Parking and Transportation

Visitors: Parking spaces for short-term, infrequent use are reserved for visitors who are not required to have a UWS issued permit. Visitor spaces are marked accordingly and are located at the front of the building.

Students: Park in unmarked surface lot spaces only. A current UWS permit is required to be displayed in the vehicle. Students may not park in spaces marked Faculty/Staff, Reserved, Visitor, Loading or use Patient Parking at any time. Violation may result in a ticket.

Student Garage Parking: Limited upgraded garage parking permits are available to students each quarter. Garage permits are required for students to parking in unmarked spaces within the garage.

Employees: Park in unmarked spaces either in the garage or surface lot. A current UWS Employee parking permit is required to be displayed in the vehicle. Reserved spaces require a special permit. Employees may not park in Visitor, Loading or use Clinic Parking at any time. Violation may result in a ticket.

Carpools: Two or more registered commuters may receive a special carpool permit. To park in a designated carpool space, there must be two or more registered commuters traveling together at the same time and the vehicle must also have a current UWS Carpool permit displayed in the vehicle. Carpool parking is enforced all hours. Violations may result in a ticket.

Bike: Bike racks are available to the south of the main entrance as well as inside the parking garage.

Campus Health Center Parking: Clinic parking spaces are only for those individuals receiving care at Connected Whole Health who are not otherwise required to have a UWS parking permit. Given the limited number of clinic parking spaces, on-campus UWS students and employees should park in their designated areas to allow room for those patients that do not have another place on campus to park. Violations may result in a ticket.

UWS Policy 1025 – Parking and Transportation

Registration and Payment: All students and employees must register how they plan to commute to and from the campus. This includes those who individually drive, walk, bike, bus, carpool or are dropped off.

• Employees complete a commute declaration during the new hire on-boarding process. Information will be kept and assumed valid until a change in commute status is communicated to the parking department. Parking fees are deducted from payroll monthly.
• Students must complete a Student Commute Declaration for each term they are registered for courses on campus. The quarterly term permit fee is automatically charged to all on-campus students. Refunds of the parking permit fee may be issued to those students completing the commute declaration by the end of the first week of the term in which an alternative method of transportation to campus is declared. Commute declarations submitted after the first week of the term may forfeit their permit refund.

Change in Commute Status: Employees and students must inform the office of parking and transportation of any changes in your commute status.

Permit Placement: The parking permit or daily pass must hang from the rear-view mirror with the permit number facing out of the vehicle’s front windshield. The vehicle may be ticketed if the permit is not visible.

Replacement Permits: Replacements for lost/damaged permits are available at the front desk.

Temporary/Daily Parking Passes: Daily parking passes are available for purchase in the campus store, limited to nine per person per request. NOTE: The date of use must be written legibly on the daily pass with a black marker to avoid receiving a ticket.

Accessible Parking: UWS has spaces reserved for accessible parking for those vehicles with a valid placard issued by a state Department of Motor Vehicles agency. For temporary disabilities, a temporary designated parking pass may be requested from the office of student affairs.

• Parking is NOT allowed on the neighborhood streets. Non-compliance may result in a ticket. Please help our university to be a good neighbor to the surrounding residents by respecting the rights of those living near our campus.
• Pets are not allowed on campus with the exception of service animals in accordance with state and federal law. Fines and other sanctions may be levied against those who bring animals on campus (this includes leaving pets in cars parked on campus).
• Vehicles may not be left on campus overnight. The campus closes at 7:30 p.m. and reopens at 6:30 a.m. All vehicles must be removed from the campus parking lot between these hours.

University of Western States is not responsible for damages caused to vehicles and bicycles that are parked or being operated on campus, nor is it responsible for the theft of vehicles and bicycles or of their contents. We recommend that personal property of value is not left in your parked vehicle.

Parking tickets may be issued for any violations of our parking and transportation rules and regulations. Below are the most common violations.

$50 Fine

• Parking on the street
• Parking in a handicapped-marked space
• Speeding or reckless driving

$25 Fine

• No valid permit
• Parking in a prohibited area (staff, clinic, visitor, loading, etc)
• Concealed permit
• Altered date or permit
• Improperly parked
• Overnight parking

Tickets and Appeals:

• Parking tickets may be paid for in the UWS campus store
• A ticket may be appealed by sending an email to parking@test.uws.edu
• Any outstanding student parking tickets at the end of each term will be charged to the student’s account. Any outstanding employee parking tickets will be referred to the office of human resources.

University of Western States reserves the right to ticket, tow, or boot vehicles parked on university property in violation of parking policy. All citations and expenses related to violations including towing or booting of vehicles will be the responsibility of the vehicle owner.