Parking Utility

Parking Services Permit Parking Parking Citations Gate Arms

Effective Oct. 1, 2020, parking enforcement is under the supervision of the Columbia Police Department.

The online interested parties meeting for enhanced fall protection and other self-harm deterrent measures within the existing Fifth and Walnut parking structure was live from Aug. 17 – 31.
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Street Meters and Parking Lots

Parking Rates	Enforcement Hours	Accepted Payments
Downtown Zone 60 cents/hour Campus Zone $1.00/hour	Parking Lots Monday – Saturday 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Street Meters Monday – Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.	Change CoMo Park Card ParkMobile

Parking Rates

Enforcement Hours

Accepted Payments

Downtown Zone
60 cents/hour

Campus Zone
$1.00/hour

Parking Lots
Monday – Saturday
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Street Meters
Monday – Saturday
9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

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CoMo Park Card
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Parking Garages

Parking Rates	Enforcement Hours	Accepted Payments
0-1 hours = Free 1-2 hours = $1.00 2-4 hours = $2.00 4-6 hours = $3.00 6-8 hours = $4.00 8-10 hours = $5.00	Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.	Visa Discover MasterCard American Express Apple Pay Google Pay Samsung Pay Cash**

The City of Columbia has nearly 1,700 parking spaces on downtown streets, 2,300 spaces in six garages, and 535 spaces on 10 lots, plus 80 accessible parking spaces.

Most parking spaces on City streets have hourly meters. Garages and lots have a combination of hourly parking and permits.

The Parking Utility maintains parking facilities, surface lots and meters, including preventive maintenance, repairs and daily housekeeping, and administers the sale of monthly, quarterly and annual permits for daily parking. The City of Columbia police department enforces parking ordinances.