Citations and Enforcement

Parking enforcement serves two primary purposes: ensuring permit holders have a place to park when they arrive to their campus destination; and ensuring all who are using parking on campus are sharing in the cost of this resource. Enforcement uses warnings, citations, and immobilization—either auto boots or towing—to accomplish these purposes. 

Parking in an area without the properePermitt can displace the rightfulePermitt holders, interfere with empty space counts that in turn lowers sale numbers and increasesePermitt costs, and cause wear and tear on lots that rightfulePermitt holders must bear. 

Transportation & Parking receives no tuition money or state funds to create or maintain parking on campus, and as an auxiliary service, Transportation & Parking must create its own funding. Roughly 80 percent of the funding comes from permit sales, and less than 20 percent comes from enforcement. See more information about funding at Where Your Dollar Goes. 

Citations

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 The Transportation & Parking Rules and Regulations detail citations and impounds listed below.

**Impoundable Offenses

1. **Parking in non-designated areas.
   $30.00
2. License plate not properly installed or visible to driving aisle.
   $15.00
3. **Parking in a fire lane.
   $55.00
4. Failure to remove expired decal(s).
   $25.00
5. **Parking in a no parking or tow away zone.
   $30.00
6. **Parking in service vehicle spaces, service drives, or access drives.
   $25.00
7. **Unauthorized parking in reserved parking spaces.
   $55.00
8. **Obstructing traffic, street, sidewalk, crosswalk, driveway, trash container, building entrance or exit.
   $30.00
9. **Parking overtime in a time limit zone.
   $25.00
10. **Parking a bicycle in violation of these regulations.
    $15.00
11. **Parking a motor vehicle beyond the lines of a parking space.
    $25.00
12. Parking on wrong side of street facing oncoming traffic.
    $25.00
13. **Parking without a valid permission.
    $30.00
14. **Parking a motor vehicle upon any unmarked (including turf) or unimproved ground which has not been designated for parking.
    $80.00
15. **Parking in a space or area designated for persons with disabilities without the proper insignia.
    Minimum $505.00
16. **Blocking an access ramp or curb cut designed to aid persons with disabilities.
    Minimum $505.00
17. **Display or use of a lost, stolen, forged, obstructed, or altered license plate. Such violation may result in the responsible party/parties being referred to the appropriate office for disciplinary action which may include loss of parking  privileges for the remainder of the academic year.
    Up to $200.00
18. **Other parking violations as defined on the face of the citation.
    $25.00
19. Failure to update license plate / transfer permission(s).
    $15.00
20. Failure to pay Pay Station.
    $25.00
    
    E. In accordance with Texas Transportation Code 681.011, fines for violations 15 and 16 are determined
    as follows:

1st Violation: $505 fine
2nd Violation: $555 fine
3rd Violation: $555 fine
4th Violation: $805 fine
5th Violation: $1,255 fine

Resolving Citations

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Citations are resolved in one of two ways:

1. Pay the stated fee for the citation within 10 calendar days.
2. Appeal the citation in writing within 10 days of the alleged violation. 

If a citation is not paid or appealed within 10 calendar days, the recipient receives a late charge of $5. Permit holders may not renew or purchase anePermitt until they resolve all citations. 

Avoiding Citations

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• Learn where yourePermitt allows you to park, and park in only those areas.
• If you have questions about where to park, go to the Transportation & Parking Contact page by phone, email, social media or in person at theTransportationn & Parking office in the Student Union Building Suite 005 or any campus entry station. 
• Keep your license plate number updated in your My Parking Account . This will allow the license-plate recognition vehicles to see your vehicle has a permit. 
• Look for and avoid parking in areas and spaces reserved 24 hours a day, even if parking for a short time. 
• If you have extenuating circumstances or a specific issue, please go to the Transportation & Parking Contact page beforehand to contact an Transportation & Parking employee to  see if they can make special arrangements.