Parking and Business Improvement Area (PBIA) 101

The Parking and Business Improvement Area (PBIA) was established by the City of Port Angeles in 1985 to provide adequate parking facilities and other purposes for the benefit of the Port Angeles Downtown business area.

THE PBIA boundary includes most businesses north of 2nd Street, between Valley and Lincoln Street. A map can be found below on this page.

Businesses in the PBIA pay a one-time special assessment of $100 through the occupational permit process, followed by a quarterly billing in January, April, July and October each year. The quarterly assessment is determined by the square footage of the business and business support space as follows:

PBIA funds are spent as prescribed by the direction of the Port Angeles City Council. PBIA funds may be spent in accordance with the purposes authorized by RCW 35.87A.010. These uses include:

  1. The acquisition, construction, or maintenance of parking facilities for the benefit of the area.

  2. Decoration of any public place in the area.

  3. Sponsorship or promotion of public events which are to take place on or in public places in the area.

  4. Furnishing of music in any public place in the area.

  5. Providing professional management, planning, and promotion for the area, including the management and promotion of retail trade activities in the area.

  6. Providing maintenance and security for common, public area.

  7. Providing transportation services for the benefit of the area.

In 2024, the Port Angeles Waterfront District negotiated a Contract with the City of Port Angeles to perform tasks and implement programs and services to achieve the following goals:

  1. Encourage and promote economic development in the waterfront district area.

  2. Strengthen and revitalize commerce in the waterfront district area.

  3. Enroll in the Washington State Main Street Program as an official “Main Street Community: to enhance businesses and the environment in the waterfront district area.

  4. Improve the aesthetics of the waterfront district area.

  5. Sponsor and promote public events in the waterfront district area.

  6. Engage professional management, planning, and promotion for the area, including the management and promotion of retail trade activities in the area.

In exchange for these tasks, programs and services, the Waterfront District will receive and spend the PBIA funds.

PBIA Boundary

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