Kivéve lakossági parkolási engedéllyel means “only exception for the residents with parking permits”. In 2024, You will see these traffic signs in majority of streets in Budapest. On top of these Hungarian statements,there is a time slot also mentioned which is typically 18:00-07:00.
It means, between 18 00 and 0700, only the residents of this district can park in parking places in front of this sign. It is one of the many parking spots in Budapest not to park your car.
As you are a visitor, most probably your car number plate is not registered for street parking in this district.Hence, during this time slot (1800 and 0700), you can be fined upto 180 EUR/50000 HUF in Budapest. You can be fined for such mistake even on weekends/public holidays. if you park your car in any slot ahead of this sign.Therefore,avoid parking at such places at all cost.
If you are looking for street parking in Budapest after 6pm,this is the board that you must search and avoid parking on all the slots in front of it.
These sign boards have been placed in many districts in Budapest. Specially these statements are visible on streets in district V,VI,VII,VIII,IX and XIII. This statement is typically searched by foreigners coming by car to Budapest when they get parking ticket fine.
These are the sign boards that are the cause of street parking fines for tourists coming by car. Parking zones in Budapest have these sign boards uniformly placed in every second street.Hence, if you are a tourist coming by car, you must be careful of these signs.
Reason for such parking signs
Such parking signs in Budapest are placed on streets to ensure that residents of the districts/building also get a parking place after 18:00. Due to huge number of tourists coming to Budapest by car, it was almost impossible for residents in the central Budapest region to find parking in the streets,as majority of visitors would park their cars in streets due to free parking at night.
During the day time, you can park your in parking spots ahead of these signs by paying the parking fees.However, after 18:00, despite the free parking in certain districts, a visitor will be fined for parking the car in any of parking spots ahead of such sign.
The Budapest traffic and district authorities looked into the matter and started posting such signboards to ensure that certain percentage of street parking spots are reserved for the residents.
What are residents parking permits
As a visitor in Budapest with car, you must be wondering how you can get a residents parking permit? Resident parking permits are only given to people who have a registered address in the respective district in Budapest.At the start of every year, residents of a district with car have to apply for a yearly parking permit which is discounted price. Hence,visitors coming as tourists cannot get such parking permits.
Solution
Whenever you are looking for street parking in Budapest district,make sure you go to the start of the street and look for any sign that is mentioning “Kivéve lakossági parkolási engedéllyel”. Sometimes these signs are placed in the middle of a street, on the eastern or western side of parking slots. You need to ensure that after 18:00 in the evening, you are not parking your car on any slot until the end of the street.
If you are fined either with a red envelop or a lock after overnight parking,most probably it could be due to parking in slots reserved for the locals. Despite the fact that there are other street parking slots where you should avoid parking at all cost. There is no way to escape such fine and you will need to pay this.
