Student Parking

Publication: Undergraduate Handbook

Policy Statement

All students are permitted to have vehicles on campus, but students must follow the procedures outlined below.

Policy Procedures

Vehicle Registration

• A CU Parking Permit is required for every vehicle the student plans to bring on campus.
• Permits begin on July 1 and expire on June 30.
• Annual parking permits are $25 per vehicle per year.
• A student’s vehicles can easily be registered online on the university parking website.
• Once the vehicle is registered online your permit will mailed to you
• A fine will be assessed for failure to display a CU parking permit.
• To insure adequate parking facilities, each resident student may have only one vehicle on campus unless the second vehicle is a motorcycle.

Campus Vehicle Guidelines

• Having a vehicle on campus is a privilege, not a right.
• Students who are not willing to follow the policies regarding the use of their vehicle on campus may lose this privilege.
• Because the CU campus is interlaced with city streets, all local parking and driving laws must be observed in addition to CU guidelines.
• Traffic signs and signals, as well as directions from security officers, must be obeyed.
• All persons operating a motorized vehicle on any portion of the CU campus must be a properly licensed operator covered by adequate insurance, as specified by state law, with an up-to-date registration (tag) on the vehicle.
• Operating a motorized vehicle in any area other than a street intended for motor vehicle is prohibited. Students must not park in aisles, across entrances, or on sidewalks.
• Vehicles should be parked in areas that are designated for parking.
• Conditions created by special occasions (athletic events, concerts, graduations, or homecoming) may require the Security Department to impose parking and traffic limitations.
• From 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, resident students are requested to use their respective parking lots rather than parking on the street.
• During regular business hours, the front row of Deeds Hall parking is reserved for Faculty and Staff.
• The eight spaces in front of the security building are reserved for security vehicles only.
• Mechanical or repair work on automobiles is not allowed in CU parking lots unless approved by the Dean of Campus and Spiritual Life.
• Any vehicle that is on campus without a license plate may be towed off campus at the owner’s expense.
• All accidents should be immediately reported to Security/Executive Director of Residence Life.

Dorm-Front Parking

Parking on Laurel Street in front of the Griffith Hall reserved for resident Juniors, Seniors, and RA’s. Parking on Green Street in front of Lee and Patterson Halls is reserved for female resident Juniors, Seniors, and RA’s.

Traffic & Parking Fines

• All regulations are enforced 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
• Traffic fines will be levied on to the student’s university business account and are payable in the Business Office.
• All fines must be paid before school records and/or paper degrees will be issued.
• Vehicle owner is responsible for all issued fines against parking permit of vehicle.
• A student could be issued both a campus fine and a fine from local law enforcement for a violation on a street on CU’s campus.
• Campus security will contact local law enforcement for students refusing to follow the campus traffic guidelines on the local streets.
• Upon being issued the third violation for the same offence within any 12-month period the fines are doubled.

Fines

Inoperable vehicles on campus for more than 30 days will be towed at owner's expense.

Abandoned vehicles on campus for more than 30 days will be sold as salvage.