NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. \u2014 If you\u2019re headed to the Beaches Town Center, you can expect to see new, higher fees for parking.<\/p>\n
The North Beaches Parking Program, which is managed by the City of Neptune Beach Police Department, recently transitioned to a new parking vendor system.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a change that is costing non-residents $5 an hour to park, compared to $1.35 for one hour under the old system. <\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n Annie Antar said her wallet took a hit from new parking fees.<\/p>\n \u201cMe and a friend came out to Pete\u2019s, and we got here around 7, and I ended up spending $50 on parking almost,\u201d Antar said. \u201cI probably won\u2019t do that again anytime soon.\u201d<\/p>\n The Beaches Town Center Merchants Association President Deanne Dunlop said the increase is not sustainable for the 65 businesses in the area.<\/p>\n \u201cThey are just concerned,\u201d Dunlop said. \u201cIt\u2019s a jump. It\u2019s a hike, and it\u2019s higher than a lot of areas around us.\u201d<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n Dunlop said she\u2019s had conversations with the Mayors of both Neptune and Atlantic Beaches about the prices.<\/p>\n \u201cBasically, we gave them some ideas of different tiers, just some other ways to make it make sense,\u201d Dunlop said.<\/p>\n While residents do get free parking for 4 hours, Dunlop said they are not the primary purchasers in the area.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a mixed retail community, and it really needs to address different clients,\u201d Dunlop said.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>]<\/p>\n The Mayor of Atlantic Beach told Action News Jax they are looking at moving toward a two-tier hourly rate with a reduced charge before 5:00 p.m. and the higher rate from 5:00 p.m. to midnight.<\/p>\n An announcement is expected to be made on Tuesday.<\/p>\n As of now, the parking fees are enforced every day from 11 a.m. until midnight.<\/p>\n If you don\u2019t pay, you could face a $60 fine. <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. \u2014 If you\u2019re headed to the Beaches Town Center, you can expect to see new,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[982,1131,43251,11812,43250,513,43253,43254,43255,34841,116,118,117,634,43249,18591,43252,1276,37859],"class_list":{"0":"post-76715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-action_news","9":"tag-alexis_clevinger","10":"tag-annie_antar","11":"tag-atlantic_beach","12":"tag-atlantic_beaches","13":"tag-beach","14":"tag-beaches_town_center_merchants_association","15":"tag-deanne_dunlop","16":"tag-dunlop","17":"tag-jack_alexis_clevinger","18":"tag-jacksonville","19":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","20":"tag-jacksonville-news","21":"tag-local","22":"tag-neptune","23":"tag-neptune_beach","24":"tag-neptune_beach_police_department","25":"tag-north","26":"tag-pete"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76715","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=76715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}