Maryland Parking Information
Maryland ( MERR-É™-lÉ™nd) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state’s largest city is Baltimore, and its capital is Annapolis. Among its occasional nicknames are Old Line State, the Free State, and the Chesapeake Bay State. It is named after the English Queen Henrietta Maria, known in England as Queen Mary, who was the wife of King Charles I.
Sixteen of Maryland’s twenty-three counties, as well as the city of Baltimore, border the tidal waters of the Chesapeake Bay estuary and its many tributaries, which combined total more than 4,000 miles of shoreline. Although one of the smallest states in the U.S., it features a variety of climates and topographical features that have earned it the moniker of America in Miniature. In a similar vein, Maryland’s geography, culture, and history combine elements of the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, and Southern regions of the country.
Before its coastline was explored by Europeans in the 16th century, Maryland was inhabited by several groups of Native Americans, mostly by the Algonquin, and to a lesser degree by the Iroquois and Sioux. As one of the original Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain Maryland was founded by George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, a Catholic convert who sought to provide a religious haven for Catholics persecuted in England. In 1632, Charles I of England granted Lord Baltimore a colonial charter, naming the colony after his wife, Queen Mary (Henrietta Maria of France). Unlike the Pilgrims and Puritans, who rejected Catholicism in their settlements, Lord Baltimore envisioned a colony where people of different religious sects would coexist under the principle of toleration. Accordingly, in 1649 the Maryland General Assembly passed an Act Concerning Religion, which enshrined this principle by penalizing anyone who “reproached” a fellow Marylander based on religious affiliation. Nevertheless religious strife was common in the early years, and Catholics remained a minority, albeit in greater numbers than in any other English colony.
Maryland’s early settlements and population centers clustered around rivers and other waterways that empty into the Chesapeake Bay. Its economy was heavily plantation-based centered mostly on the cultivation of tobacco. The need for cheap labor led to a rapid expansion of indentured servants, penal labor, and African slaves. In 1760, Maryland’s current boundaries took form following the settlement of a long-running border dispute with Pennsylvania. Maryland was an active participant in the events leading up to the American Revolution, and by 1776, its delegates signed the Declaration of Independence. Many of its citizens subsequently played key political and military roles in the war. In 1790, the state ceded land for the establishment of the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C.
Although then a slave state, Maryland remained in the Union during the American Civil War, its strategic location giving it a significant role in the conflict. After the war, Maryland took part in the Industrial Revolution, driven by its seaports, railroad networks, and mass immigration from Europe. Since the Second World War, the state’s population has grown rapidly, to approximately six million residents, and it is among the most densely populated U.S. states. As of 2015, Maryland had the highest median household income of any state, owing in large part to its close proximity to Washington, D.C. and a highly diversified economy spanning manufacturing, services, higher education, and biotechnology. The state’s central role in U.S. history is reflected by its hosting of some of the highest numbers of historic landmarks per capita.
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Spots | 1 | 4 | 20 | 100 | 90 |
Users | 1 | 10 | 50 | 300 | 500 |
Contract & Invoicing | - | 1 yr | 2 yr | 2 yr | - |
One-Time Setup Fee Per Access+ device (controls 3 access points) | $ 250.00 | $ 750.00 | $ 1,000.00 | - | |
Public Marketplace Commission | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% |
Internal Marketplace Commission | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% |
Onboarding & Training # of hours included per contract term | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
Trial (Pilot) | NA | 1 month | 1 month | 1 month | NA |
Seats included # of users that can access the (shared) account | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
iPhone, Android & Desktop app | |||||
Customer support Email, phone and chat support | |||||
ParqEx Account Manager | |||||
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MARKETPLACE | |||||
Manage property, spot & listings | |||||
Advanced Settings | |||||
Blackouts | |||||
Surge pricing | |||||
Dynamic pricing | |||||
Extended stay configuration & pricing | |||||
Lead time | |||||
Parking spot sorting & selection | |||||
Rules | |||||
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# of hours a renter can book per month | |||||
Payment Processing | |||||
PayOnExit | |||||
Marketing | |||||
Featured Listings | |||||
Demand priority planning | |||||
Mailchimp Integration | |||||
Personalized Campaigns | |||||
Monthly Automated Campaigns | |||||
Bulk Message Execution | |||||
Promotions | |||||
Email Marketing | |||||
Digital Marketing | |||||
Social Media Coverage | |||||
Promo materials | |||||
Ratings & review management | |||||
Competetive Pricing analysis | Annual | ||||
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INTERNAL TENANT MANAGEMENT | |||||
Public versus Private property | |||||
Internal tenant management features | |||||
Advanced permission management capability | |||||
Parking spot sorting | |||||
Rules | |||||
# of bookings per renter per month | |||||
# of simultaneous transactions permitted per user | |||||
# of hours a renter can book per month | |||||
Custom Tiered Pricing | |||||
Importing And Cleaning Up Your Database | Annual | Quarterly | Monthly | ||
Categorize users by company or custom tags | |||||
Access management | |||||
Activity monitoring & reporting | |||||
Track spot, renters by their unit numbers | |||||
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ACCESS+ | |||||
Manage Access | |||||
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Long term | |||||
Advanced Permissions | |||||
Manage permissions by spot | |||||
Manage permissions by user | |||||
Access Log dashboard & reporting | |||||
Role based security | available | ||||
Property Access Logs Management module | available | ||||
Property Access Log for enforcement module | available | ||||
Notifications | |||||
Request for access notifications | available | ||||
Notifications when property is accessed | available | ||||
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GUESTPARQ | |||||
Guest / visitor parking functionality | available | ||||
Guest Parking Management | available | ||||
Notifications | |||||
Advanced reporting | available | available | |||
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ENFORCER | |||||
Enforce by property | available | available | |||
Do not tow list management | available | available | |||
Violations | available | available | |||
Custom violation types & fees | available | available | |||
Integration with ticketing/towing partners | available | available | |||
Coordination with enforcement partner | available | available | |||
Role based permissions (Enforecement agent, manager and admin) | available | available | |||
Notifications | available | available | |||
Automated Daily enforcement data report for a property via email | available | available | |||
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ACCOUNTING & FINANCE | |||||
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Monthly statement | |||||
Detailed monthly statements for tax & reporting purposes | available | available | |||
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ADMIN MODULES | |||||
Customer Search | |||||
Guest Parking Management | |||||
Email Logs | |||||
Account setup and Management | |||||
Access+ Logs (read-only) | |||||
Access+ Advanced Logs for Field OPS & Admin | |||||
Role based permissions | |||||
Read-Only | |||||
Manager | |||||
Owner | |||||
Notifications | |||||
Schedule real time, daily, weekly or monthly reports | |||||
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ONBOARDING & TRAINING | |||||
User guides | |||||
Knowledge base & FAQ | |||||
Videos | |||||
In-person training for staff | |||||
In-person training & onboarding of tenants/renters | |||||
Custom branded training material | available | available | |||
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ADVANCED CUSTOMER SUPPORT | |||||
Developing And Maintaining Your Communication Strategy to tenants/residents | |||||
Monitoring listing quality | |||||
Managing requests | |||||
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OPERATIONS SUPPORT | |||||
Site surveys | |||||
Access+ - hardware maintenance | Annual | Annual | Annual | Quarterly | Quarterly |
Network check | Annual | Annual | Annual | Quarterly | Quarterly |
Signage check | Annual | Annual | |||
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