Meter Enforcement

Meters located on City streets are enforced from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday.  Many parking meters note that they are not enforced on “City Holidays”.  City holidays are as follows:

• New Year’s Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Good Friday
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Veteran’s Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Day After Thanksgiving
• Christmas Day

Malfunctioning Meters

Reporting a malfunctioning parking meter:  

• Note the meter number (displayed on the meter) and the location of the meter.
• Note what happened or did not happen when coins were deposited in the meter.
• Call (309) 494-8500 or (309) 494-8800 as soon as possible to report the meter malfunction.
• Have the meter number
• Have your license plate number

Meter will be checked/repaired as soon as possible.

If you receive a ticket:

• Call (309) 494-8523 between 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, to report the ticket. 
• After two working days, follow-up on your initial call to see if the meter was found to be malfunctioning.
• If the meter was found to be malfunctioning, the ticket can be dismissed.
• If it was not found to be malfunctioning, you must pay the ticket or call (309) 494-8523 for an appointment to contest it in court.

Time Limits at Meters

The City of Peoria operates approximately 1,000 parking meters located throughout the City.  These meters all have different time restrictions and rates.

• The purpose of time limits on parking meters is to ensure that parking spaces regularly become available for customers of area businesses and visitors to the area.
• It is illegal to deposit additional coins in the meter after the time limit has been reached.
• You must leave a parking space when the time limit posted on the meter has been reached.
• Vehicles properly displaying disability parking permits or plates may park for FREE at one, two, four and ten hour parking meters.

Parking meters are color coded to coordinate maximum durations that were established depending on the desired parking turnover in the area.  The time restrictions and rates are posted on the parking meter. 

• Blue top = 10 hours
• Green top = 4 hours
• Yellow top = 2 hours
• White top = 2 hour/30 minute free time with first coin
• Bronze top = 30 minute
  

Meter Hood Rental

• To facilitate construction or emergency vehicles occurring within a meter zone, contractors may be eligible for renting a meter hood from the City.  Meter hoods provide the ability for contractors to park at a meter in excess of the posted time limit and without having to deposit coins in the meter on a continuous basis.
• Meter hoods can be rented on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.  The daily fee is $8.00 per hood and $160 per hood, per month.  If the hood is lost, stolen or damaged the contractor will be assessed a fee of $25 - $50. 
• Meter hoods should be used during the hours that meters are enforced.  These hours are 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
• Meter hoods are to be used ONLY during daytime construction.  Hoods should be removed after 6:00 p.m. and replaced the next morning, especially over the weekends, to avoid theft of the hoods. 
• The City reserves the right to remove any Meter Hood not being used in compliance with the above regulation.
• Meter hoods may be obtained from HEARTLAND PARKING, (formerly National Garages), 128 N.E. Madison (corner at Hamilton Blvd) between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
• If you would like to check on availability, please contact HEARTLAND PARKING at (309) 674-1850. 

Out of Service

• Any parking meters temporarily taken out-of-service due to construction must be approved by the Traffic Engineering Division.  Out-of-service parking meters shall be bagged or removed by the Traffic Engineering Division.

Daily Rates

• The contractor will be responsible for paying the daily rate for each parking meter removed from service.  The daily rate is established by the Traffic Engineering Division based on the parking rate charged for the individual meter.

Notification of Removal

• The Traffic Engineering Division shall be notified if any parking meter or post needs to be removed due to construction.  The Traffic Engineering Division will be responsible for removing the meter(s) and post(s).  The contractor shall notify the Traffic Engineering Division upon completion of the project.