Parking Authority of Baltimore City

Expired Residential Permits Good Until Emergency Order is Lifted
No need to renew expiring permits until further notice.
Frontline Healthcare Workers Can Apply for Free Garage Parking
Learn more about this program.
Temporary Retail Curbside Zones
Apply for Temporary Pick Up / Drop off Zone

Parking Authority Office Open with Limited Hours

The Parking Authority Office, located at 200 W Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, is open Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm for Residential Permit Parking (RPP) customers who purchased a car or moved to an RPP area and need to purchase a new permit only. Residents can request a permit online without coming to the office. The office is open for residents who do not have online access or experience problems with the website.

Any permit with an expiration date of 3.1.20 or after will be honored until 30 days after Governor Hogan lifts the State of Emergency.

For the safety of our employees and customers, the office will open with the following restrictions:

There will be a maximum of five customers allowed in the office at a time. Please form a line outside along the wall until you are called to come in.
A mask or face covering must be worn at all times.
You must pass a health screening in the Arena Garage lobby before you may enter the PABC office.
Hand sanitization will be available. Please use some when you enter.
Please do not walk up to any employee desk. Please have a seat and wait to be called, as employees must wipe down surfaces between each customer.

How to Reach Us

See our Contact Us webpage for a list of phone numbers and email addresses.
Our main telephone number to call during our regular business hours (8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday-Friday) is 443-573-2800.
Our main email address is [email protected].

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Coronavirus 2019 Disease (COVID-19) Information

Click here to go to the City of Baltimore's webpage dedicated to information regarding the Coronavirus Disease.

Our Mission

The mission of the Parking Authority of Baltimore City is to find, or create, and implement parking solutions for Baltimore City, and to be the resource on all things "parking" in Baltimore.

We oversee the management of:

14 Baltimore City-owned parking garages
Numerous parking lots.
Parking meters (placing and programming but not ticket writing)
- over 900 multi-space parking meters
- over 4,000 single-space parking meters
Reserved Residential Handicap Parking
Valet Parking Regulations
Residential Permit Parking
Parking Planning
On-Street Parking Regulations

Board of Directors Meetings

Meetings are usually held on the second Tuesday of each month at 4:00 PM at the Parking Authority Large Conference Room located at 200 W. Lombard Street.

Due to the Corona Virus pandemic, meetings will be held via teleconference:

Join on your computer or mobile app

Click here to join the meeting

Or call in (audio only)

+1 469-998-7386,,967362190# United States, Dallas

Phone Conference ID: 967 362 190#

Date	Agenda (click to download)
March 10, 2020	Agenda
April 14, 2020	Agenda
May 12, 2020	Agenda
June 9, 2020	Agenda
July 14, 2020	Agenda
September 8, 2020	Agenda
October 13, 2020	Agenda
November 10, 2020	Agenda
December 8, 2020	Agenda
January 12, 2021	Agenda
February 9, 2021	Agenda

Parking Related Matters That Other Agencies Control:

Parking Enforcement	Department of Transportation	(410) 396-1945
Parking Sign Shop	Department of Transportation	(410) 396-6802
Single Space Meter Collections	Bureau of Revenue Collections	(410) 396-4080
Pay a Parking Ticket	Bureau of Revenue Collections	(410) 396-4080
Curb Lane Closures/Meter Bagging (Moving Trucks, Portable Storage Container, Construction)	Office of Minor Privileges, Department of Transportation	(410) 396-4508

Parking Authority Holiday Schedule:

Parking Authority offices will be closed on the following dates:

Thursday	December 24, 2020	Christmas Eve (Half Day)
Friday	December 25, 2020	Christmas Day
Friday	January 1, 2021	New Year's Day
Monday	January 18, 2021	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday	February 15, 2021	Presidents' Day
Friday	April 2, 2021	Good Friday
Monday	May 31, 2021	Memorial Day
Monday	July 5, 2021	Independence Day
Monday	September 6, 2021	Labor Day
Monday	October 11, 2021	Indigenous Peoples' Day
Thursday	November 25, 2021	Thanksgiving Day
Friday	November 26, 2021	Day after Thanksgiving

Public Information Act Requests

The agency head or executive director is the custodian of the records for this entity. You may contact David Rhodes, 200 W. Lombard Street, Suite B, Baltimore, MD 21201, 443-573-2800 or [email protected] about requesting records from this entity.