Downtown Parking

Parking in the downtown core is available on-street or in municipal parking lots. All parking downtown is free after 5 p.m. and on weekends and holidays.

On-Street Parking

Free on-street parking is available on Front Street with a maximum of one hour. On-street parking on all other streets downtown is available at a cost of $2 per hour with a maximum of two hours, paid for at individual parking meters.

Municipal Parking Lots

Two-hour free parking is available in municipal parking lots within the Downtown Business Improvement Area (BIA). This includes the Front, Riverside, Riggs and Pinnacle lots. The Clark and Courthouse lots are not within the Downtown BIA and are excluded from two-hour free parking. Market Square parking is considered on-street parking and is also excluded.

Vehicles parked for more than two hours must pay the regular parking rate of $2 per hour for any additional time.

A parking permit is still required, even if you are parking for less than two hours. You must obtain a free pay-and-display permit from the parking machine and place it on your dash or use the HotSpot Parking app to obtain a free digital permit using the zone number displayed on signage in each lot.

Monthly parking permits are available for municipal lots. Visit our Parking Permits page to learn more.

Overnight Parking

Overnight parking is only allowed in specifically marked spaces downtown. There are 10 overnight parking spaces in the North Riverside Lot (located along the fence behind Jim's Pizza) and 8 overnight spaces in the Riggs Lot (located next to the fence in the northern section). All overnight parking spaces are marked with signage of a P in a green circle. 

Currently overnight parking in these spaces is free but it must be booked through HotSpot Parking. These spaces can be booked anytime after 5 p.m. each day. View this video from Downtown Belleville to learn how to book overnight parking.