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MERCHANT VALIDATION
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Several merchants in the downtown area validate
parking in the municipal parking garages:
Current participants as of 08/06/2008
248 Calder Way
American Red Cross
Appalachian Ski & Outdoor
Aurum Goldsmiths
Avant Garden
Barefoot
Beulah's
BioLife Plasma Center
Central PA Dance Workshop
Comic Swap
Connections
Days Inn Penn State
Douglas Albert Gallery
Dr. George Kleban II, DDS
Executive Offices of GN Assoc
Gift Adventures
Gingerbread Man
Happy Valley Optical
Harper's
Home Reflections
Kitchen Kaboodle
Kranich's Jeweler's
Laurie Kile
Lion's Pride
McLanahan's Market
McLanahan's PSU Store
Metro
Michael Robert's Silver Scissors
Moyer Jeweler's
Mr. Charles
Mr. Tux
Nittany Quill
Northwest Savings
Old State Clothing Company
People's Nation
Perfect 10 & More Day Spa
PNC Bank
Rapid Transit Sports
Reflections
Rita's Ice
Roly Poly
S.J. Miska Goldsmith's & Jeweler's
S'hair-eng Styling Salon
Signature Engraving
Skate Penn
Smith Barney
Spectacles
Student Book Store
Tadpole Crossing
The African Market
The Animal Kingdom
The Artisan Connection
The Atherton Hotel
The Deli Restaurant
The Music Mart
Uncle Eli's
Webster's Bookstore & Café
Woodring's Floral Gardens
Your Cigar Den
Individual conditions for validation may vary. See merchant for details.
Please note: One (green) coupon is one hour of parking in the Pugh and Fraser
Street parking garages.
PARKING LOTS
- 3 hour meters are located in Fraser Lot, Beaver Lot and Foster Lot. 3 and 5 hour meters are located in McAllister Parking Deck.
- The rate is $.75 per hour. Meters accept quarters, dimes, and nickels.
- Meters are enforced Monday through Sunday from 8:00 am until 10:00 pm.
- All off-street meters are free Thursdays after 6 pm.
- All municipal meters are free all day Sunday.
ON STREET METERS
- Pay meters 8:00 am until 6:00 pm Monday through Saturday.
- All on-street meters have a 2 hour or less time limit.
- The rate is $1.00 per hour. Meters accept quarters, dimes, and nickels.
DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGES NOW AUTOMATED
State College Borough has converted all three downtown parking garages to a fully-automated "cashier-less" system.
Beginning, March, 2006, the downtown parking garages are open 24 hours per day. The Borough has installed all new "pay on foot" equipment allowing customers to pay for their parking before returning to their vehicles. In addition, all three garages now have two exit lanes allowing customers to exit the garage quickly. The machines accept coins, bills and validated tickets. The cost remains at $.75 per hour with a maximum charge of $12 per 24 hour period.
There will be customer service representatives on hand at all garages to help customers with the new system.
The system works like this:
- You receive a ticket when you enter the garage.
- When you are ready to leave, you go to one of the three locations where you insert the parking ticket into the "paystation" that will tell you how much you owe.
- When the fee is paid the ticket is encoded with the proper information and returned to the customer. There is a 15-minute grace period from the time your ticket is returned until you must exit the garage.
If a customer takes more than 20 minutes to return to their car, the gate will not open and they will have to pay for the additional time.
- Upon leaving the garage, the ticket is inserted in a ticket reader at the exit gate, and the gate is lifted. The machine at the gate retains the ticket.
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