Atlantic Beach has a paid public parking program at several of our public beach accesses between April 1 and September 30. The Town of Atlantic Beach has partnered with Premium Parking to professionally manage the paid parking program, starting with the 2024 season. Premium Parking is a national parking management firm operating over 1,000 locations nationally.
Purpose: To generate funds for beach services which include: a 7-day-a-week, paid summer lifeguard program which was affected by the withdrawal of annual lifeguard-funding contributions by the county, the operation and maintenance of three public beach access bathhouses, daily garbage/refuse pickup and disposal along a five-mile beachfront and various free summer recreation programs activities like the AB Beach Music Festival, the July Fourth Fireworks; the family outdoor movie nights and the traffic safety enforcement for a summer population that approaches 50,000. These funds ensure that such tourist-related beach services are not fully subsidized by the local property taxpayers.
Schedule and Rates
- April 1 to September 30
- 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Daily (no free days)
- $4/hour (credit/debit only)
- Designated 30-Minute ONLY Free Parking: Designated spaces along the perimeter of West Drive and Atlantic Blvd are for 30-Minute Free Parking ONLY. This rule applies to EVERYONE – including those parkers who purchase Seasonal Passes. Patrons can only park for thirty minutes at a time and every vehicle MUST move after that 1/2 hour expires.
- Golf Cart parking spaces are not free parking spaces.
- Golf carts will also need to be registered or pay-to-park in any designated golf cart or regular spot, the annual AB golf cart inspection does not cover the cost of parking.
- LSVs (low-speed vehicles) will be permitted to park in a designated golf cart or regular spot if the LSV has an annual parking plate registration or pays to park.
- Free parking with the display of valid:
- Handicap tag/plates or
- Disabled Veteran tag/plates
- Purple Heart recipients
- Effective Jan 22, 2024, AB Re-Entry Passes no longer serve as free parking passes
- Atlantic Beach Property Owners: Free Parking with annual parking pass registration, two allowed per parcel per year (click here to register)
- Atlantic Beach Business Owners: Free Parking with annual parking pass registration, one allowed per business per year (click here to register)
- Season ‘Pass’: $200 each; purchased through Premium Parking (click here to register) and is linked to license plate number
For registration issues, please contact Premium Parking at 1-844-236-2011.
Paid Parking Locations
- New Bern Avenue Beach Access, Henderson Blvd Beach Access, West Boardwalk CAMA Lot, Circle Point Grass Lot, Circle Pavilion Paved Lot, Circle Gravel/Dirt Lot, Circle Perimeter: West Drive, Atlantic Blvd, and East Drive; Circle Adjacent: W Bogue, E Terminal, E Bogue.
About Premium Parking: https://www.premiumparking.com/about