Parking Information

There are several Village-operated commuter parking lots and decks in the downtown area. 

• The daily parking fee is $2.00.  
• The commuter parking lots and decks utilize a combination of permit parking, parking kiosks and mobile application to collect parking fees.

Link to Metra Rail - Union Pacific Northwest Line Schedule

Parking Kiosks 

• The parking kiosks accept coins, bills and bank issued credit/debit cards. 
• There are eight conveniently located parking kiosks - you may pay at any kiosk.
• The rate for daily parking is $2.00. 
• The parking kiosks DO NOT GIVE CHANGE.
• Know your license plate number. You will Pay by Plate not pay by space. 
• YOU MUST keep all parking receipts.  The Village will NOT issue refunds without adequate documentation.
• For more information on the parking kiosk please visit New Parking Kiosks.
• If a parking kiosk is not working contact the Public Works Department at 847-870-5640.

Flowbird. Mobile App

• Flowbird. offers an alternative to paying at the parking kiosks by allowing commuters to pay for parking from their smart phone.
• There is a $0.35 transaction fee applied to each $2.00 purchase.  The $0.35 pays for the use of the mobile service and is collected by the vendor providing the mobile payment service.  The Village only receives the $2.00 parking fee.
• For more information on Flowbird. please visit Mobile Payment App.
• now your license plate number. You will Pay by Plate not pay by space. 

Commuter Permit Parking - Easy Park

• Permit parking offers an alternative to daily payment options listed above by offering a monthly parking permit.  Instead of paying for parking at the parking kiosks on a daily basis commuters are able to purchase a permit for a cost of $40 a month.
• Fore more information on the Village's permit parking program, visit Monthly Parking Permits.

NEW: Online Parking Permit System

With the new online system, say goodbye to paper permits and paper applications. Instead, apply, submit verification, pay, and manage permit(s) digitally. The system uses license plate numbers as virtual permits. We will not accept paper applications for these permits because the paper system has been replaced with a digital system.

Major Changes between paper-based system and online system:

Apply for a new permit, or manage your existing account here. 

For detailed information and instructions, please view the Monthly Parking Permits page. 

Type of Permits Available

• Commuter Resident (Easy Park for Mount Prospect Residents) | $40 per month. Allows parking in the following locations: Maple Street Parking Deck (See signage for commuter spaces), East Prospect Avenue Commuter on-street parking, East and West Commuter Lots, Emerson Street Parking Deck (spaces 901-951), and Wille Street Lot (signed Easy Park spots).   This permit allows permit holders to park at the aforementioned lots Monday – Friday between the hours of 5am – 6pm.  View additional details.
• Commuter Non-Resident (Easy Park, Non-Resident) | $40 per month. Allows parking in the following locations:  East and West Commuter Lots, Emerson Street Parking Deck (spaces 901-951), and Wille Street Lot (signed Easy Park spaces).  This permit allows permit holders to park at the aforementioned lots Monday –Friday between the hours of 5am – 6pm.  View additional details.
• Emerson Street Parking Deck Overnight | $90 per month. This permit is available only to multi-family residents of downtown Mount Prospect; residency/addresses will be verified for compliance. Additional restrictions apply, a limited number of permits are available.  Emerson Street Parking Deck Overnight Parking permits are valid for parking at the Emerson Street Parking Deck (30 S. Emerson Street), spaces 197 to 267 only.  View additional details.
• Downtown Business |  No charge.  This permit is only available to employers with a business located in downtown Mount Prospect.  The Village has an online permitting system which allows your employer to register your vehicle for free parking in either the Emerson Street Parking Deck (spaces 120-196 and 268-281), along the north side of W. Prospect Avenue, between Pine Street and Hi Lusi Avenue, and in the Wille Street lot and alley, just south of W. Prospect Avenue between Pine and Wille Streets. Consult with your employer to take advantage of this parking permit. View additional details.

Public Non-commuter Parking

The following parking areas are available FREE of charge within the time restrictions noted.

Emerson Street Parking Deck

Located between Village Hall and the Library at 30 S. Emerson Street.

• 4 hour limit from 7 AM - 6 PM, Monday - Friday.
• No time restrictions or fees: from 6 PM – 1 AM Monday – Friday, all day Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays.
• No overnight parking between 2 AM - 6 AM, Monday - Friday.
• Overnight parking permitted on weekends, from 6 PM Friday – 7:30 AM Monday.

Yes! Visitors can park overnight, for free, in the Emerson Street Parking Deck starting Friday night (6 PM) through the weekend. No permit or pass required; vehicles must be removed by 7:30 AM Monday morning. No parking on the uppermost level during winter months (Nov - April).

Maple Street Parking Deck

Located at 301 S. Maple Street, between East Prospect Avenue and Lincoln Street.

• SELECT SPACES  (40 total) are available  with a 4 hour limit from 7 AM - 6 PM, Monday - Friday.
• No time restrictions or fees: from 6 PM – 1 AM Monday – Friday, all day Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays.
• No overnight parking between 2 AM - 6 AM, Monday - Friday.
• Overnight parking permitted on weekends, from 6 PM Friday – 7:30 AM Monday.

Busse Avenue Lots and Alley Parking

Located at the southwest corner of Busse Ave and Main Street, near 20 West and Station 34.  Alley parking connects Main Street with Wille Street.

• 4 hour time limit for the parking lot, 2 hour time limit for the alley, between the hours of 7 AM - 6 PM Monday - Friday. Refer to posted signs.
• No time restrictions or fees: from 6 PM – 2 AM Monday – Friday, all day Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays.
• No overnight parking between 2 AM - 6 AM.

East and West Commuter Lots

Surface parking lots immediately east and west of the Mount Prospect Metra Train Station. These commuter lots are open to the public free of charge after 6 PM. See below for more information on daily fee parking (Mon - Fri, 5AM – 6PM).

• No time restrictions or fees: from 6 PM – 1 AM Monday – Friday, all day Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays.
• No overnight parking between the hours of 1 AM - 5 AM.

Wille Street Parking Lot

Wille Street Parking Lot includes a surface lot located along Wille Street between W. Prospect Avenue and Evergreen Avenue, and the signed spaces on the south side of the alley behind Prospect Avenue businesses (between Wille and Pine). Select spaces in the surface lot, and alley spaces allow free parking as follows:

• 4 hour limit from 7 AM - 6 PM, Monday - Friday.
• No time restrictions or fees: from 6 PM – 2 AM Monday – Friday, all day Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays.
• No overnight parking between 2 AM - 6 AM.

On-Street Parking

Public on-street parking is available throughout downtown, with 2 or 4 hour restrictions. Look for the posted signs, see right. There is no charge for on-street parking, with exception of the E. Prospect Avenue spaces, east of Maple Street.

• 2 or 4 hour time restrictions from 7 AM – 6 PM Monday – Friday. Refer to posted signs.
• No time restrictions from 6 PM – 2 AM Monday – Friday, and weekends/holidays.
• No overnight parking between 2 AM - 6 AM.

Need to park longer than 4 hours during the week? Consider parking in the Commuter Lots using the daily fee option. 

Parking on Village of Mount Prospect streets is prohibited between the hours of 2:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. (per Village ordinance 18-1319) - Violators will be ticketed.

If you need to park a vehicle overnight, you must contact the Mount Prospect Police Department by phone at (847) 870-5656 or submit your request using the Frontline Public Safety Solutions online system (Link below). 

• Requests must be received prior to 2:00 A.M.
• Any requests made after 2:00 A.M. may be subject to a parking citation. 
• Each household is limited to a maximum of five (5) nights within a calendar month. 
• For any special requests and/or requests beyond the five (5) nights within a calendar month, please contact the Mount Prospect Police Department at (847)870-5656.

OVERNIGHT PARKING WILL NOT BE GRANTED FOR 24 HOURS AFTER A SNOWFALL OF 2 INCHES OF MORE.  (Per Village Ordinance 18-1314)

LOCATIONS CLEARLY MARKED WITH PARKING RESTRICTIONS MAY STILL BE TICKETED EVEN IF ONLINE OVERNIGHT PARKING PERMISSION IS GRANTED BY THE SYSTEM.  RESIDENTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE RESTRICTIONS PRIOR TO REQUESTING OVERNIGHT PARKING PERMISSION.  IF CLARIFICATION IS NEEDED REGARDING PARKING PERMISSION, PLEASE CONTACT THE MOUNT PROSPECT POLICE DEPARTMENT AT (847)870-5656.

Request Overnight Parking Permission

Village-operated parking lots and parking decks, as well as overnight on-street parking restrictions, are regularly enforced for compliance.

Commuters/ Daily Fee: If you have been issued a parking citation, but paid for the parking space, mail your receipt along with the parking ticket to:

Mount Prospect Police Department

911 E Kensington Road

Mount Prospect, IL 60056

Pay a Citation

If you would like to pay your citation online, click here to learn more. 

Please have your credit card, ticket number, and license plate (if applicable) available.  You are able to search outstanding tickets by ticket number, driver's license number, license plate or vehicle identification number (VIN) of the vehicle for which the ticket was written.  

If you have questions concerning a parking citation, contact the Police Department at 847-870-5656.

Parking Lots

East Commuter Lot [E] and West Commuter Lot [C]

• Fee required 5 AM - 6 PM, Monday - Friday (excluding holidays)
• Pay via monthly permit, or $2.00 daily fee via payment kiosk, or mobile app
• Free public parking 6 PM - 1 AM Monday - Friday, all day on weekends
• No overnight parking 1 AM - 5 AM

Wille Street Lot [D].

• Includes 4 hour time restricted spaces and monthly permit spaces, refer to signs for details
• No time restrictions or permit required 6 PM - 1 AM Monday - Friday, all day on weekends
• No overnight parking 1 AM - 5 AM

Busse Avenue Lot [B]

• Under construction through Fall 2021, limited parking available
• No commuter/daily fee parking
• 4 hour time restriction form 6 AM - 6 PM Monday - Friday (excluding holidays)
• No time restrictions 6 PM - 2 AM Monday - Friday, all day on weekends
• No overnight parking 2 AM - 6 AM

Parking Decks

Emerson Street Parking Deck [A]

• Free 4 hour time restricted spaces (levels 1 - 3)
• Monthly permit spaces  and daily fee parking (levels 4 -5), refer to signs for details 
• No time restrictions or permit required 6 PM - 1 AM Monday - Friday, all day on weekends
• Free overnight parking Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, no permit required. Vehicles may park no earlier than 6 PM Friday and must be moved by 7:30 AM Monday. 
• Emerson Street Parking Deck Overnight Permits available to downtown multi-family residents. 

Maple Street Parking Deck [F]

• SELECT SPACES  (40 total) are available  with a 4 hour limit from 7 AM - 6 PM, Monday - Friday.
• Monthly permit spaces  and daily fee parking, refer to signs for details. 
• No time restrictions or fees: from 6 PM – 1 AM Monday – Friday, all day Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays.
• No overnight parking between 2 AM - 6 AM, Monday - Friday.
• Overnight parking permitted on weekends, from 6 PM Friday – 7:30 AM Monday.

Easy Park permits is a payment option for the Metra commuter parking lots. The permit program offers an alternative to  daily payment options (cash, coin, credit card, mobile app) by offering a monthly parking pass. Instead of paying for parking at the parking kiosk or Flowbird mobile app on a daily basis, commuters are able to purchase a pass online for a cost of $40. 

An individual permit costs $40 a month. Permits will remain $40 a month regardless of the number of parking days in the month.

You can purchase an parking pass permit online only. We will not accept paper applications for these permits because the paper system has been replaced with a digital system.

The permit program is not a parking reservation system.  The commuter lots will remain first come, first park; however, specific areas of the lots have been designated permit parking areas only.  The purchase of a permit does not reserve a specific spot, but will allow permit holders to park in the designated permit parking areas.

No.  The lots will remain first come, first park.  Permit holders will be allowed to park in the designated permit areas and daily fee areas.  The number of permits sold will be limited.

Commuters that prefer not to purchase a permit can continue to pay for parking daily by using the parking kiosks or the Flowbird mobile app.

Yes.  The Maple Street Parking Deck  has a designated permit only area, but the portion of the deck dedicated to permit and daily fee parking is restricted to Mount Prospect residents only.  This means permit and daily fee spots in the Maple Street Lot are restricted to Mount Prospect residents only.  There are approximately 40 parking spots that are signed four (4) hour parking and are availed to Mount Prospect residents and non-residents. 

Additional questions? Contact the Public Works Department with any questions at 847.870.5640 or email.

The Village prohibits on-street overnight parking between the hours of 2 AM - 6 PM . If you need overnight parking, here are options currently available. 

Short Term Overnight Parking

Weekends at the Emerson Parking Deck | The Emerson Street Parking Deck allows free overnight parking on the weekends for any user. Starting at 6 PM Friday, vehicles can park in the deck with no time restriction, through Monday 7:30 AM. Vehicles must be moved from the deck by 7:30 AM Monday or risk parking citation.  Perfect for a night in Chicago or a weekend visitor. 

Resident Visitor Passes | Downtown residents who have an weekday visitor can apply for a Visitor Parking Permit, which allows 7 consecutive days of free parking in the Emerson Street Parking Deck. A maximum of 4 permits may be issued per address per year. Online permitting for this option is coming soon!

Emergency On-Street Parking | In last-minute or emergency scenarios, you may request on-street overnight parking permission via the Village’s Frontline Public Safety Solutions online system. Requests must be received prior to 2:00 A.M. Each household is limited to a maximum of five (5) nights within a calendar month.  Overnight on-street parking requests will NOT be granted for 24 hours after a snowfall of 2 inches or more. (Per Village Ordinance 18-1314).

Long Term Overnight Parking

Long term overnight parking in the Village is extremely limited. The Village encourages all prospective home buyers and renters to research parking options before signing a purchasing or lease agreement, or adding a vehicle that must be parked at home.

Seek On-Site Parking First | Confirm with your HOA or Rental Management company about the availability of renting a parking space on-site within the development. This is the best option for location convenience and long-term availability. 

Emerson Street Parking Deck Overnight Permit | The Village has a limited number of overnight permits available in the Emerson Street Parking Deck (30 S. Emerson Street) for residents of multi-family buildings located within downtown. The Emerson Street Parking Deck Overnight Parking Permit program allows permit holders to park in a select area of the deck overnight and throughout the day. Restrictions apply. Fee is $90 and permits are sold first-come, first-served. Limit one permit per downtown multi-family address, which will be verified. Not for long term storage of vehicles. Village reserves the right to require vehicles to be moved for purposes such as deck maintenance or other similar circumstances. Learn more.

Private Parking Options | Private businesses with parking lots may offer to lease spaces overnight. Contact the specific business for availability. The Village does not keep track of businesses which offer to lease spaces to residents.