The entrance to the parking garage near the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St., is pictured Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015.

Starting next week, the City of Lawrence will begin using parking boots to immobilize certain cars that have outstanding tickets as part of parking enforcement in downtown Lawrence.

The city would be able to put a parking boot on a car if someone has three or more unpaid parking tickets that are 60 days or more overdue, according to a news release from the city. Those changes to the policy will go into effect May 19. If someone’s car has a boot, they will receive a 48-hour notice that the car could be impounded if the outstanding parking tickets aren’t paid.

To remove the boot, the driver will need to pay all outstanding parking fines issued on or after Jan. 1, 2025. These can be paid online at any time at lawrenceparking.rmcpay.com.

Once the fine is paid, the driver can call the booting company at a 24-hour number to have the boot unlocked. Brad Harrell, the city’s parking manager, said the number is 866-404-6373, and that the boots will also have QR codes on them that can be scanned with a cellphone to get information on how to unlock them.

Parking boots can be returned to the parking services office at 933 New Hampshire St. during normal business hours or to the 24-hour drop box locations at the street level of the New Hampshire Street parking garage or the corner of Sixth and New Hampshire streets by the Riverfront parking garage.

The changes are a part of the shift in parking enforcement to a civil process instead of one that goes through the Municipal Court. The City Commission in December 2024 approved changes to the parking enforcement, as the Journal-World reported.

More information about parking citations is on the city’s website at lawrenceks.org/parking