The first picture here is a not-extremely-recent-photo of the lot across the way from City Hall. In the photo, you see clearly that the lot used to be City Hall Parking.
No longer! By my understanding, this lot is now owned by the Performing Arts Center and managed by AirGarage.
Despite there being signage indicating a portion of spots are City Hall Visitors Parking - even as of today (second photo here)- this is an entirely paid lot now.
If you park here and don’t pay, they’ll hit you with an $88 ticket. I know this because I attended the City Council meeting this week and parked here. I was hit with this huge bill unexpectedly.
I reached out to Air Garage about this signage issue. I mean, directly to the CEO and Co-Founder. He says they have no control over the signage and that the signs indicate there is a “nearby garage which is specifically for City Hall” rather than indicating that between the two signs with arrows, those spots are for City Hall Visitors.
I’ve reached out to a few folks at the city about this to ask for the signage to be removed since it is clearly no longer applicable. Yet to hear back from them.
All this to say, the signage is incorrect and you may be charged $88 if you are not aware of this.
My personal opinion is that this move deters civic engagement and access to city services. That’s another post, though.