Parking Meter Enforcement
Meter Enforcement
Except for official City holidays, meters located in the campus and hospital areas are enforced Monday through Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and meters located in the downtown area are enforced Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except for the meters located in the library lots and on the north side of the library on Elm Street. Those meters are enforced Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Each meter displays the hours of enforcement inside the dome of the meter. To aid in the determination of which meter belongs to a space, double-headed meters have an arrow on the meter that points toward the corresponding parking space. For single spaces the meter is located at the front of the space.
Parking meters are not enforced on the following official City holidays:
- New Year's Day
- Martin Luther King's Birthday
- Spring Day (Good Friday)
- Memorial Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Veterans Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Friday After Thanksgiving
- Christmas Day
Meter Rates
Campus Area
Meters in the campus area are color-coded by length of time available on the meter. Red is 30 minutes or less, blue is 2 hours and gray is 10 hours. Meters in the campus area have a rate of $1.00 an hour.
Downtown Area
Meters in the downtown area have various time lengths and are black in color regardless of length of time available on the meter. They have a rate of 25 cents an hour.
Hospital Area
All meters around Carle Clinic and Carle Hospital are gray in color and have a rate of $1.00 an hour.
Parking Garage
Parking in the municipal garage at 100 W. Main St. is available for 25 cents an hour for the first two hours and 50 cents for each additional hour.
County Pay Station Lot
Parking in the Champaign County Pay Station lot at 200 E. Main St. is available for 25 cents for the first hour and 50 cents for each additional hour.
Short-Term Meters
Short-term meters (15 or 30 minutes) are installed in certain high-traffic areas such as the U.S. Post Office and in front of coffee shops and bakeries.
