Downtown Asheville Parking Information
For many visitors and newcomers, downtown Asheville can be a difficult place to navigate. Making sense of city and private parking can also be a challenging aspect of any first-time visit to downtown Asheville. This page offers insight into the public, private, and street parking situation in downtown. Other topics covered include long term parking options, free parking tips for shoppers, and information about parking fines and citations. Hopefully the information offered will help you make informed parking decisions and avoid the hassle of the overpriced parking options and costly fines or citations.
Asheville City Parking Decks
All decks are accessible 24 hours per day
Attendants on duty: 10:00am – 7:00pm Monday through Friday.
Civic Center Garage
First hour free and $.50 per hour or part of an hour thereafter.
Daily Maximum of $4.00.
After hours rate is $1.00 per exit.
$7.00 for Special Events.
Rankin Avenue Garage
First hour free and $.75 per hour or part of an hour thereafter.
Daily Maximum of $6.00.
After hours rate is $1.00 per exit.
$6.00 for Special Events.
Wall Street Garage
First hour free and $.75 per hour or part of an hour thereafter.
Daily Maximum of $6.00.
After hours rate is $2.00 per exit.
Monthly Lease Rates
Civic Center Deck $70.
Rankin Ave. Deck $90.
Wall St. Deck $100.
Monthly Lots
$60.00 per month.
On-Street Permit Parking and Off-Street Permit Parking is available at a rate of $35-$70 per month and is sold on a first come first serve basis.
Additional City Parking Information
Business Owners
Lease long-term space for you and your employees in a nearby parking deck leaving short-term parking for your patrons.
Downtown Residents
You can take advantage of long-term leasing in the decks and lots, too!
Shoppers
Look for the signs…Public parking decks and lots in downtown Asheville are all clearly marked streetside.
Surface or Street Parking & Merchant Validation
Surface lots are located throughout the downtown area. Choose from metered lots for short-term parking and monthly lots for long-term leasing. Contact Parking Services for information on perimeter permit parking.
And just ask, most merchants will gladly validate deck parking, saving you part of all of your parking expense. Of course, for a short visit downtown, street parking could be your best choice at a cost of $1 per hour. Weekdays and Saturdays, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm, Asheville has multi-coin meters that let you select the amount of time you need, ranging from a few minutes to a couple of hours. Street parking is free on Sundays, evenings and official city holidays.
Free On-Street Meter Parking on City Holidays!
New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Forth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving (2 days), Christmas (3 days).
Loading Zones
Load or unload quickly. A stop in one of the city’s designated loading zones is limited to 30 minutes. These spaces are not parking spaces! All loading zones are clearly marked, and failure to use them properly could result in a fine.
Asheville Parking Citations, Fees and Fines
Nobody likes getting a parking citation, but please remember, parking regulations are designed for the safety and convenience of everyone. If you receive a parking citation in downtown Asheville, payment will be enforced. To make it as convenient as possible, however, citations may be paid at the City Building or during regular hours at the exit station of any City owned parking deck downtown. A late penalty will be assessed within 15 days for non-payment of citations.
Parking Citations are issued for these and other parking violations.
Pay Parking Tickets Online
Overtime Parking $10.00
Subsequent OT Parking $20.00
Loading Zone $10.00
Crosswalk $10.00
Handicapped Zone $250.00
Firelane/Hydrant $35.00/$25.00
A full list of parking ordinances are available at:
www.municode.com
City Parking Contact Information
Parking Services Section: (828) 259-5792
Customer Services Division: (828) 251-1122
© All City Parking Information was provided by the Asheville City Parking Authority.
Downtown Asheville Private Parking Options
Public Interest Projects Parking
S. Lexington Aston Street Parking Lot (next to Hot Dog King)
Yellow Spaces are leased Spaces and will be towed at Owner’s Expense M-F 7am-6pm.
White spaces are available for public parking anytime.
Going rate is $1 per hour (max $5).
After hours flat rate of $3.
(828) 255-7951.
40 S. Lexington Lot (Behind Double Decker Bus)
All Spaces are leased Spaces and will be towed at Owner’s Expense M-F 7am-6pm.
After hours lot is available for public parking at a flat rate of $3.
Weekend rate is $2.
(828) 255-7951
South Eastern Development Parking
Biltmore Avenue Parking Deck
1st Floor parking available to pubic on a first come first serve basis.
Going rate is $2 for the first hour and $1 for each additional hour.
After 5pm the cost is $4 for the evening.
Weekend rate is $5 for the whole day.
Second and third floor parking is leased monthly for $75/mo.
(828) 252-2198
JLL Properties
Lexington Village Parking Lot
$2.00 per hours Max. $5.00 per day
Monthly Parking: $45.00
No Overnight Parking
All Safe Towing 236-1131
