1. Pay stations and credit card enabled single-space meters shall accept nickels, dimes, quarters, one dollar coins and credit/debit cards.

2. The minimum transaction amount for cash payment shall be five cents ($0.05) and shall purchase a segment of time proportional to the prevailing hourly rate, rounded up to the nearest whole minute. The prevailing hourly rate for meter zones specified in 14.52.010 shall be set by section 14.52.120(B).

3. The 12-minute minimum transaction amount for credit/debit card payment shall purchase a segment of time proportional to the prevailing hourly rate, rounded up to the nearest whole minute. The prevailing hourly rate for meter zones specified in 14.52.010 shall be set by section 14.52.120(B).

1. The hourly rate may vary between $0.50 and $5.00 per hour effective FY 2017, between $0.50 and $6.00 per hour effective FY 2018, between $0.50 and $7.00 effective FY 2019, and between $0.50 and $8.00 effective FY 2020, as set by the City Manager.

2. The parking fee may be either flat rates (same rate for a specified time period e.g. 1 hour, 4 hours, all day), or may be variable rates based on time of day, length of stay, or a combination of those pricing structures, as set by the City Manager.

3. The City Manager may adjust the parking fee by increments no larger than 50 cents ($0.50) per hour.

4. The City Manager may implement special event pricing at designated times and at designated pay stations and parking meters,

5. Adjustments to the parking fee must be supported by published data on parking usage statistics with the goal of achieving 65-85% parking occupancy of spaces as calculated in the goBerkeley Program Guidelines.

6. Adjustments to the parking fee at pay stations and parking meters must be posted to the City’s website no later than 30 calendar days prior to the adjustment.

7. Parking rates may be adjusted no more frequently than once per 60 calendar days. (Ord. 7829-NS § 1, 2022)