Parking services provide students, faculty, staff, and visitors with adequate, accessible, and well-maintained parking facilities. To preserve the beauty of the Newark campus and its environment, carpooling and other incentives are offered to reduce the number of single-occupant vehicles driven to the University.
Parking fees and fines support the cost of maintaining the University's parking system, including parking lot maintenance and debt service. A committee, composed of faculty, staff, and students, annually reviews parking rates and makes recommendations to the University administration concerning any increases that may be required.
Parking regulations help to ensure that there is an orderly system in place for all who use vehicles when coming to campus. The regulations also ensure that emergency vehicles and equipment have immediate access to all campus locations. Voluntary compliance is encouraged; however, individuals who disregard the University's parking regulations will receive appropriate sanctions.
Parking is defined as leaving a vehicle without a driver in attendance, regardless of the time period involved.
The color codes and numbers of University parking lots are specified on the campus parking map. If a different color-coded sign is posted in the lot, the sign takes precedence. The absence of a color coded sign at a particular location will not be accepted as an excuse for the unauthorized parking of a registered vehicle. Lots 41, 57, and 17 are pay-to-park lots and are not governed by the color code system.
Parking of registered vehicles is restricted by specific color coded areas from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday; lot 7, the conference center lot adjacent to Clayton Hall, is restricted from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week. At all other times, red and blue permit holders can park in all lots except lots #11, 12, 16, 20, and 21, which are restricted at all times.
Service vehicle, reserved and handicapped spaces are restricted at all times. Vehicles parked in handicapped spaces must display a handicapped placard and University permit.
Resident students are not included in the color-coded system and must park their vehicles in designated lots between the hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. At other times, resident permits are valid in all University lots except reserved spaces, "R" lots, pay-to-park facilities and gated lots 20 and 21, and lot 7 between the hours of
6 a.m. and 10 p.m., seven days a week. In addition, the Nelson Athletic Complex lots 1 and 88 may be closed to resident student parking when special events are scheduled.
University parking regulations apply to the registrant of a vehicle as well as to a spouse, relative, or friend who operates the vehicle on the University campus. The person to whom the vehicle is registered is responsible for any parking violation(s), whether he or she is operating the vehicle or the vehicle is being used by another person.
Vehicles are permitted to park in driveways adjacent to residence halls for up to 30 minutes at the beginning and end of each semester, when students move in and out of the residence halls. Each vehicle must be attended by a person who can move it immediately in the event
of an emergency; any unattended vehicle will be towed at the owner's expense. The Department of
Public Safety supervises and directs parking when it is for
the purpose of loading student possessions during the change
of semesters.
Overnight on-campus storage of automobiles, trucks, trailers, or other vehicles is prohibited unless authorized by the Department of Public Safety. Vehicles bearing a valid resident student permit are exempt from this prohibition.
Pedestrians will be given the right of way at all crosswalks. Any campus area that is closed by barricade or other traffic control device cannot be entered by any vehicle except as authorized by the Department of Public Safety.
The fact that an individual has registered a vehicle does not guarantee a convenient parking space; the responsibility to find an authorized parking space rests with the operator of the vehicle. It is not acceptable to cite the inability to locate an authorized parking space as a reason for violating University parking regulations.
Campus spaces are designated by white or yellow lines, and vehicles must be parked within the lines. Parking in driveways or accessways is prohibited. A driveway is defined as any area of roadway, including the area within a parking lot which is not specifically marked for parking, loading, or as a Fire Lane. An accessway is any area, path or walkway which permits entry to or exit from a building.
All vehicles must be operated in a safe manner, and vehicle operators must obey all traffic control devices on campus. Unless otherwise posted, the campus-wide speed limit is 15 miles per hour.
The University reserves the right to change any campus motor vehicle/parking regulation.
