Paying for parking in downtown Delray up for discussion - Sun Sentinel

Parking meters and pay parking look like they are headed for downtown Delray Beach. What is being discussed is having day parking still be free and have the pay parking start in the evening. Adjustments would be made where store and restaurant employees park. It sounds like they are looking at the problem holistically. Click title for link.

The proposed fees range from $5 a day maximum in a garage to $2 an hour on the main strip, and they wouldn't start until 5 p.m. There would be meters on the street and pay stations in the garages. So morning coffee runs, lunch meetings and quick afternoon shopping trips on Atlantic Avenue would still be free, which pleases some downtown merchants.
"It's called parking management," said Bruce Gimmy, who owns the Trouser Shop downtown and serves on Delray's Parking Management Advisory Board. "The plan is not just to charge for parking."

Commissioner McVoy - look, they have a men's pant store in Delray!