Sedona schedules Aug. 25 public hearing on Uptown parking fees

The City of Sedona has posted a Public Notice of Intent for Uptown Parking Fees and scheduled a public hearing for Aug. 25, 2026. The hearing is the next formal step in a possible parking-management change in Uptown Sedona, but the available notice does not adopt fees or establish what drivers would pay.

The city lists the notice among its current legal notices on the city home page. The public hearing is scheduled at Sedona City Hall, 102 Roadrunner Drive, Sedona, Arizona 86336.

What is known about the proposal

The notice confirms that the city intends to hold a hearing concerning Uptown parking fees. It does not specify proposed rates, the hours when charges could apply, exemptions, enforcement rules or the exact action being sought at the hearing.

The available information also does not establish that any fees have been adopted or that a proposal would apply citywide. The hearing may address an intent to impose fees rather than final adoption. Until the city provides additional details or takes later action, the coverage and terms remain unsettled.

That leaves the practical effect unresolved for people who live, work or operate businesses in and around Uptown, as well as visitors. The notice confirms that a formal policy process is moving forward, but it does not say which vehicles or locations would be covered, when payment might be required, or whether exemptions would be available.

How the hearing fits the city’s priorities

Sedona’s FY26 City Council Priorities identify parking-management plans and enforcement strategies as an active city priority. The document describes that work as including the Uptown parking garage and residential permit parking.

Those references provide broader context for the hearing, but they do not supply a final parking-fee schedule. The priorities document separately lists an annual $45,650 wildfire-preparedness project and a $1.8 million budget for a transit-maintenance facility. Neither figure is identified as a parking-fee amount.

Next step for residents and businesses

The Aug. 25, 2026, public hearing at Sedona City Hall is the next known formal step in the packet. Any later action would determine whether the city adopts parking fees and, if so, the terms that would govern them.

The approved information does not provide a later adoption date or an implementation deadline. For now, the city has announced the hearing and the intent behind it, while rates, hours, exemptions, enforcement and the proposal’s geographic reach remain unknown.