Free parking to start in Bowling Green

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Mayor John Quinn has declared Saturday through Dec. 31 as a parking meter holiday in the City of Bowling Green.

During the parking meter holiday, there will be no charge to park at most city parking meters although all other parking restrictions will be in effect.

The parking meter holiday will not include the on-street meters in front of the Wood County Courthouse on Court Street, between North Summit and North Prospect, or the meters in the county parking lot.

Although the parking meter holiday removes the charge for parking in designated metered spaces, all other parking restrictions, such as the two-hour parking limit, parking in handicapped spaces, prohibition of on-street parking in the downtown from 3 to 5 a.m., and other regulations will continue to apply during the parking meter holiday and will be enforced.

Quinn encourages businesses, proprietors, and persons working in the downtown to share rides and park in long-term meter spaces to allow parking meter turnover for those shopping and/or dining in the downtown.

(Information from the Sentinel-Tribune, a FOX Toledo News media partner)