Following a City Council vote, the cost to use a parking meter in the city of San Diego is doubling from $1.25 to $2.50 an hour.

Starting next month, San Diegans will need to shell out a little more per hour to park in spaces with a city-operated meter. On Monday, the San Diego City Council voted 8-1 to approve a hike to the rate charged at parking meters in the city as a means to help close the projected $260 million budget deficit heading into the next fiscal year.

Facing the threat of budget cuts, the City Council voted to double rates citywide beginning Feb. 1, with most meters rising to $2.50 per hour.

The San Diego City Council Monday voted to double the city's parking meter rates in an effort to address a looming $252.2 million deficit.

The San Diego City Council Monday voted to double the city’s parking meter rates in an effort to address a looming $252.2 million deficit. The city manages 3,811 paid parking meters representing 5,332 spaces,