Please Click on the above file: (parking.pdf) to view a color coded map of the Town of Reading's Approved Parking Regulations.
Combination Downtown Parking and Compost Resident sticker
$25 per vehicle, per address
$15 for Senior Citizen discount
$10 for 2nd car registered to same address
$0 for downtown parking ONLY for resident of certain downtown streets.
See eligible street list below. This sticker does not allow access to compost area.
Stickers are available 24/7 from Central dispatch located in the 1st floor lobby of the RPD.
The Police Department takes payment in full via cash and check but cannot accept credit cards.
$0 stickers available in Records Office, RPD 2nd floor, M-F 7:30 am - 3:30 pm.
Please bring photo id and proof of vehicle registration which matches street address. Lease holders must bring proof of residency and leaseholder information which verifies that vehicle is garaged at the local address matching the resident's credentials.
The following areas qualify for cost free Resident Parking Permits:
1) Bancroft Ave.-Woburn St. to Mt. Vernon St.
2) Chute St.- Woburn St. to Mt. Vernon St.
3) Crosby St.
4) Fulton St.
5) Gould St.-# 8 to #16 inclusive
6) Green St.- Ash St. to High St.
7) Linden St. - Haven St. to Woburn St.(#2-#30)
8) Prescott St. – #2 to #64 inclusive
9) Washing St. – #5 to #113 inclusive
10) Wenda St.
11) Woburn St. – #123 to #166 inclusive
Residents of these streets wishing to use the compost area must buy a sticker at the rates listed above.
Reading Depot Area Permit Parking:
Parking in and around certain areas of the Reading Depot will be authorized by permit only. Permits will be required from 6:00 AM to 10:30 AM, Monday through Friday. Weekend, evening and holiday parking are not affected. Signs are posted on "on street" and "off street" parking areas as "Resident Permit Parking Only".
Resident permit stickers are distributed to residents at the Reading Police station at any time, day or night. Resident stickers are issued on an annual basis. Residents who wish to obtain a sticker must bring their driver's license and the registration for the vehicle to which the sticker will be attached, both showing the same Reading address. Parking stickers will only be issued to the vehicle owner(s). Those residents who are leasing their vehicles must also bring in their lease agreement.
Permit stickers are NOT transferable to any other vehicle. If a vehicle is sold, the sticker MUST be removed and the old sticker may be submitted to the Reading Police Department. A new sticker will then be issued at no additional cost for the period that the old sticker applies. No person shall sell, offer for sale to another person, alter a sticker or affix the sticker to a vehicle other than for the one issued. Violation will result in revocation of the sticker and parking privileges, and may be prosecuted according to law.
Handicapped parking will be permitted in designated spaces with a State Handicapped Parking Permit, and no Resident parking sticker will be required.
Purchase of permit stickers DOES NOT guarantee a parking space at the Depot.
Click on the below file (parking.pdf) and print out the Town of Reading Parking Permit Application. Have it filled out before you come into the police station with your check or cash and save yourself some time.
commuterparkingpermit.pdf
Violations of Parking Regulations:
The following violations are subject to a $20.00 fine for each offense.
Parking in a bus stop or taxi stand, safety zone, loading zone, restricted area, and no parking zone. Improper angle parking, parking without a parking sticker, upon a crosswalk or sidewalk, in the wrong direction, over one foot from the curb, within twenty feet of an intersection, in front of a private road or driveway and not within a marked parking space. Double parking, overtime parking (where posted or regulated), all night parking, interfering with snow removal or plowing and obstructing a sidewalk.
The following violation is subject to a $50.00 fine for each offense:
- Parking ten feet from a fire hydryant
- Parking in a fire lane.
The following violation is subject to a $100.00 fine for each offense:
- Illegal parking in a handicap parking space.
For questions about these regulations or for any other information regarding parking within the Town of Reading, contact Safety Officer Mike Lee at the station from 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM weekdays. Parking fines may be paid to the parking clerk weekdays from 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM.
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