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If you need a temporary “No Parking” zone, the Parking Services Division provides "Tow-Away" signs and "meter bags" for use during construction work and special events. Temporary "No Parking" signs & meter bags are required to inform the public that vehicles parked in the posted "No Parking" spaces, will be towed to clear the space...

Thank you for providing free parking to your customers! How to Get Your Validations   If buying validations for the 1st time, download our application and bring it with you to our office. DOWNLOAD APPLICATION HERE To re-purchase validations, come to our office; if you have trouble getting down here, let us know, we may...

The "Frequent Parker Card" (FPC) is a 50% off discount parking card. The FPC is for garage parking in the 5-story garages, located near 4th/A and 4th/C St. The FPC is ideal for those who frequent downtown, yet don't visit daily. The normal hourly rate in these garages is $1.00 p/hr.  When you use the...

In 1990, Mayor Mulryan announced that community members recently visited Thailand, and noted it is a City of 100,000 people and is a market community similar to the City of San Rafael with a heritage of logging, also similar to San Rafael. He said the Mayor and residents of Chiang Mai were interested in beginning...

Captain Dollar was born in 1844 in Falkirk, Scotland and became very wealthy, first through the timber industry and later in the shipping business. He founded the Dollar Steamship Company, established trade with the Orient, and began the first regularly scheduled round-the-world passenger/freight line. Captain Dollar is often credited with founding the Merchant Marine. An...

In 1988, a local group of residents asked the City Council to recognize Lonate Pozzolo, Province of Varese, Italy, as a sister city of San Rafael, and the residents of Lonate Pozzolo have expressed their desire to establish a sister city relationship with San Rafael in order to foster cultural exchanges as well as inter-cultural...

We have much in common with the town of San Rafael del Norte, Nicaragua,  located in the north-central area of the country in the  province of Jinotega. We are both non-urban, non -industrial communities of approximately the same size - San Rafael  del Norte's population is over 30,000, they are both situated  at the foot...