Payment Options & Fees

Prepaid Parking

You can quickly sign up for prepayments for parking on our online digital permitting payment system. Recurring billing is an added feature that is now available. Simply store your credit card information on the site and you will be billed automatically. The City of Summit does not have access to any credit card information. You can quickly change your credit card information on your account at any time. If you need assistance please contact the office at 908-522-5100 or send an email to parking@cityofsummit.org.

Downtown Employee
Summit Resident Daily
Summit Resident Overnight
Park + Ride

Cash Payments

The pay stations take dollar bills and coins. Please note that exact change is required and no change is given. 

Credit Cards

All parking payment machines (except street meters) accept major credit cards: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. Each transaction may take a few seconds to process, please be patient. The City of Summit does not store any credit card information.

Parkmobile

Pay for your parking using Parkmobile. All street meters and payment machines have either a sticker or sign with a QR code to scan and pay for your parking with your smart phone. 

View a list of Parkmobile Zones (PDF).

Effective January 1, 2024, the Parkmobile user fee has increased from $0.30 to $0.35 per transaction. The fee is paid to Parkmobile and is separate from City of Summit parking fees.

To Pay With Parkmobile

Summit SmartCards (for use at street meters only)

Summit SmartCards: Prepaid parking cards can be purchased at the Parking Services Agency. Credit Cards, cash, or checks are accepted at City Hall only. SmartCards may only be used at street meters.

Recharging Summit SmartCards (PDF): Recharge your Summit SmartCard with a credit card at the Broad Street Garage or the Tier Garage located by the multipayment machines or at the Parking Services Agency in City Hall during regular business hours (summer hours are Mon-Thurs 8AM - 4:30PM and Fri 8AM - 1PM).

TIME LIMITS EXPLAINED

Why are there time limits for parking?

The posted time limit on parking is designed to keep spaces open for business customers and area visitors by requiring vehicles to vacate spots once the time limit is reached. Overstaying the limit in non-metered residential streets or adding more money to the meter after reaching the time limit is illegal. These rules have been implemented to best maintain short-term parking availability.

Questions? Contact the Parking Services Agency at 908-522-5100, Monday to Friday from 8:30AM to 4:30PM