Reparking 101
Reparking Information
The Davis City Council approved an ordinance earlier this year that would limit reparking in the same block on city streets in the Downtown Core. "Reparking", also known as the "2-hour shuffle" or "sleeper parking", refers to the act of moving a vehicle from one parking space to another when the time limit expires. Previously, vehicles need only move one parking space over in order to have been considered "moved". This decreases parking turnover (the number of different vehicles that use a parking space in a given period of time) and deprives businesses of customers, revenue and growth.
Effective August 14, vehicles parked on the street must move off the block they are parked on when the time limit expires. Vehicles that are parked in a lot or structure must move out of the lot or structure they are parked in when the time limit expires. In a two-hour timed parking zone, vehicles may not return to the same block for at least four hours from the time they first parked there. The "return times" vary by parking zone and are specified on every parking sign.
For example, if you parked your vehicle at 9:30 a.m. in a two-hour zone in the 600 block of E Street, the vehicle would need to be moved from the 600 block of E Street by 11:30 a.m. (and not just to another space on the 600 block of E Street) or you risk receiving a $35.00 parking citation. The same vehicle would not be able to repark on the 600 block of E Street until after 1:30 p.m.
For the purposes of this ordinance, a block consists of the legal parking spaces on both sides of the street on a block (in which the vehicle is parked), bounded by an intersection at each end. Visitors running short errands are encouraged to use the 20-minute (green curb) parking spaces located through the Downtown Core. These spaces and the three-minute (white curb) passenger loading zones are exempt from the reparking restrictions.
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