.

Any hours or days beyond parking operating hours are referred to as "unrestricted". There are no time limits or meter payments required during unrestricted hours. For example, if parking operating hours are 8 a.m. - 10 p.m., then all hours betweem 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. the next morning are unrestricted.

Operating hours differ by location. Please view the parking operating hours map to learn when operating hours start and end.

General operating hours

Enforcement hours start at 8 a.m. The end time for operating hours (meter payments and time limits) depends on the area (view areas on parking operating hours map).

Please look at posted signage on the street and on any meter screens at the parking space for operating hours. Standard operating hours include any of following times and days of the week, based on location.:

8 a.m. - 10 p.m. (7 days per week, including holidays)
10 a.m. - 10 p.m. (Old Sacramento only, 7 days per week, including holidays)
8 a.m. - 8 p.m. (7 days per week, including holidays)
8 a.m. - 6 p.m. (7 days per week, including holidays)

All residential areas posted with Residential Permit Parking (RPP) in downtown and midtown have operating hours that end at 10 p.m., regardless of location.

Parking in Old Sacramento

As one of the busiest tourist areas in Sacramento, Old Sacramento parking operating hours are independent of the standard days and hours found throughout downtown and midtown.

Old Sacramento operating hours are enforced all seven days of the week, including holidays, from 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. at all meters and time-limited parking spaces.

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