Parking in Rochester
Free Parking and Parking Validation
Park FREE in city ramps on weekdays after 5:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m. and on weekends from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 a.m.
Many downtown businesses will validate your parking in the ramps while you are shopping. Ask for your validation stamp.
Handicapped Parking
All public ramps in Rochester have clearly marked designated handicapped parking spaces available. Metered street parking is available free of charge at any metered parking space when a handicap parking tag is clearly displayed.
Parking Lots and Parking Ramps
There are seven city operated parking lots throughout downtown Rochester. Depending on the lot, rates range from $.40/hour with a 90 minute limit, $1.25/day or $2.00/event. Several lots are controlled by large yellow or red pay boxes. Select an empty parking stall, park your car, observe the stall number, place your parking fee in the corresponding slot in the pay box. Please pay in advance at these boxes.
There are five public parking ramps. Rates are $1.50/hour or a maximum of $10.00/24 hours.
Parking Meters
Meters are enforced 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday except major holidays: New Year's, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Meters are not enforced after 5:00 p.m. on weekdays or on Saturdays or Sundays. Meters are colored coded to designate time: yellow-30 minutes; gray-90 minutes; blue-3 hours; green-10 hours.