Parking rules are required to be obeyed at all times and can be enforced by either the Allentown Parking Authority or the Allentown Police Department at any time, unless restricted by city ordinance. The Allentown Parking Authority now enforces 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
Meter Enforcement
Parking Meters are enforced Monday through Saturday from 8:00am through 9:00pm in the Core PPL Event Area – Hamilton Street, from 4th to 12th Streets and the unit blocks north and south of Hamilton Street (Linden to Walnut Streets) from 5th to 11th Streets. The rate to park at these meters is $2.00 per hour, unless otherwise notated and payment may be made with coins, bills, credit/debit cards, or with your Park Mobile mobile app. If a Parking Meter or Paystation is inoperable, please report it to the APA and park at a functioning Meter and/or use a PayStation located within the same zone. Parking in a space with an inoperable Meter and/or Paystation is subject to violation.
Meters in all other locations are enforced Monday through Saturday, from 8:00am through 6:00pm. The rate to park at these meters is $1.00 per hour and payment may be made with coins, or with your Park Mobile mobile app.
Metered parking is not enforced on Sundays UNLESS there is a PPL Event. Metered spaces are enforced in the PPL Center Area beginning 2 hours PRIOR to the event start time.
Metered parking will not be enforced on the following holidays of this year (2024): New Year’s Day; MLK Day; Memorial Day; July 4th; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day. ALL OTHER PARKING VIOLATIONS WILL BE ENFORCED.
METERS
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PARKING FOR LARGE TRUCKS
The City ordinance which regulates the parking of ‘oversized vehicles’ (defined as Class 5 or above, or with a Gross Vehicle Weight of over 11,000 pounds, among other definitions) allows for legal parking of these vehicles in the following areas:
ALLENTOWN DRIVE
Block: 400
Location: N. Dauphin Street to Business Park Lane
BUSINESS PARK
Block: 400, 500
Location: Allentown Drive to American Parkway NE
CEDAR STREET
Block: 300
Location: N. 3rd Street to N. Meadow Street
E. COLUMBIA STREET
Block: 1400
Location: N. Nelson Street to N. Plymouth
E. CONGRESS STREET
Block: 600, 700
Location: N. Fenwick Street to N. Godfrey Street
N. ELLSWORTH
Block: 700
Location: E. Carey Street to E. James Street
E. FAIRMONT STREET
Block: 700, 800
Location: N. Godfrey Street to N. Irving Street
N. GILLMORE STREET
Block: 1000, 1100
Location: 175 feet N of Union Boulevard to E. Congress
N. GODFREY STREET
Block: 1000, 1100, 1200
Location: 185 feet N of Union Boulevard to E. Fairmont Street
N. GRAHAM STREET
Block: 1000, 1100
Location: 175 feet N of Union Boulevard to 260 feet N of E. Congress Street
GRAMMES ROAD
Block: 1700, 1800
Location: Lehigh Parkway S to Vultee Street
E. HIGHLAND STREET
Block: 600, 700, 800
Location: N. Fenwick Street to N. Irving Street
E. JAMES STREET
Block: 500
Location: N. Ellsworth to 170 feet W of N. Fenwick Street
MITCHELL AVENUE
Block: 2500, 2600
Location: 450 feet E and 450 feet W of the intersection of 26th
MITCHELL AVENUE
Block: 2800
Location: 28th Street SW to 29th Street SW
E. PENNSYLVANIA
Block: 1500
Location: 330 feet W of N. Nelson Street to N. Plymouth Street
N. PLYMOUTH STREET
Block: 1100, 1300
Location: E. Congress Street to E. Columbia Street
N. QUEBEC STREET
Block: 1000, 1100, 1200
Location: 650 feet N of Union to end of E. Columbia Street
VULTEE STREET
Block: 1700, 1800
Location: 825 feet W of Lehigh to 225 feet W of Grammes
VULTEE STREET
Block: 2000
Location: S. 12th Street to 550 feet E of Lehigh Street
E. WALNUT STREET
Block: 100
Location: S. Albert Street to 70 feet E of S. Ann Street
WASHINGTON STREET
Block: 300
Location: End of Street W to N. Meadow Street
E. WOODLAWN
Block: 1400, 1500
Location: N. Nelson Street to N. Plymouth Street
N. 3RD STREET
Block: 200
Location: Turner Street to Chew Street
S. 10TH STREET
Block: 600
Location: Little Lehigh Creek Bridge to Harrison Street
26TH STREET SW
Block: 2200, 2300
Location: Mitchell Avenue to 230 feet N of W. Emaus Avenue
28TH STREET SW
Block: 2100, 2200, 2300
Location: End of Street to 280 feet N of W. Emaus Avenue