Provo, UT Parking Rules: Preferential Parking Districts (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing chapter
- Provo City Code Ch. 9.80
- Permits per dwelling
- Maximum 2, per Sec. 9.80.130
- Permit term
- Expires annually, Sec. 9.80.170
- Temporary permits
- 18 one-day + 1 seven-day per year
- Violation classification
- Civil infraction, Ch. 9.17
- Revocation penalty
- 1-year permit ban after violation
Summary
Provo lets the Municipal Council designate permit parking areas where only residents holding a City-issued parking permit may park overnight on public streets. Neighborhoods petition in through the City Parking Coordinator, and no more than two permits go to each qualifying dwelling.
This Chapter is enacted to establish a regulatory framework to address serious adverse effects caused in certain areas of the City by motor vehicle congestion, particularly the parking of motor vehicles on the streets where on- and off-site parking is inadequate to meet the demand for parking... For the reasons set forth in this Chapter, a system of preferential resident parking is enacted. ... No more than two (2) parking permits shall be issued in total for each qualifying dwelling unit, unless specifically provided otherwise in the provisions governing a specific permit parking area.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2026-17, passed June 9, 2026).
Full Breakdown
80 of the Provo City Code creates the citywide framework for preferential resident parking. 020 cites parking "attractors" like BYU, hospitals and transit stops as the driver. 050, the Municipal Council may by ordinance designate a permit parking area and prohibit or restrict street parking, with boundaries shown on the Official Permit Parking Area Map. 070: a resident petition with signatures and a filing fee goes to the City Parking Coordinator, who has 120 days to study the request and report to the Mayor and Council, followed by a resolution of intent and a public hearing noticed twice in a newspaper at least 10 days out.
26, and payment of the fee on the Consolidated Fee Schedule. 170. , with exemptions for repair/service vehicles and exempt-plated public agency vehicles, and bars residents of the Branbury and Alpine Village apartments from qualifying for a permit there.
Violations & Fines
Parking without a valid permit in a designated permit parking area during restricted hours is a civil infraction enforced under Chapter 9.17 of the Provo City Code. Falsely claiming eligibility or submitting false information on a permit application is also unlawful under Section 9.80.110. The Mayor or a designee may revoke a permit for a violation of Chapter 9.80 or an area-specific ordinance, and a person whose permit is revoked can be barred from getting a new one for one year from the violation date.
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