Carbon County residents who have county-related business in Jim Thorpe will soon not have to pay for these visits to several departments.

On Thursday, Commissioner Chris Lukasevich announced that the two-hour validated parking initiative for county taxpayers is being rolled out.

The first wave of offices that now offer validated parking to county property taxpayers and residents with appointments are GIS and recorder of deeds.

On Oct. 1, additional departments, including tax assessment, tax claim human resources and the treasurer’s office, will start validated parking as well. The county will continue to roll out additional offices in waves.

How validated parking works is that the resident or taxpayer calls the office and schedules an appointment. They will then receive a code that they can punch in at the kiosk and receive two hours of free parking either in zones one or two in the county parking lot or along Lehigh Avenue.