Beginning Nov. 18, the rate to park in city parking lots, garages and on-street parking spaces on Clearwater Beach will increase to $3 per hour for lots and to $3.50 per hour for on-street metered parking as the city installs the pay-by-plate parking kiosks.
Currently, several parking lots across the city have a broad range of parking rates and hours of enforcement. Clearwater officials say that this change will streamline the parking rates and hours of enforcement to be consistent throughout the beach, and it will better align the parking rates with the nationwide industry standard for coastal communities that are similar to Clearwater Beach. Furthermore, the increase in the parking rates more closely aligns with the city’s current beach parking rates in Lot 31 (Pier 60), Lot 32 (420 South Gulfview Blvd.) and the North Beach Parking Plaza (490 Poinsettia Ave).
Parking meters will be programmed with the new rate increase as new pay-by-plate touch-screen parking meters are installed across the beach. In addition to the rate changes, the hours of parking enforcement are changing. Currently, parking lots are enforced on Clearwater Beach from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m., and now enforcement will take place from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
The time limit for on-street parking on Clearwater Beach is increasing from a 2-hour time limit to a 5-hour time limit.
For more information on parking permit programs or places to park at Clearwater Beach or downtown, visit myclearwater.com/parking, or call the Parking System at (727) 562-4704.