"The hope is we will see the people who have been utilizing the free parking in the 2 hour and 30-minute spacing moves to the 10-hour spaces and the parking structures," said SLO Parking Program Manager, Gaven Hussey.

Although parking has been free for a while shoppers say it will take some time getting used to paying once again.

"The city can definitely use the commerce right now and the income but it's just going to take some getting used to again because we've been free for so long,” said Jeff Edwards.