Evansville, IN Parking Rules: Preferential Parking Districts (2026)

Preferential resident parking areas are blocks which meet the following criteria:

(1) The block or some part thereof shall fall within the areas generally bounded by St. Joseph Avenue on the west, Ninth Avenue on the east, West Virginia Street on the north, and West Indiana Street on the south;

(2) A written petition signed by no less than 51 percent of the property owners of the block shall be submitted to the Traffic Engineering Department requesting that the block be designated as a preferential resident parking area; and

(3) The block cannot be part of the State highway system.

(B) If all of the above criteria are met, the Traffic Engineering Department shall designate the block as a preferential resident parking area.

(C) Signs that conform to the requirements of the law shall be erected in a block designated by the Traffic Engineering Department as a preferential resident parking area. The signs shall give notice that parking is restricted to two hours unless there is a valid parking permit properly displayed on the vehicle.

(D) The Traffic Engineering Department may remove the designation of a block as a preferential resident parking area if any one of the following conditions occurs:

(1) A written petition signed by at least 50 percent of the property owners of the block is submitted to the Traffic Engineer requesting that designation of the block as a restricted parking area be removed; or