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The low down on color coated parking spaces on Charles Street Beacon Hill

Everyone should read this:

While hanging out in front of my Beacon Hill real estate office I noticed there was not one but two different colors painted parking meters. People have asked what the difference is so I thought I would put this on a blog post for everyone to read.

Passenger parking

Grey- Short Term Time Limit Zones. Limited to the time period stenciled on the curb or posted on a sign. Time limits are 15, 30 minutes and in effect from 8 am to 6 pm Monday thru Saturday. Sunday and City Holidays excepted

Commercial parking

YELLOW- Commercial Loading Zones. Trucks and Commercial Vehicles can stop for 20 minutes to load or unload goods. Passenger vehicles may stop for 3 minutes to load/unload passengers. Yellow is in effect from 6 am to 6 pm, Sundays and City Holidays excepted unless otherwise posted. Except on Sunday’s

Parking meters have time limits, hourly rates and hours of enforcement for parking posted directly on the meter. A vehicle may not be parked in a metered spot longer then the posted limit and feeding the meter is prohibited

This was taken from a pamphlet given at the Boston Parking Enforcement. All regulations are subject to change. We are not giving parking advice, just passing along the information given to us to help your stay in Boston Beacon Hill more enjoyable.