Parking for Persons With Disabilities
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UNCW
Parking & Transportation Services has a zero tolerance policy for misuse of handicap
parking spaces or falsely using a disability parking placard. Lack of parking
spaces, being in a hurry, and bad weather are NO EXCUSE to use
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Parking spaces for persons with disabilities are outlined
by blue lines and identified by appropriate signs.
Faculty/staff or students with short-term or permanent disabilities who will have a vehicle on campus must apply for a handicapped parking permit to park in an accessible space.
For a short-term disability:
- You will need to provide Parking & Transportation Services with a doctor’s note signed and dated stating that you need a temporary disability parking permit. This permit will be issued for a maximum of 30 days.
- If the temporary disability parking permit is needed for more than 30 days, you will need to work with your doctor to also obtain a State of North Carolina Temporary Disability Parking Placard.
- Even if you have a state-issued disability parking placard, you need to obtain a UNCW disability parking permit.
For a permanent or long-term disability:
- Even if you have a state-issued disability parking placard, you need to go to UNCW Parking & Transportation Services to obtain a UNCW disability permit.
State of North Carolina Disability Parking Placards
Additional information to obtain North Carolina Department of Motor
Vehicle disability parking placards and plates is available at http://www.ncdot.org/DMV/vehicle_services/licenseplates/handicapped.html.
State of N. C. Temporary Disability Parking Placard:
- Complete the
Application
for Disability Parking Placard
(MVR-37A) and have it signed
by a physician confirming the length of your disability (1-6 months). - Furnish a $5 fee for each placard (with a limit of 2 per person).
- The placard will be issued for 1-6 months.
State of N. C. Permanent Disability Parking Placard:
- Complete the Application
for Disability Parking Placard
(MVR-37A), and have it signed by a physician.
- Furnish a $5 fee for each placard (with a limit of 2 per person).
- The placard will be issued for 5 years.
Things you NEED to KNOW
- Permanent disability parking permits for vehicles must be affixed
and clearly visible on the outside bottom left rear windshield
or left rear bumper.
- Parking regulations and permit enforcement is twenty-four (24) hours per day – every day.
- Lack of convenient parking is not a valid excuse for a violation!
- Temporary disability parking permits are hung from the rear view
mirror. If you do not have a rear view mirror, the permit should be
placed on the dashboard on the driver’s side.
- Parking during prime time (10 a.m. – 2 p.m.) outside your class is difficult. Leave time to park and get from perimeter.
- If you have a change in any vehicle information (such as license plate number, license plate state, vehicle make, vehicle model, vehicle color, insurance name and/or policy number), contact Parking & Transportation Services immediately to update your vehicle/license plate information or to obtain a replacement permit. Current vehicle information is required and may result in a citation if it is not accurate.
- Stolen permits must be reported to UNCW Police immediately. A police report is required to obtain a replacement permit. Replacements will be issued at Parking & Transportation Services during normal business hours.
- Lost permits may be replaced with an affidavit of loss.
- A vehicle is not registered until the decal is affixed to the vehicle.
- Disabled vehicles must be reported to UNCW Police in person or by phone.
- If you receive a parking ticket and have a valid appeal with documentation, you may appeal within seven calendar days. Written appeals to the Parking Appeals Committee are filed in Parking & Transportation Services. ALL DECISIONS OF THE BOARD ARE FINAL.
- Sitting in your car waiting for a parking space is called Queuing and is a $25 violation.
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