{"id":152649,"date":"2026-02-12T06:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T06:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/152649\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T06:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T06:11:11","slug":"indian-rocks-beach-to-start-charging-for-beach-access-parking-heres-whos-exempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/152649\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Rocks Beach to start charging for beach access parking: Here&#8217;s who&#8217;s exempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/irb-parking-pic-2.11.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article    <\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla. &#8211; Indian Rocks Beach city leaders officially approved a new ordinance creating paid parking at beach access points.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">By the numbers:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">The city commission voted unanimously, 5-0, Tuesday night to adopt a paid parking pilot program which converts all 182 beach access parking spots into paid spaces. The ordinance also raises parking violation fines from $75 to $100.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">PREVIOUS STORY: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/indian-rocks-beach-heads-second-city-council-meeting-over-paid-beach-parking-spots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Indian Rocks Beach heads into second city council meeting over paid beach parking spots<\/a><\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Prior to the ordinance, Indian Rocks Beach had the only remaining free beachfront parking in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pinellas County<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">According to the plan, parking will cost $4.50 per hour and will be allowed daily from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., following a motion by Vice Mayor Commissioner Janet Wilson that adjusted the original hours. The city plans to use digital platforms such as ParkMobile to manage payments.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/irb-parking-pic-1-2.11.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">The city says residents will continue to park for free as long as they have a valid city window decal displayed in their vehicle. Resident-only spaces will remain in place, and residents can also use paid spots without charge.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">City officials say the program will not begin immediately. A start date has not yet been established, as leaders want time for community outreach and education, including a website explaining how to pay, why the change is happening and how the funds will be used.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">Big picture view:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">The city estimates the paid parking pilot program could generate about $100,000.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Indian Rocks Beach Mayor Denise Houseberg says these funds are critical as the city continues recovery efforts following recent storms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information for this story was provided by the city of Indian Rocks Beach.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pinellas County<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla. &#8211; Indian Rocks Beach city leaders officially approved a new ordinance creating paid&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[47,115,1157,202,204,203,199,201,200,628],"class_list":{"0":"post-152649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-fl","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-pinellas","11":"tag-st-pete","12":"tag-st-pete-headlines","13":"tag-st-pete-news","14":"tag-st-petersburg","15":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","16":"tag-st-petersburg-news","17":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}