Resident Parking Permit - Taxi Applicants – Boston, MA

Resident Parking Permit - Taxi Applicants is the requirements sheet the City of Boston Office of the Parking Clerk issues for taxi drivers who want a Resident Parking Permit for a Boston taxi, listing the documents and conditions that must be met.

The sheet is headed "Requirements for issuance of Resident Parking Permit, For Boston Taxi Applicants." It sets out what an applicant must bring: a City of Boston Hackney Carriage shift lease agreement, a City of Boston License Hackney Carriage Card, a valid Massachusetts (MA) registration for the vehicle, a letter from the owning taxi company, and proof of residency. It also states a bar: taxi vehicles cannot have outstanding violations on the registration.

The permit belongs to the City's Resident Parking Permits program, which gives Boston residents preferential access to on-street parking in streets marked "Resident Parking Only." The City's program page says the permit is shown as a sticker on the vehicle, that permits carry no printed expiration date, and that the City audits neighborhoods on an approximately two-year cycle and renews permits automatically unless the holder is found no longer eligible.

This sheet applies only to taxi applicants. It is not the general resident permit application, and military personnel and Boston-Based Business Permits have their own criteria described on the City's program page.

Taxi drivers who want a Resident Parking Permit for a Boston taxi use this sheet. The requirements tie the permit to a driver who lives at a residential address in Boston and drives a vehicle that is registered to the owning taxi corporation and insured in the City of Boston.

The conditions printed on the sheet:

• You hold a City of Boston Hackney Carriage shift lease agreement and a City of Boston License Hackney Carriage Card.
• The vehicle has a valid MA registration in the name of the owning taxi corporation.
• The owning taxi company provides a letter stating that the vehicle is and will remain principally insured in the City of Boston at your residential address.
• You can show proof of residency billed to you at that address.

Exclusion: taxi vehicles cannot have outstanding violations on the registration, so a vehicle with open violations does not qualify.

The sheet does not describe anyone applying on the driver's behalf. Contact Resident Parking at 617-635-4685 with questions about your situation.

Apply when you need a Resident Parking Permit for a Boston taxi and have every item on the requirements sheet in hand. The sheet sets no deadline of its own. Its one timing rule is that your proof of residency must be billed to you at your residential address within the last thirty (30) days, so collect a recent bill or statement shortly before you apply.

The City's program page adds that resident permits have no printed expiration date. The City audits neighborhoods on an approximately two-year cycle; it notifies and terminates permits for holders who are no longer eligible, and otherwise renews permits automatically. The sheet gives no processing time.

The requirements sheet does not name a mail, online or in-person submission channel. It gives the contact details of the Office of the Parking Clerk, and says the information in the owning company's letter is verified through the MA Registry of Motor Vehicles when the letter is presented.

• Office: Boston City Hall, Room 224, 1 City Hall Sq., Boston, MA 02201.
• Resident Parking phone: 617-635-4685. Call to confirm how and where to present your documents.
• Administration: 617-635-3135. Ticket information: 617-635-4110.
• Website: www.boston.gov.

Two items come from the Boston Police Dept. Headquarters: the Hackney Carriage shift lease agreement and the License Hackney Carriage Card. Get them before you apply. The City's program page says there is no charge for Resident Parking permits. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the City of Boston's channels above.