On-street parking in downtown Oxford has long had a time limit, two hours in most places and 15 minutes in front of the post office (§15-501). Until recently the Borough did not have the technical capability to enforce this consistently, but we do now and we need to: On-street parking is meant for shorter visits into town. Downtown residents and employees should park in available lots and the Borough garage, not on the street. On-street time limits encourage turnover, making it easier for patrons to quickly pop into town for a coffee, to shop, or grab a bite to eat. If someone is driving through town, we want them to be able to pull over if they see something interesting in a storefront. In this way, enforcing time limits to on-street parking supports downtown revitalization and vitality.

Beginning May 1st the Borough will begin enforcing the time limits for all on-street parking downtown. In most areas the limit is 2 hours. It is 15 minutes in front of the post office.  For the first few weeks we will issue warnings. Effective June 1st, we will begin issuing citations. This means, beginning June 1st, a vehicle could be ticketed for failing to pay for parking and/or parking on the street for longer than the allowable time, as two separate fines. The cost to park and ways to pay remain the same.