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Eligible
Areas and Districts | How To Purchase | About the Program
Replacing Permits/New Car Info | Replacement of Visitor's Pass
Areas
and Districts
There
are currently twenty-six Residential Permit Parking areas.
If your street is located in a permit parking zoned area you
may be eligible to purchase a permit decal for your vehicle(s)
and or a visitor's pass for your visitor, some restrictions
may apply. The cost of the permit decal is twenty dollars
and the visitor pass is one dollar.
The districts maps provided below are available in PDF format. If you can not view the maps, you may need to download a current reader.
How
to Purchase a Pass
To purchase a permit
decal or visitor pass you must show proof of residence.
The following documents are required to purchase a permit:
(1) Proof of Residency
a. Current lease
with name and address on it and signed by tenant and landlord
or,
b. Current utility bill (except a water bill) with your name
and address on it (unpaid) or,
c. Notarized letter from landlord with name and address on
it or
d. Sublease needs a notarized letter from your landlord stating
that you live there and who has moved out.
(2) Proof of Car
Ownership
a. Current car
registration; owner's name must be yours or relative (same
last name).
(Out of state registration accepted)
If your car is
registered in a relative's name different from yours, you
will need a notarized letter from the owner, advising your
name and relationship and stating that you have exclusive
use of the vehicle.
(3) Driver's License
Current and valid
Driver's License or Learner's Permit
(Out of State Driver's License Accepted).
(4) Forms of Payment
Check, cash, money
order, Visa or Master Card.
For additional
information on the purchase of a Residential Permit decal
or visitor's pass, call (412) 560-2500 or (412)
560-2501.
Residential Permit Parking Program Designation Process:
The
Department of City Planning in conjunction with Department of Public Works
and Engineering and Construction is responsible for all preliminary planning for initiating
the Residential Permit Parking Program in a neighborhood.
A neighborhood group can petition Permit Parking designation.
The Department of City Planning is responsible for conducting and analyzing all parking surveys which wants to be designated as a Permit Parking area.
The product of these surveys is a report to the City Planning
commission detailing the results of the parking survey, and
an analysis of whether the mandated criteria for program area
designation are met.
About
the Program
The
program began in 1981 after many residents complained they
were forced to park in distant or unsafe areas due to parking
congestion in business districts. Parking surveys suggested
that the parking congestion could be directly attributed to
commuters and other non- residents who saturated residential
neighborhoods with their parked vehicles while they worked
at nearby hospitals, commercial districts, and universities.
Therefore,
the Residential Permit Parking program was designed to free
up on-street parking for neighborhood residents by preventing
all day commuters parking on residential streets. As
was the case then, as well as now, the program was designed
to force those folks to take public transportation or park
in the nearby parking facilities.
Thus,
with the implementation of the Residential Permit Parking
program, and a vigorous enforcement program, the problem of
commuter and nonresident parking in all the existing program
areas have been considerably ameliorated.
Residential
Parking Permit Program Office Hours
- The hours of operations for the Residential Permit Parking Program are Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- We are located at the Pittsburgh Parking Authority, 232 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 between Wood & Market Streets downtown, or across the street on the Boulevard from Point Park University.
Replacing Permits/New Car Information
Note: You must return your old permit along with the new car registration. Temporary registrations are acceptable (pink slip).
- If you scrape off the permit and return it to the Pittsburgh Parking Authority, your permit will be free.
- If you do not scrape off your permit, and your license place number is the same, there is a $5.00 replacement fee.
- If you do not scrape off your permit and your license plate number is different you need a notorized letter stating that you did not scrape off your permit and there is a $5.00 replacement fee.
In all instances you must present your new car registration.
Replacement of Visitor's Pass
If you lose your visitor’s pass you must write a letter and submit it to the Parking Authority stating that you lost your visitor’s pass and you must have the letter notarized.
If a previous tenant had a visitor’s pass and it is still valid, you must write a letter and submit it to the Parking Authority, stating that the previous tenant did not leave the visitor’s pass in the apartment or house. You must have the letter notarized.
In all instances you must pay a $1.00 replacement fee.”
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