Parking on Campus

Parking on Campus Policy

The purpose of this policy is to promote the safe, orderly, and efficient use of College parking facilities; ensure access for students, employees, and visitors; support emergency vehicle access; and establish fair and consistent procedures for vehicle registration, parking enforcement, appeals, and vehicle removal.

Special Arrangements

Special arrangements for accessible or temporary parking can be made with Student Affairs for students and Human Resources for employees.

Vehicle Registration

All students and employees must register their vehicle license plate information through the MyTech portal. Parking enforcement will use registered plate information to identify vehicle owners and assess violations. More than one vehicle may be registered per person.

Students and employees will receive a parking tag to display in their vehicle upon completing vehicle registration. Student parking tags are distributed by the College at designated times and locations.  Employee tags and permits are issued by Human Resources. All vehicles parked on campus must display a valid, state-issued license plate that is registered through the MyTech portal and must prominently display the appropriate parking tag. Vehicles that fail to meet either requirement are subject to parking violation penalties.

Student vehicles must be registered within the first two (2) weeks of each academic year. Employees must register their vehicle within fourteen (14) calendar days of beginning employment.

Any vehicle parked on campus without registered plate information after the first two (2) weeks of the academic year will be assessed a $25.00 fine. Continued failure to register will result in an additional $25.00 fine each week until the plate information is submitted, up to a maximum of $200.00 in registration fines. Failure to register a vehicle does not exempt the owner or operator from other parking violation penalties.

Plate registration is in addition to the parking requirements described below.

Parking Areas

Employee Parking

• Green-striped spots on the main campus
• Requires an employee parking tag from Human Resources, issued upon completion of vehicle registration through the MyTech portal

Student Parking

• White-striped spots on the main campus
• Requires a student parking tag, issued upon completion of vehicle registration through the MyTech portal
• Tags are distributed by the College at designated times and locations.

Visitor Parking

• Yellow-striped spots on the main campus
• Requires a visitor parking tag issued by the College.

Students Living in On-Campus Housing

• Must park in student housing lots only and shall not park in any other lots
• Requires a housing parking tag from the Resident Manager

Parking Violations

Parking violation penalties will be issued for:

• Parking in a manner that takes up two or more spots
• Parking on sidewalks, grass, landscaped areas, or curbs, or blocking driveways
• Parking recreational vehicles, trailers, boats, ATVs, or any unlicensed or inoperative vehicles in any campus parking lot
• Parking any vehicle in such a manner that any part of the vehicle, or any item protruding from the vehicle, takes up walkway space used by pedestrian traffic, including transportation devices used by disabled individuals. Examples include backing in or pulling into a parking space so that a bumper, or an item protruding from a bumper, extends into an accessible walkway.
• Failure to register vehicle license plate information through the MyTech portal (after the first two weeks of the academic year)
• Failure to display a required parking tag

Penalty Schedule

A warning period is in effect during the first two (2) weeks of each academic year only. Warnings issued during this period do not result in a fine. At all other times, no warnings will be issued, and fines will be assessed beginning with the first violation:

• First violation: $25.00 fine
• Second violation: $50.00 fine
• Third violation: $75.00 fine
• Fourth violation: $100.00 fine

Violation counts accumulate through the academic year and reset at the beginning of each fall semester.

The minimum parking violation fine is $25.00 and the maximum fine is $100.00 per violation. Total fines are capped at $250.00 per vehicle. If a vehicle has received four violations, violations beyond the fourth will result in the vehicle being booted (see Vehicle Immobilization (Booting)) rather than additional fines.

No more than one fine may be issued to the same vehicle in the same parking spot within a four (4) hour period.

Payment of Fines

Parking violation fines are assessed to the student account and are subject to the same payment terms, holds, and collection processes as other College fees.

Parking Violation Complaints

 

Any person wishing to submit a complaint regarding a parking violation must submit the complaint within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date the violation was issued.

 

If the complaint is submitted within the fourteen (14) calendar-day timeframe, the College will review the complaint and notify the individual of its decision.

 

Complaints submitted after the fourteen (14) calendar-day period will not be considered, and the parking violation and any associated fine will remain in effect.

 

If the individual disagrees with the College’s decision regarding the parking violation complaint, the individual may appeal the decision through the College’s normal general appeal process using Ready to Report.

 

Vehicle Immobilization (Booting)

Once a vehicle has received four (4) violations and assessed $250.00 in maximum fines, any further violation will result in the vehicle being booted. The College may also place a wheel immobilization device (boot) on a vehicle if any of the following apply:

• The vehicle has unpaid or delinquent parking fines
• The owner or operator has repeatedly or continually failed to comply with the Parking on Campus policy

To have a boot removed, the owner or operator must contact the Vice President of Operations or the Parking Enforcement Attendant. Any vehicle that has been booted and whose violation remains unresolved within a reasonable timeframe may be towed at the owner’s expense.

Tampering with or attempting to remove a boot, or operating a vehicle with a boot attached may result in additional fines, disciplinary action, and/or referral to law enforcement.

Vehicle Removal

The College may remove a vehicle under any of the following circumstances:

• A reasonable effort has been made to contact the owner
• The vehicle is determined to be abandoned
• The vehicle is a safety hazard or is obstructing traffic
• The vehicle is parked without authorization in a posted reserved space

Vehicle removal will be at the expense of the owner or operator of the vehicle.

• If a vehicle is in the process of being towed but has not yet been removed from College property, it is still subject to all charges assessed by the tow company
• All towing and impound or storage charges are determined by the tow company and must be paid directly to the tow company
• Towing and impound or storage charges are in addition to any unpaid parking fines due to the College
• The College is not liable or responsible for any damage caused to a motor vehicle by any independent contractor or tow company

 

Temporary Parking Restrictions

The College reserves the right to temporarily restrict, reassign, or close parking areas as necessary to support campus operations, including but not limited to special events, construction, maintenance activities, weather conditions, emergency situations, or other operational needs. Individuals must comply with all temporary parking restrictions, posted signage, barricades, and directions provided by authorized College personnel. Vehicles parked in restricted areas may be cited, relocated, immobilized, or towed at the owner’s or operator’s expense.

College Liability

The College assumes no responsibility for theft, vandalism, fire, weather damage, collision, or other damage to vehicles or their contents while parked on College property.

LINE OF AUTHORITY

Responsible Office: Facilities Office

Contact person in that office: Director of Facilities

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 2, 2026

Presidential approval: September 2, 2026