Parking
General Information on Parking in Designated Areas
Downtown on-street parking: You get 2 hours FREE total per day with the ability to purchase up to 2 additional hours at $1.00 per hour. For those that require more than four-hours of downtown parking, use on-street peripheral locations on Massachusetts Avenue, Main Street and Orange Street, ParkMobile zone number assigned: “2725”. For this zone, the first two hours of operation will be free of charge, followed by the ability to purchase up to seven additional continuous hours (for a grand total of up to nine hours) at the rate of $0.25 per hour plus applicable ParkMobile fees.
Combat Wounded Veteran Parking
Veterans with a Combat Wounded license plate may park in the downtown area in public spaces, both on-street and pay by space, for free all day.
Check out our interactive downtown parking map application!
Designed by the City of Lakeland's Geographic Information System (GIS) team, this interactive map shows all parking and type of parking that is available in Downtown Lakeland.
Questions
For questions concerning downtown on-street parking, leased parking, or parking enforcement, please call 863.834.6303.
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Parking Meters Monday through Friday (Hours Vary):
- Heritage Garage | 227 South Kentucky Avenue.......... $1.00 per hour from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; free outside these hours (Multi-Bay Meters)
- Main Street Garage | 314 East Main Street....... $1.00 per hour from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; free outside these hours (Multi-Bay Meters)
- Munn Park Lot | 196 N Kentucky Ave ............. $1.00 per hour
- Trinity Lot | 175 E Oak St .......... $1.00 per hour (Digital meter only: ParkMobile Zone 2704)
- Lot D | 249 N Kentucky Avenue, North of Mitchell’s Coffee House) ................................. $1.00 per hour
Citations
There are two (2) types of Parking Citations:
- Unlawful Parking ...................... $25 Fine
- Disabled Parking Violation ..... $250 Fine
Unlawful citations must be answered within 21 days from the date of issue. This includes appeals, payment, or inquiry. All citations must be contested in the Clerk of Courts within 60 days from the date of issue to be accepted for hearing.
Unlawful citations are subject to a $20.00 late fee after 21 days if not paid and an additional $10.00 after 30 days. Citations remaining unpaid after 60 days from the date of issue will have a DMV hold places on the vehicle TAG associated with the citation. The DMV hold will be system generated and remain in place until all citations associated with the vehicle TAG are paid in full to include any applicable late fees. Account balance must be zero.
All Parking citations, to include Disabled Parking violations, remaining unpaid after 24 months from the date of issue will be handed off to the current Collections Agency.
How and where do you pay a citation?
- Online: Pay the fine by credit card using this Online Payment Service. There is a 2.5% transaction fee.
- Mail (Include Check or Money Order AND Citation):
- Mail to the address listed on the citation envelope
- Place your payment in the Lakeland Electric Drop Box (501 E Lemon St, Lakeland, FL 33801)
- In Person (Cash Payments)
- Cash payments can be made at Finance Customer Billing, City Hall (228 S Massachusetts Avenue).
Available Public Parking Lots and Spaces
- Main St. Garage (Cedar St. entrance) 314 East Main Street:
- Pay Station or ParkMobile Zone 2710
- Regular Spaces: 58
- ADA Spaces: 2
- EV Spaces: 2
- Metered at $1/hour from 9am-3pm, Monday – Friday.
- Munn Park 196 N Kentucky Ave:
- Pay Station or ParkMobile Zone 2701
- Regular Spaces: 24
- ADA Spaces: 2
- Metered at $1/hour from 9am-5pm, Monday – Friday
- Heritage Garage (1st level only) 227 South Kentucky Avenue:
- Pay Station or ParkMobile Zone 2701
- Regular Spaces: 49
- ADA Spaces: 8
- Metered at $1/hour from 9am-5pm, Monday – Friday
- Lot D 249 N Kentucky Avenue:
- Pay Station or ParkMobile Zone 2701
- Regular Spaces: 18
- ADA Spaces: 2
- Metered at $1/hour from 9am-5pm, Monday – Friday
- Oak St. Lot 175 E Oak St:
- Regular Spaces: 11
- ADA Spaces: 5
- 2 hours free, then $1/hour in ParkMobile Zone 2706
- Summit Consulting Garage 117 N Massachusetts Ave:
- Regular Spaces (non-exclusive): 150
- Free public parking from 6 p.m. - 3 a.m., Monday – Friday
- Free public parking from 6 a.m. - 3 a.m., Saturday – Sunday
- 9 accessible spaces available