Parking Regulations

1. General Regulations

1.0 The University of Kansas, through the Board of Regents and its administrative officers, is authorized by state law to establish parking rules and regulations and to provide penalties for infractions of these regulations. Regulations are established by the Parking Commission.

Any motorized vehicle operated on the property of the University of Kansas is subject to all regulations governing parking at the institution.

All campus parking shall be restricted to vehicles with permits which authorize parking in that area or, in metered areas, where the meter fee has been paid.

1.1 Traffic Control Booths are located at the entrances to the central campus in order to control and restrict traffic in the central campus area. Generally, traffic is controlled from 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The stop sign shall always be observed. Campus may be open for drive through after the last day of finals, until the week of fee payment of each semester. During the summer session, access will be controlled from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. During the hours when access to campus is restricted, only vehicles authorized by assigned permit or by a courtesy pass issued by traffic control booth attendant may enter the campus.

1.2 KU Parking & Transit is not responsible for incorrect information given out by anyone other than Parking & Transit employees.

2. Visitor Parking

2.0 Visitors are considered to be persons (other than students, former students, staff and faculty) who occasionally visit the campus for pleasure, conferences, or business. Spaces that are designated by "Visitor Parking" or "Guest Only" signs are not to be used by faculty, staff or students. Any person operating a vehicle bearing a valid university parking permit is not eligible for visitor status.

2.1 Access to the central campus is very limited. Visitors may park in hourly parking in the Allen Fieldhouse Garage on Irving Hill Road, or in the Mississippi Street Garage north of the Kansas Union for $1 per hour (see map). Visitor permits are available for a few parking lots where a parking garage is not within a reasonable distance of visitor’s destination, and are valid in regular permit stalls or long-term parking meters within the color zone indicated. Several metered parking areas are specifically available for the convenience of visitors, including lots 19 and 90.

2.2 Visitors may not park in no-parking zones; stalls, access aisles or ramps designated for the physically disabled; loading zones; fire lanes; and other restricted areas. Visitors are required to observe all University of Kansas parking regulations and to park in designated visitor parking areas, or metered parking areas. If parked at a meter, all visitors must pay the prescribed fee. Parking citations are assessed against a vehicle, not the vehicle operator.

2.3 Visitor permits may be purchased by individuals or departments. (See section 6.1 for rates.) Faculty, staff and students are not eligible to use daily visitor permits. In order to be credited for unused visitor permits, departments must return permits on or before the day permits are valid. Unused permits for hooded meters will not be credited.

3. Physically Impaired Parking

3.0 Disabled Placard/Tag Registration. Registration of official state-issued disabled placard or license tag with KU Parking & Transit is required. Owner provides copy of accompanying documentation proving ownership and receives a KU parking registration pass which must be displayed in conjunction with disabled placard/tag when vehicle is parked on campus. Owner agrees to follow rules for on campus usage provided by the department. Failure to register placard will result in a citation being issued.

3.1 Motor vehicles which bear an official state-issued disabled placard or license tag which are being operated by or used for the transportation of a disabled person must also display a University of Kansas parking permit to park in stalls other than those designated for physically impaired on campus.

3.2 Proof of ownership of state-issued disabled placard (photo ID with State of Kansas wallet ID card or registration receipt) must be presented at traffic control booths in order to gain entrance to the central core of campus.

4. Student, Faculty, and Staff Parking

4.0 The University of Kansas maintains various types of parking facilities to meet the needs of faculty, staff, and students. These include regular permit lots, parking garages and metered parking spaces. Some lots are controlled 24 hours per day. Owning a parking permit does not imply or guarantee a parking space at any particular time, and parking privileges may be modified or preempted by authority of the Chancellor of the university. Since parking is limited, faculty, staff, and students should consider their needs carefully when applying for parking privileges. The university assumes no responsibility for security of vehicles or their contents while moving or parked in any area subject to university jurisdiction.

4.1 Student. A person is considered a student if (s)he is enrolled for at least one (1) hour of credit and is not employed in a university support staff (USS) or unclassified position at the university. (S)he is considered a student as long as enrollment is intact (not withdrawn or canceled). Enrollment shall be considered official as of the first day of classes. Graduate assistants are students, not staff.

4.2 Faculty or Staff. A person is considered faculty if (s)he has a one-half to full-time teaching appointment, or staff if (s)he has a one-half to full-time USS or unclassified appointment with the university.

4.3 Retiree. A "retiree" means any faculty or staff person who has retired from the University of Kansas.

4.4 Assignment of parking privileges. Faculty and staff shall normally be assigned gold, blue or red parking permits. In general, the criterion for blue permit is total of age plus service in State of Kansas employment equaling at least 62, and for gold permit is age plus service equaling at least 70. For gold permits, the applicant’s primary campus location is on the central core of campus, only accessible from Jayhawk Boulevard.

Students shall normally be assigned Yellow, Park and Ride, or University Housing permits. Students shall show proof of residence to receive permit. Zones near campus shall not be assigned to solve problems such as work assignments or tight schedules.

The Parking Commission has the right to alter or revoke permit assignments as the needs of the individual or the university community change. Falsification of any information for the purpose of obtaining a parking permit may result in the forfeiture of all parking permits and paid fees.

4.5 Appeal of parking assignment. Individuals who wish to appeal their parking assignments or who need special parking privileges should apply to the Parking Commission.

4.6 New employees of the university may, on presentation of a valid staff ID card or written verification by their department head or supervisor, purchase a parking permit with cash, check, and credit card or through payroll deduction (see section 6.4). Permit fees will be prorated. Temporary employees may, on presentation of written authorization by his or her department head or supervisor, purchase a temporary yellow or red permit for the term of their appointment. Inquiries on this procedure should be directed to KU Parking & Transit.

5. Parking Permits

5.0 Parking assignees may purchase only one (1) permit per person, per academic year. Upon payment of the scheduled fee, parking assignees will receive a repositionable inside-the-car window sticker, which shall be valid only when correctly adhered to the inside of the front windshield on the lower left (driver’s side) corner. Application of the sticker contrary to the instructions will result in a citation. During times when the lots are being controlled, a parking permit entitles the assignee to park only in zones or lots designated by the permit with the exceptions noted in these regulations.

Ownership and use of parking permits are not transferable to any other person. Permits are not to be resold.

5.1 Annual parking permits expire July 31, unless purchased for a shorter period. Faculty and staff must have new permits purchased and in place by August 1. Student permits must be in place by the first day of class. Parking permits are either color coded by zones or coded as to particular lots.

5.2 Permit for temporary vehicle. If the primary registered vehicle is out of service, move permit to the alternate vehicle. Permit owners may obtain a short-term courtesy parking permit from KU Parking & Transit, for a total of up to ten (10) days per semester or twenty (20) days for an annual permit.

5.3 Sold or traded vehicles. Before selling or trading a vehicle, University of Kansas parking stickers must be removed. Permits may be replaced free of charge upon return of original permit (permit numbers readable). Persons unable to comply with this requirement shall be required pay a prorated price for a replacement permit.

5.4 Lost or stolen parking permits. The university cannot be responsible for lost or stolen permits. Stolen permits should be reported to the police immediately. Replacement permits can only be secured after signing form at KU Parking & Transit. Replacement permits may then be purchased at one-half of the prorated fee. Any vehicle displaying a lost/stolen, forged or altered permit is subject to criminal charges, a fine, towing at the owner’s expense, and loss of parking privileges.

5.5 Revocation of parking privileges. KU Parking & Transit has a no tolerance policy on cheating. If you forge, alter, or steal any form of parking authorization, or use or display a permit that you have not purchased from the department, your parking privileges will be revoked for one (1) year, and a letter requesting disciplinary action will be sent to the Vice Provost for Student Success or Human Resources. This includes "passbacks" in the Allen Fieldhouse Garage.

5.6 Classes of permits. Subject to modification, the parking permit classifications and parking privileges are shown below. Permit not valid in spaces designated for the physically disabled, loading areas, reserved stalls, metered areas, and fire lanes.

BOARD OF REGENTS. Issued to Board of Regents members and valid in all areas.

RETIREE. Valid in all Gold, Blue, Red, Yellow, Park & Ride, and University Housing lots except Alumni Place. A retiree ID card must be presented to obtain Retiree permit. Retirees may obtain Park & Ride permit free of charge.

GOLD. Valid in all Gold, Blue, Red, Yellow, Park & Ride, and University Housing lots, except Alumni Place.

BLUE. Valid in all Blue, Red, Yellow, Park & Ride, and University Housing lots, except Alumni Place.

RED. Valid in all Red, Yellow, Park & Ride, and University Housing lots, except Alumni Place.

YELLOW. Valid in all Yellow and Park & Ride zones and in Daisy Field (DF) Residence Hall lots after 5 p.m. until 7 a.m. daily.

ALLEN FIELDHOUSE GARAGE. Issued on annual basis only. Hangtags must be displayed in order to be valid outside garage. Not valid for parking during home basketball games. Not valid in lots 8, 17, 19, 33, 35, 54, 70, 71, and 72 (See section 8). Any misuse of this permit will result in loss of parking privileges.

MISSISSIPPI STREET GARAGE. Not valid for parking during home football games. Not valid in lots 3, 4, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 39, 53, 91, 94, and 115. (See section 8)

EVENING ONLY PERMIT. Valid only in the Mississippi Street Garage after 5 p.m. until 7 a.m. Monday through Friday. Issued on semester basis only.

PARK & RIDE. Valid only in lots 301 and 302. Accessible only from Clinton Parkway and Crestline Drive (west of 23rd and Iowa streets). Any KU state vehicle may park free in Park & Ride.

SERVICE. Valid in all color zones and service vehicle stalls. Issued to non-university persons conducting university business or services on a regular basis (twice a month or more), or to construction companies working on campus.

TEMPORARY. Valid in zone specified. Temporary parking permits are issued upon justification by the applicant for parking on specific days of the week at specific times (for a total of 5 hours per week). They also are issued for short-term parking (not a substitute for a regular semester parking permit), to gain access to parking for a period from one week to six weeks. Temporary permits are available to faculty, staff and students.

CHILDCARE LOAD. Valid for twenty (20) minutes in designated loading zone, for loading and unloading children at campus child care centers, Haworth, Dole, Hilltop, etc.

MEDICAL. Valid in all color zones. A permit will be issued for type of parking authorization most commensurate with individual parking needs for duration of time recommended by the physician. This permit is not valid in stalls designed for the physically impaired, metered spaces, or reserved spaces. Paperwork for this permit must be resubmitted for each permit requested. Faculty, staff, or students who require parking privileges because of health problems should contact KU Parking & Transit for specific information about obtaining this permit. Any falsification of information on the above-mentioned materials will result in termination of parking privileges. If medical conditions exist for more than six (6) weeks, it is recommended that steps be taken to acquire a handicap designator from the State.

DEPARTMENTAL PASS. The departmental pass provides university employees access to restricted areas, including the Mississippi Street Garage, for purposes of conducting employment-related business. The pass is for occasional, short-term use only. It is not to be used for parking to attend class, for long-term parking while at one’s regular job station, or for any personal (not employment-related) reason. Abuse of the intended purposes of the pass will result in revocation. The departmental pass must be taken to a traffic control booth or the KU Parking & Transit office in order to receive up to a three-hour courtesy pass, and must be accompanied by a valid KU parking permit.

STATE VEHICLE PARKING. Any state vehicle parked in a color zone parking lot is required to display a valid parking permit for that lot. After determining their needs, university departments may purchase parking permits for state vehicles for gold, blue, red or yellow zones. State vehicles are required to pay at meters. State vehicles may park free in Park & Ride.

LOADING ZONE. 20 minute loading zone passes may be issued from the traffic control booths for quick loading/unloading tasks. These permits are valid in marked loading zones.

MOTORCYCLE/MOPED. Valid only in designated motorcycle parking spaces. A motorcycle/moped is a motorized vehicle designed to travel on not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground. Motorcycles must park in designated motorcycle zones unless meter fee has been paid.

Red motorcycle permits may be obtained for motorcycle parking regardless of employee or student status, and do not have access to central campus. Blue is available to faculty/staff only, and does have access to central campus. Permits shall be attached to the rear fender. These permits are pressure sensitive and cannot be removed without destroying them. If they are attached to a painted portion of the motorcycle, removal may damage paint.

Motorcycles and mopeds may not be parked in any building or entrance-way to any building, and shall be issued a university citation and removed from the areas. At no time shall a motorcycle or moped be operated on sidewalks or lawns on campus.

UNIVERSITY HOUSING. The following permits are the only ones valid in the lots specified during Fall and Spring semesters. Valid in Park & Ride, and in Yellow zones during Summer semester.

AP (ALUMNI PLACE). Valid in lots 100, 107, 120, 121, 122 and 124, serving Margaret and K.K. Amini, Battenfeld, Douthart, Grace Pearson, Miller Pearson, Sellards, Stephenson, and Watkins halls. No guest parking. Residents of Rieger and Krehbiel Halls are eligible to purchase a permit for the Mississippi Street Parking Garage.

JT (JAYHAWK TOWERS). Valid in lots 109, 110, and 123, and in DF lots. No guest parking.

SP (STOUFFER PLACE). Valid in lot 114. Visitor permits available at the KU Parking & Transit office.

GC (GSP/CORBIN). Valid in lots 111, 120 and 60, and in DF lots. Overflow parking is in lot 94 (except on home football game days).

OL (OLIVER HALL). Valid in lot 112, and in DF lots. Overflow is in lot 127 (except on home basketball game days).

DF (DAISY FIELD). Valid in lots 101, 102, 103, 104, and 105, serving McCollum, Hashinger, Lewis, Ellsworth, and Templin halls.

LIED CENTER. Valid only in Lot 300. Maximum of 300 permits available, only for residents of McCollum, Hashinger, Lewis, Ellsworth, Templin or Jayhawk Towers.

RECREATION CENTER. Valid for up to three (3) hours in lot 90, together with any University Housing permit (listed above). Issued by Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center.

5.7 Carpooling. KU Parking & Transit encourages faculty, staff and students to form carpools.

6. Permit Fees

6.0 Permit Fees

2009-2010 Permits	Annual	Semester
Gold1	285	2
Blue	240	2
Red	220	2
Yellow	200	110
University Housing	190	100
Park and Ride	90	55
Lied Center Only3	125	-
Parking Facility Gold4	345	-
Parking Facility Blue4	300	-
Parking Facility Red4	280	-
Parking Facility Yellow4	230	-
Retiree1	75	45
Motorcycle Blue5	15	-
Motorcycle Red5	15	-
Temporary/Medical	See 6.1
Service/Construction1	See 6.1
partmental Pass	30	-
Child Care Load	25	12.50
Evening Only Permit	-	40
1 Permits include campus access authorization. 2 Permits prorated throughout the year, including summer — contact department for current cost. 3 Only available to Daisy Field and Jayhawk Towers residents. 4 Upon successful application. (See section 8.2) 5 Mopeds purchase motorcycle permits.

6.1 Other fees.

Event Parking	Per Stall
Toll Parking for Events	20
Reserved Parking for Events	16.50

 

Visitor Parking	Full Day	Half Day	Weekly6
Surface Lots7	6	3	24
Mississippi Street Garage	8	4	32
University Housing	2	-	-
Hooded Meters	10	-	-
6 See section 2.3 for restrictions. 7 Not valid in gold zones.

 

Service/Construction
Annual	300
Semester	2
Summer	2
Monthly	45
Weekly	20
Daily	10

 

Temporary8	Weekly	Semester
Yellow9	7	35
Red	8	45
Blue	9	55
Gold	10	65
8 Available only to faculty, staff, and students. 9 Not available during summer semester.

6.2 Medical permits will be sold at the rate of the temporary weekly rate regardless of current permit (see section 6.1 above).

6.3 Refunds. Full refunds of fees paid for unused permits will be made only if application for refund is made at the KU Parking & Transit office within ten (10) business days from the date of receipt of the permit. Permit must be returned (permit numbers readable) before a refund will be processed. After ten (10) business days, parking permits may be returned for a partial refund. Amount of refund will be determined at the time permit is returned.

6.4 Payment through payroll deduction. Faculty and staff may choose the option of purchasing their parking permit through payroll deduction. The cost of the permit will be deducted from paychecks over a maximum of 16 pay periods for 9-month employees, or 26 pay periods for 12-month employees. Employees may choose to have this deduction taken out before their earnings are taxed. Permits must be returned upon termination of employment. The balance owed on the permit will be billed to the employee for unreturned permits. For application deadlines, contact KU Parking & Transit or go online. After the deadline, full payment will be required for purchase of a permit.

7. Control of Parking Lots