Parking Changes Downtown Mean Free Parking For You

When was the last time you were in downtown Yakima? City officials want you to make more frequent visits. So they've made some major changes to parking time limits downtown. Check out a news release from the city today.

As part of an ongoing effort to improve customer access to parking in Downtown Yakima, parking time limits will be changed in several City-operated parking lots as of October 1st.

The Yakima City Council approved the parking time limit changes after a study was conducted last fall by a nationally-recognized consulting firm.

Five City-operated lots will now provide free, all-day parking.

Employees of downtown businesses will be encouraged to park in the free, all-day lots so spaces in lots closer to the downtown core can be available for customers.

The time limits in three other City-operated lots are changing from four hours to two hours to encourage more frequent turnover of spaces.

The free, all-day lots are located on 1st Street next to the Barrel House Restaurant, on 2nd Street next to Sig's Office Machines, on the southeast corner of 3rd Street and Walnut Street, on the southeast corner of Naches Avenue and Chestnut Avenue, and on the northeast corner of S Sgt Pendleton Way and 4th Street.

Lots that will offer free, two-hour parking are located on the southeast corner of S Sgt Pendleton Way and 1st Street, the southeast corner of S Sgt Pendleton Way and 2nd Street, and north of Chestnut Avenue between 2nd Street and 3rd Street.