Headed to Sunset Beach? Starting next Monday, visitors will pay $5.00 an hour 24/7 to park on side streets, and $3.75 in the city lots.
If you're not familiar with the area, it's mainly residential, with narrow streets. Numerous residents don't have a driveway, and sometimes those that do find their driveway blocked. Emergency vehicles have a hard time getting through the area too.
The hope is that the higher price will deter visitors from parking on the side streets, and they’ll park in the lots instead, freeing the streets up for safety reasons and for neighbors.
Residents can still use their parking passes. Residents can buy up to two Treasure Island City parking passes for $45 a year and go online to add their visitors’ license plates to their accounts too.
All other visitors will pay on the ParkMobile app using their license plate numbers. Sunset Beach is the first area in Treasure Island that they’re testing out the license plate reader technology rather than a meter or a numbered spot. It’s technology that most neighboring cities use.