St. Petersburg, FL Parking Rules: Preferential Parking Districts (2026)
Key Facts
- Designated RPPAs
- 5 zones (Core, Dome, Northeast)
- Annual sticker fee
- $15.00
- Sticker validity
- One calendar year, renewable
- Not valid where
- Spaces posted under a 2-hour limit
- Revocation bar
- 2 years before reapplying
- Administered by
- POD under § 26-168
Summary
St. Petersburg lets residents of five designated Residential Permit Parking Areas, the downtown Core, Dome and a Northeast zone, buy a $15.00 annual sticker under City Code § 26-168 that exempts their vehicle from the posted time limit on RPPA streets, while unpermitted vehicles stay bound by the signed limit.
(c) In each RPPA the following regulations shall apply:(1)A resident of a RPPA, upon submitting an application to the POD and upon meeting the requirements of this section and regulations promulgated pursuant to this section, shall be issued by the POD a RPPS for a resident's vehicles.(2)An annual fee of $15.00 shall be submitted with each sticker application to cover the administrative costs of the program. An RPPS, even though issued to an individual, remains the property of the City.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 54).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 26-168 creates St. Petersburg's residential permit parking area (RPPA) program, the City's version of a preferential parking district. ' Five RPPAs are established by name and boundary in § 26-168(e): Core Zones 1-A and 1-B (roughly Bayshore Drive to 7th Street between 5th Avenue North and 5th Avenue South), Dome Zones 2 and 3 (7th to 22nd Street between Burlington Avenue North and 5th Avenue South), and a Northeast Zone 4 along Beach Drive Northeast. 00 per year, covers only the vehicle it's issued to, must be renewed annually, and remains City property even while affixed to a resident's car.
A displayed RPPS exempts a vehicle from the RPPA's posted time limit, but § 26-168(d) carves out exceptions: the sticker is never valid on spaces posted for less than a two-hour limit, in City-operated off-street lots, at metered or pay spaces, or on the 1st Avenue North/South corridor between Bayshore Drive and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street. The POD can revoke a sticker for false statements or misuse under § 26-168(f), and confiscate a sticker affixed to the wrong vehicle under § 26-168(g); a revoked or confiscated permit bars that household from reapplying for two years absent good cause.
Violations & Fines
Parking in an RPPA beyond the posted time limit without a valid, properly affixed RPPS is treated as overtime parking under the Chapter 26 fine schedule at § 26-167. Submitting false information on a permit application or misusing a sticker can get it revoked or confiscated under § 26-168(f)–(g), and the resident's household is barred from reapplying for two years absent good cause.
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