ASBURY PARK - The city has completed a series of changes to its paid parking system aimed at making the experience more convenient for residents and the hordes of visitors who flock to the Shore each summer. The most prominent change is switching the pay by space system into a pay-by-license-plate system.

"We're trying to make it easier. We had people entering the wrong numbers. It seemed like (it was) a lot easier for the people parking and also the parking violations officers," Mayor John Moor told the Press earlier this year.

Here are 4 things to know:

1. The new system will allow users to move spaces without having to pay for a new space in the same zone. Previously if you moved spaces before your time was up on your parking meter, you would have to pay for a new space. The new pay-by-plate system eliminates that as long as you move in the same parking zone.

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2. There are three paid parking zones in Asbury Park. According to a city press release the Downtown zone encompasses the area where Cookman and Lake avenues run parallel to each other and the 100 block streets in between. The Waterfront zone contains the area between Ocean Avenue and Kingsley Street and the 100 block streets in between. The Central zone has all metered parking areas west of Kingsley Street and north of Cookman Avenue. You can see a city map below that shows the parking zones. Mike Manzella, transportation manager for the city of Asbury Park, said there are about 3,000 paid parking spaces in Asbury Park.

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3. You can pay for parking using an app or with the parking meters. Utilizing the parking app, named "Asbury PARK", you can enter in your license plate and also pay for parking using your credit card on the app. The app gives the ability to extend parking sessions remotely. You can also enter in your license plate number at city parking meters and pay with cash or card. The city recommends taking a photo of your license plate before you leave your vehicle if you're going to pay at a parking meter, so you enter your license plate correctly.

4. Parking enforcement is now using license plate scanners. The city is using license plate scanners to enforce the new paid parking system. The cost of the new scanners and the alphanumeric keypad system for parking meters was about $75,000, Manzella said.

Austin Bogues 732-643-4009; abogues@gannettnj.com

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