Parking & Business Improvement Area (PBIA) Assessment
Avenu Insights & Analytics has changed their name to Neumo. All future PBIA correspondence will be from Neumo.
The City of Santa Barbara established a Parking and Business Improvement Area (PBIA) assessment for the purpose of collecting funds to partially finance the operation and maintenance of downtown off-street parking. The revenue from this collection program is also helping to defray the cost of providing the 75-minute free parking service for these parking facilities. If a business is located within the PBIA 53-square block area of lower State Street, it is a part of the PBIA and subject to a quarterly assessment.
The amount to be paid is based on the type of business and parking related criteria. Businesses within the assessment area will receive quarterly remittance forms with business-specific information necessary to remit payment. Quarterly remittance and payment are mandatory. If the quarterly form has not been received by the business to remit PBIA, contact PBIA Payment Support to receive another copy. The business is responsible for obtaining a quarterly form and ensuring all business contact information is up to date.
The PBIA Assessment is due quarterly according to the following schedule.
Quarter | Reporting Period | Due Date | Delinquent Date |
1 | January - March | April 30 | May 1 |
2 | April – June | July 31 | August 1 |
3 | July – September | October 31 | November 1 |
4 | October – December | January 31 | February 1 |
Pay PBIA Assessment online: https://pay.eb2gov.com/SantaBarbaraCA
A penalty of 10% will be added starting on the delinquent date. The penalty rate increases by 10% each month that payment is delinquent, up to a rate of 50%. Please be aware that businesses past due 6 months may be sent to a collection agency.