Village of Arlington Heights Illinois

Monthly, Daily Fee Parking Permits
Discounted monthly permits for parking in Daily Fee Parking areas are available for Downtown business owners and their employees. Permits can be purchased at Village Hall, 33 S. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights IL 60005. Village Hall is open from 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Permits are $15 per month. 

Discounted monthly permits are only for parking in Daily Fee Parking areas. Discounted monthly permits cannot be used in Permit Parking areas. 

Monthly Permit Parking
Monthly permits for parking in Permit Parking areas are available for Downtown business owners and their employees. Permits can be purchased at Village Hall, 33 S. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights IL 60005. Village Hall is open from 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Permits are $30 per month. Permits are available for either the Vail Street Garage or the North Garage. Permits are also available for the Underground Garage, but are limited to tenants of Arlington Town Square shopping center. Any space designated for Permit Parking can be used by Merchant permit holders. Permit parking spaces are utilized on a first-come, first-served basis. Please do not park in Shopper spaces. 

General Information on Merchant Parking
Permits can be exchanged between vehicles. Only business owners and their employees are allowed to use Merchant permits. Proof of employment at a Downtown business is required. Permits can be purchased three months in advance. 

Permits are valid for parking from 5:00 a.m. through 2:00 a.m. daily. No overnight parking is allowed with Merchant permits. Additional garage rules are available when permits are purchased. 

As an alternative to permit parking, Daily Fee parking is available in three garages, as follows: on the top level of the North Garage, level two and three of the Village Hall Municipal Garage, and the top floor of the Vail Avenue Garage.

Fare boxes are located on the first floor of each garage in or near the stairwell closest to the railroad tracks. The daily fee is $2.00.  Parking is permitted from 5:00 a.m. through 2:00 a.m. although parking is free after 12:00 p.m. through 2:00 a.m. daily without time-limit restrictions in all daily fee parking areas. Parking in daily fee areas is free on Saturdays and Sundays. 

All daily fee parking lots located along the railroad tracks and at Sigwalt Avenue and Arlington Heights Road, across from Village Hall, are available at no cost after 12:00 p.m. through 2:00 a.m. without time limit restrictions. These lots are also available all day Saturdays and Sundays at no charge. 

On-street parking is limited to two hours. Per Village Ordinance #97-04, movement of a vehicle from one parking space to another space within a limited time parking area in the same four block area shall not avoid a violation of the two hour time limit. If you have any questions regarding merchant parking please call the Cashier’s office at Village Hall at 847.368.5531.

Monthly permits cost is $40 per month for residents and $50 for non-residents. Permits can be purchased quarterly through the Finance Department for commuters and residents of Downtown apartment buildings and condominiums. Downtown residents must first check to see if they are required to purchase their parking permits through their property management company. 

Permit spaces are available only to Arlington Heights residents in the North Garage. In the Vail Garage, parking permits are available for Arlington Heights residents and residents of surrounding communities on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Free Short Term Parking 

• On-street parking for two hours between 5:00 a.m. through 7:00 p.m.
• In surface lots A, E, O, P, and S from 12:00 p.m. through 2:00 a.m. (Blue Signs).
• In the Free Parking spaces in the garages for four hours, and unlimited time after 6:00 p.m. through 2:00 a.m. on weekdays, and free all day on weekends (Blue Signs).
• In the Evergreen Avenue Underground Garage Only; In the Red Permit spaces after 6:00 p.m. through 2:00 a.m. on weekdays, and all day on weekends (free unlimited hours).
• In all Daily Fee areas (surface lots and parking garages) after 12:00 p.m. through 2:00 a.m. on weekdays, and all day on weekends (free unlimited hours).

Long-Term Parking/Daily Fee Parking

• 5 a.m. to Noon.  Pay daily $2.00 fee in pay box. No overnight parking from 2 a.m. to 5 a.m.  
• Free parking Noon to 2 a.m. 
• Free unlimited hours all day on weekends. 
• 5 a.m. to 2 a.m.  Discounted merchant permit. Monthly fee $15.00.  Downtown businesses only.  No overnight parking.

Long-Term Parking/Monthly Permit Parking

• 5 a.m. to 2 a.m.  $40.00 per month for commuters and merchants.  No overnight parking.  
• 24-hour: Pay $50.00 per month, Downtown residents without parking, reverse commuters working in Arlington Heights only.
• 5 a.m. to 2 a.m.  $15.00 per month, discounted merchant parking.  Downtown businesses only.  Park in "Daily Fee Parking" areas.

Daily Fee parking areas enforced 5 a.m. to Noon, Monday through Friday. After noon and all day on Saturday and Sunday, free unlimited hours parking. No overnight parking anytime 2 a.m. to 5 a.m. without a parking permit.  Please refrain from backing into parking spaces as it is against our Municipal Code. Thank you!

It's also important for those who park to please observe and comply with posted time limits in the garages and surface lots.

Blue signs designate Free Parking spaces.  Red signs designate Permit Parking spaces.  Yellow signs designate Daily Fee Parking spaces.  If you have any questions about parking, please call 847.368.5531 Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Daily fee is $2.00.

• Lot A | Daily Fee 
  Vail & Northwest Highway along railroad tracks. Enter off Vail Avenue
• Lot P | Daily Fee
  Northwest Highway & railroad tracks, directly west of Lot A. Enter through Lot A or off of Northwest Highway
• Lot B | 3-hour free parking
  Northwest Highway between Dunton & Evergreen. Enter from Evergreen Avenue
• Lot S | Daily Fee
  Vail Avenue between St. James & Fremont. Enter from Vail Avenue or St. James
• Lot E | Daily Fee & 3-hour free parking
  Davis between Vail & Dunton. Enter from Vail or Dunton. Arlington Heights residents only in Daily Fee area.
• Lot O | Daily Fee
  Arlington Heights Road & Sigwalt. Enter from Pine Avenue
• Lot T | Daily Fee
  Located at Arlington Park Train Station. Lot located on access road west of station.