The purpose of the Residential Parking Permit program is to make it easier for residents to find on-street parking spaces.
Residential Parking Permits
Be sure to look for signs for your zone. Your permit is for your designated zone. It will excuse you from time restrictions and from having to put money in meters within your zone. Your permit is not valid in any other zone.
A permit costs $25.00 for the first year and $20.00 for an annual renewal.
To be eligible, a vehicle must display a valid Pennsylvania license plate and must be registered to a residential address within the particular permit zone.
All residents who either rent or own a dwelling in the zone are eligible.
The permit increases the resident's chance of finding a legal parking space by stimulating turnover and eliminating storage or nonresident's vehicles; however, a permit does not guarantee a parking space.
Residents who have a permit on their vehicle may park in excess of a time restriction that is within their district. Residents may also park at a meter without depositing coins if the meter is in their zone. However, the vehicle shall not be exempt from other parking restrictions or prohibitions including street cleaning restrictions, loading zones, five minute zones, red short-term meters, no parking areas and general safety regulations.
Visitors must follow the posted parking regulations within the zone. Long-term visitors will be allowed to purchase a temporary visitor permit that is good for up to 15 days per permit, not to exceed 30 total days per visit. The cost is $2.00 for a two week period.
The program is in effect during the same days and hours that normal parking regulations are in effect.
The permit does not exempt the holder from the 72-hour ordinance in the city.
To Obtain a Permit:
Bring your Drivers License and Vehicle Registration card into the Authority's office. They should show your address within the zone.
If your current address does not appear on these documents, bring them in along with a document showing your address in the zone. This can be a lease, deed, utility bill, etc. We will issue a 60 day temporary permit based on this information. If you do not have any document showing your residency within a zone, you can submit a notarized statement. Forms are available in our office or online. You must then apply for a change of address with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for both your Drivers License and Vehicle Registration. (We have forms available in our office for this.) If you do not receive the change of address on your Drivers License and/or Vehicle Registration, you must come into the Allentown Parking Authority's office before your permit expires and apply for an extension. If your RPP is expired and you receive parking tickets, these tickets will remain valid.
When you get your new cards with the correct, current address, bring them into the office and we will extend your permit for the remainder of your original year at no additional charge.
A permit can be obtained by a resident for a company owned car or a leased vehicle if the resident can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Parking Authority that he/she is a resident, and that he/she is the principle operator of the vehicle, and that the vehicle is a leased or company car. Forms are available in our office or online.
If the car is registered to someone other than yourself, then a sworn affidavit stating that you are the principle driver of that vehicle must be presented. This affidavit must include the vehicle owners' name, their relationship to you, the vehicle's make, model, year and license plate number as well as the Vehicle Identification Number. This must be notarized. Forms are available in our office or online.
If a resident sells or transfers a vehicle bearing a parking permit sticker, the sticker must be removed before the transfer. The permit is only valid for the license plate number that it was originally registered to. If the resident gets a new plate, the permit is invalid. A new sticker, which will expire on the same date as the old sticker, will be issued free of charge. The resident must either bring in the old sticker or present an affidavit attesting to the removal of the sticker. If you cannot prove the sticker has been removed, there will be a charge of $25.00 for a new sticker.
If a parking permit sticker is lost or stolen or not otherwise properly affixed to the car, you will be ticketed and prosecuted for any unpaid parking notices. If it is lost or stolen, a sworn affidavit attesting to the whereabouts of the sticker must accompany a request for a replacement parking sticker. If you cannot prove the sticker was lost or stolen, there will be a charge of $25.00 for a new sticker. Service vehicles and commercial vehicles are not eligible for the program.
Stickers are non-transferable
Place sticker on the outside rear window, drivers side or left rear bumper
Payment is not refundable
To discern which parking zone you reside in, click here to view the Residential Parking Zone Map.
Downloadable forms
Company Car: Click the PDF icon to download the company car form.
This form must be put on company letterhead and notarized as a sworn statement.
Resident With No Lease: Click the PDF icon to download the resident woth no lease form.
This form must be notarized as a sworn statement.
Non-Resident Owner: Click the PDF icon to download the non-resident owner form.
A sworn affidavit stating that you are the principle driver of that vehicle must be presented.
