Resolution: Metropolis of Köln will increase resident parking from 30 to 100 euros

At their assembly on July 22, 2024, the central committee of the town of Cologne selected a charge schedule for issuing resident parking permits. The brand new regulation will come into impact from October 1, 2024. The earlier annual charge of 30 euros, which included solely administrative prices, will improve to 100 euros.

The charge schedule applies for a interval of 5 months till February 28, 2025.

From 1 March 2025, a brand new and partly amended charge schedule will probably be in place which was determined by the Council in December 2023 and revealed publicly on 11 January 2024. From this time onwards, this provision for the primary time that the quantity of tax will probably be adjusted in line with the size of the car.

Car size will govern resident parking fees from 2025

The annual charge then will depend on the size of the car – there are three lessons of car size – 100, 110 or 120 euros.

• For autos with a size of as much as 4,109 millimeters, 100 euros should be paid yearly.

• For autos longer than 4,709 millimeters, the annual charge is 120 euros.

• For all autos between these size measurements, you have to pay 110 euros per yr.

Necessary: Each the tax guidelines selected Monday and the brand new tax guidelines from 1 March 2025 additionally stipulate that homeowners of autos with a size higher than 5,600 millimeters won’t usually be eligible for a resident ID card from 1 October 2024.

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The transitional regulation was determined on the council assembly on June 27, 2024, because the essential technical and organizational change to distinguish the charges in line with the size of the car requires time prematurely and can’t be given in however on 1 March 2025.

Holders of resident parking permits whose permits are renewed on October 1, 2024 will obtain a notification from the town administration within the coming days in regards to the upcoming extension and in addition in regards to the new charge price.