Park Plymouth Parking Regulations

In parts of the Downtown, the Waterfront and North Plymouth, it is necessary to pay for parking Monday through Saturday from 9am to 7pm and Sunday from 12pm to 7pm, including Holidays. Outside of these core areas, there is no charge for parking and there are no posted time limits for un-metered street parking outside of these areas.

Plymouth (Downtown and Waterfront)

Downtown On-Street Parking:

·     Un-metered parking with a 2-hour limit is available along portions of Main Street Extension, Summer Street, Main Street and Court Street.

·     Un-metered parking with much shorter time limits is available in some locations in the Downtown as a convenience for customers needing to park for a few minutes in busy locations.

·     Metered on-street parking with a 4-hour limit is available along Middle Street, Carver Street, North Street, South Russell Street, North Russell Street and Brewster Street. The rate is $.50 per hour (U.S. money only). The meters accept nickels, dimes, quarters, half-dollars or dollar coins. You can pay for partial hours, and you can pay for up to 4 hours at a time.

NOTE: If you park in an un-metered location for longer than the specified time limit, you must move your vehicle. If a parking officer notes that your vehicle has been parked in a particular space for longer than the posted time limit, your vehicle will be ticketed. The only exception is a vehicle with a handicap permit.

NOTE: If you are parked at a metered location and the meter has expired, your vehicle will be ticketed unless you have a Downtown Resident permit or a handicap permit.

Downtown Lots with Parking for up to 10 Hours at $.50 per Hour (U.S. money only)

·     Some lots offer parking at coin operated meters. The meters accept nickels, dimes, quarters or dollar coins. You can pay for partial hours, and you can pay for up to 10 hours at a time.

·     Some lots offer parking at Pay and Display machines. These machines accept nickels, dimes, quarters or dollar coins as well as $1, $5 or $10 bills (credit or debit cards are not accepted at this time), and you pay for time in 1/2-hour units or for the maximum amount of time. The Parking Display Slip from any Pay and Display machine may be used for parking in any Pay and Display lot. Parking Display Slips may NOT be used to pay for parking at a meter on a street or at a meter in a lot. The Parking Display Slip dispensed by a machine must be placed face-up on the dashboard in your vehicle where it is visible.

o    The Market Street lot offers parking at a Pay and Display machine.

o    The Main Street Extension lot offers parking at coin operated meters. However, one row of spaces in this lot is reserved, on a first-come first-serve basis, for people with Merchant or Employee permits.

o    There are two Middle Street lots—one with coin operated meters and the other with a Pay and Display machine. In the lot with coin operated meters, and only in this lot, instead of having to put money into a meter, the Parking Display Slip from the Pay and Display machine may be displayed on your dashboard. However, vehicles with permits that provide for free parking in only Pay and Display lots must pay if they park at the coin operated meters in this lot.

o    In our lot off of North Street and Brewster Street, we offer parking at a Pay and Display machine.

o    In our Brewster Street lot adjacent to the Park Plymouth office, we have parking at coin operated meters.

NOTE: If you park in one of these metered lots and your meter is expired, your vehicle will be ticketed unless you have a permit that lets you park there for free. Specifically, vehicles with Downtown Resident or handicap permits are exempt from having to pay at the meters.

NOTE: If you park in one of these 10-hour Pay and Display lots and you don’t have an un-expired Parking Display Slip on your dashboard, your vehicle will be ticketed unless you have a permit that lets you park there for free. Specifically, vehicles with Downtown Resident, Plymouth Resident, Merchant, Employee or handicap permits are exempt from having to pay in the Pay and Display lots.

Waterfront On-Street Parking

·     Un-metered on-street parking with a 2-hour limit is available in a few places in the Waterfront area.

·     Un-metered on-street parking with much shorter time limits is available some locations in the Waterfront area as a convenience for customers needing to park for a few minutes in busy locations.

·     Metered on-street parking with a 4-hour limit is available along Water Street from Plymouth Rock to the Water Treatment Plant and on South Park Avenue. The rate is $.50 per hour (U.S. money only). The meters accept nickels, dimes, quarters, half-dollars or dollar coins. You can pay for partial hours, and you can pay for up to 4 hours at a time.

·     Several metered on-street spaces with a 2-hour limit are located along the road on Town Wharf near the Weathervane and a few more are located near the Lobster Hut Restaurant.

NOTE: If you park in an un-metered location for longer than the specified time limit, you must move your vehicle. If a parking officer notes that your vehicle has been parked in a particular space for longer than the posted time limit, your vehicle will be ticketed. The only exception on the Waterfront is a vehicle with a handicap permit.

NOTE: If you are parked at a metered location and the meter has expired, your vehicle will be ticketed unless you have a handicap permit. No other permits are exempt from having to pay at coin operated meters in the Waterfront area.

Waterfront Lots with Parking for Up to 10 hours at $.50 per hour (U.S. money only)

·     The Waterfront lots offer parking at Pay and Display machines. These machines accept nickels, dimes, quarters or dollar coins as well as $1, $5 or $10 bills (credit or debit cards are not accepted at this time), and you pay for time in 1/2-hour units or for the maximum amount of time. The Parking Display Slip from any Pay and Display machine may be used for parking in any Pay and Display lot. The Parking Display Slip may NOT be used to pay for parking at a meter on a street or at a meter in a lot. The Parking Display Slip dispensed by a machine must be placed face-up on the dashboard in your vehicle where it is visible.

o    The Memorial Hall lot behind the Visitors information Center has two Pay & Display machines. Two machines are centrally located in the lot.

o    The Water Street lot has 3 Pay and Display machines where you can pay for parking. This lot is located in front of the East Bay Grill and the Lobster Hut restaurants.

·        A row of free parking spaces in front of the Lobster Hut restaurant is provided for its customers on a first come, first serve basis.

·        Three rows of free parking spaces in front of the East Bay Grill are provided for its customers on a first come, first serve basis.

NOTE: If you park in a 10-hour Pay and Display lot and you don’t have an un-expired Parking Display Slip on your dashboard, your vehicle will be ticketed unless you have a permit that lets you to park there for free. Specifically, vehicles with Plymouth Resident, Merchant, Employee or handicap permits are exempt from having to pay. Vehicles with Downtown Resident permits must pay to park in these Waterfront lots.

FREE parking in Plymouth:

Three satellite areas in Plymouth presently offer FREE all day public parking.

1.     Parking at Jenny Pond

2.     Parking in the un-metered lot at the top of Russell Street and in the un-metered lot between South Russell St. and Burial Hill.

3.     Near the Water Treatment Plant, North of the BUS Parking lot off of Water Street.

North Plymouth (Downtown)

·     A 1 Hour limit on un-metered parking along Court Street in the downtown area.

·     Free parking in the rest of North Plymouth.