EZ PARK Debit Cards

EZ Park cards can be used at any city on-street parking meter, or the hourly spaces in the city garages, except the 7th and Walnut garage which has an attendant.

EZ Park cards can be used at all City of Columbia parking meters, including on-street Campus meters, and in the city garages at Sixth and Cherry, Eighth and Cherry, Tenth and Cherry, and Fifth and Walnut. These garages are equipped with multi-space pay machines and accept coins, bills or the EZ Park Cards. The garage machines can also recharge the EZ Park Debit Card, except Eighth and Cherry which does not have a recharging machine.

Please look for meters with the blue EZ PARK symbol displayed. The debit cards are sold as EZ Park cards. There are several locations where EZ Park cards can be purchased or have more value added to the reusable cards. The EZ Park Dispensers and "Legend" multi-space machines will accept $1, $5, $10, or $20 bills. Purchases are limited to a maximum of $99 per card. You may also purchase the cards in person at City Hall, 701 East Broadway, third floor.

Machine Locations to purchase or add value to a EZ Park Debit Card:

1. City Hall, 701 E. Broadway, First Floor, Utility Customer Service
2. Boone County Government Center, 801 E. Walnut
3. Turner Garage/Parking & Transportation office on MU Campus
4. Add value to an existing card in the 6th & Cherry, 10th & Cherry Street, and 5th and Walnut Garages.

Cash Card Instructions

• Cash cards can be programmed up to $99.00.
• Cash cards can be programmed an unlimited amount of times.
• Cash cards must be paid for in full at the time of purchase.
• NO REFUNDS will be made on unused time on the cash cards.
• Cash cards can only be used at City parking meters that have the “EZ Park” symbol.
• How to use the cash cards:

1. Insert the card into the parking meter.
2. Once the card is inserted, the parking meter will tell you how much money ($) is remaining on your card. It will then start adding time to the meter, up to the maximum amount of time allowable on that meter.
3. Pull the card out of the parking meter when the meter has reached the amount of time that you wish to park there. The meter will then start clicking and the color wheel will turn green and time will start decreasing on the meter.
4. If there is time remaining on the parking meter when you are ready to leave, insert the card back into the parking meter and the meter will tell you how much money ($) is remaining on your card. The meter will then read “ref”, which means that the time remaining on the meter is being refunded to your card. Once this has occurred, the meter will then show the additional money ($) applied back to your card. Then pull the card out of the meter. The meter will then start clicking and the color wheel will turn red and will show that the meter is expired.
5. Caution: Parking garage machines will not refund unused time back to the EZ Park Debit Card. Patrons should only purchase the amount of time that will be used during their stay. The Parking Utility is pursuing the addition of the feature from the manufacturer and apologizes for the inconvenience, but thank you for your patronage and patience.
6. If you need to add additional time to the parking meter, insert the card back into the parking meter. NOTE - The remaining time on that meter, if any, will be applied back onto your card before you can add additional time. Pull the card out of the parking meter and re-insert the card into the meter. The parking meter will start adding additional time up to the maximum amount of time allowed on the meter. Parking garage machines operate on transaction numbers to add time. Please take a look at operating instructions for the "Legend" machines to discover some of the newest technology offered in parking.

• If cash cards are lost or stolen we cannot prevent the time that is remaining on the card from being used, or replace the time on a new card.
• If you experience problems with a parking meter, please contact the City Violations office at Ph# 874-7230.
• If you have questions about a parking ticket you have received, please contact the City Prosecutor’s office at Ph# 874-6384.