Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 453.01 Parking Regulations in Parking Meter Zones
§ 453.01 Parking Regulations in Parking Meter Zones
(a) No person shall park a vehicle in an individual street parking space within a parking meter zone unless the curb side wheels of such a vehicle are parallel with and not more than twelve (12) inches from the curb. Whenever a vehicle is parked in a street parking meter zone, the person parking such vehicle shall remit the required parking fee. Payment method by cash and coins must be available within six hundred (600) feet of each individual street parking space.
(b) The Director of Public Works is authorized to charge and cause to be collected the payment required in parking meter zones such charges and fees ranging from one dollar ($1.00) per hour to three dollars ($3.00) per hour and up to eight dollars ($8.00) per hour during special events in Special Event Zones described below in the Downtown Parking Area and one dollar ($1.00) per hour for up to eight hours, and up to three dollars ($3.00) per hour after eight hours outside of the Downtown Parking Area and is further authorized to establish regulations that set forth the days of the week, hours of the day, and intervals of time for which parking is permissible. The days and times the Director is authorized to charge for parking shall be as follows:
(1) In the Downtown Parking Area: Monday through Saturday from 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m., Sundays only during special events; and
(2) Outside of the Downtown Parking Area: Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. until 8.00 p.m.
(3) In Special Event Zones described below: Monday through Sunday.
A. Gateway Special Event Zone includes Prospect Avenue between West 3rd Street and West 2nd Street; Prospect Avenue between East 9th Street and East 14th Street; West 2nd Street between Prospect Avenue and West Huron Road; West Huron Road between West 6th Street and Ontario Street; Huron Road East between Prospect Avenue and Euclid Avenue; and Carnegie Avenue between East 9th Street and East 14th Street.
B. Lakefront Special Event Zone includes East 12th Street between South Marginal Road and Saint Clair Avenue Northeast; East 17th Street between Lakeside Avenue East and Saint Clair Avenue Northeast; Lakeside Avenue East between East 9th Street and East 17th Street; Saint Clair Avenue Northeast between East 9th Street and East 17th Street; Hamilton Avenue between East 13th Street and East 17th Street.
(c) Notice to the public shall be given by appropriate signs, setting forth the length of time for which parking is permitted and the conditions thereof. These may be upon the parking meter stand or in the immediate vicinity. Any vehicle which remains in a metered parking zone after the prescribed time for parking is hereby determined to be illegally parked. At each place where street metered parking zones are so established as provided in Section 403.06, each vehicle shall be parked entirely within a metered parking zone. The provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles parking upon the street of the City Monday through Saturday between the hours of 10:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. the following morning and Sundays except during special events in the Downtown Parking Area, and between the hours of 8:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. the following morning and Saturdays and Sundays outside of the Downtown Parking Area, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving Day (“Black Friday”), Christmas Day, and the day after Christmas Day.
(d) The Director shall file regulations referred to in division (b) of this section and any changes or additions to such regulations with the Clerk of Council. Such regulations shall be published in the City Record and be effective seven (7) days after publication. The Director shall report to Council regarding the implementation of this section and parking data one (1) year after its effective date.
(Ord. No. 522-2026. Passed 6-1-26, eff. 6-10-26 without the signature of the Mayor)