Knowledge Base

Parking Meter Hours:

Payment is enforced Monday - Friday 8AM to 5PM

Meters are not enforced on the following holidays:

• New Year's Day
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving
• Christmas Day

Parking Meter Rates:

• 3 Hour Meters: $2.00 per hour
  • Meters located in the downtown area
• No Time Limit Meters: $0.50 per hour
  • Meters outside of the designated downtown area

Payments can be made using coins, credit card, ParkMobile App ParkMobile Google Play  ParkMobile App Store where available. 

For more information, visit: Street Parking

Broken/Malfunctioning Parking Meters:

If a meter is not operating correctly, please notify the City at the time you first park and discover the malfunction. Call 311 or 507-328-2311 and be prepared to provide the specific meter number (NOT the zone number), a description of the issue, and your license plate number. 

If you already loaded money into the meter, you may remain parked for the duration of the meter time limit. A parking technician will be dispatched to check on the meter, and if a malfunction is noted, any ticket issued to you will be voided. Tickets issued as the result of an unreported meter malfunction cannot be voided. Falsely reporting a broken meter will not result in ticket dismissal. 

Please note that issues with reloading additional time in excess of the posted time limits on a parking meter is not a malfunction. City ordinance requires you move your vehicle at least one block after the time limit on a meter expires.