Parking & Transportation

• Student & Faculty/Staff Parking
  • Commuter Student Parking
  • Resident Student Parking
  • Faculty/Staff Parking
  • Parking for Persons with Disabilities
  • Carpool Parking
• Parking Permits & Fees
• Parking Deck
• Parking Zones & Maps
• Visitor Parking
• Pedestrians
• Seahawk Shuttle & Wave Transit
• Bicycles, Mopeds, Skateboards & Rollerblades
• Traffic & Parking Violation Regulations
• Citation Appeal Process
• Community Service
• Special Event Parking
• Motor Fleet Leasing
• Forms
• Contact Us
• Our Location & Hours of Operation

Faculty/Staff Parking

• All faculty and staff permits, regardless of the date of issue, expire annually on September 30. Faculty and staff vehicles must be registered by October 1 annually.
  
• Faculty/staff parking permits are hang tags that are hung from the rearview mirror.
  
  
• If you have a motorcycle, a motorcycle sticker is required. If you have a faculty/staff permit, this sticker is issued at no charge.
  
  
• Standard faculty/staff parking permits:
  • Faculty/staff members who have a standard parking permit may park in designated faculty/staff surface parking lots only. They may NOT park in the parking deck.
  • Permanent employees and part-time faculty with a standard parking permit receive gate access to surface lots (but not to the parking deck). Temporary staff do not receive gate access when they purchase a standard parking permit.
• Deck parking permits:
  • Faculty/staff may park in the parking deck only with a valid deck parking permit.
  • Faculty/staff with a valid deck parking permit may park in the deck as well as any other faculty/staff parking lots.
  • For additional information concerning parking at the deck, please see the parking deck web page.
• Faculty/staff gated parking lots:
  • Gate mechanisms are operated by technology which detects that a vehicle is present.
  • Cardholders simply wave their UNCW One Card in front of the large HID reader.
  • The gate will automatically raise once the system confirms access privilege.
  • Parkers will not need to wave their UNCW One Card at the exit; the equipment will detect the vehicle and raise the gate.
  • Gated lot access is provided to all permanent faculty and staff members with valid parking permits.
  • Only faculty/staff members who have paid for parking deck privileges can use their card for deck gate access, and they also receive gated lot access to surface parking lots..
  • Faculty/staff may not use their UNCW One Card to allow visitors or students to enter gated lots. Please contact Parking and Transportation Services for visitor accommodations.
  • If you have any difficulties with your gate access privilege, please contact Parking and Transportation Services at 910-962-3178 or e-mail us at parking@uncw.edu.
• Faculty/staff with parking permits cannot park at parking meters.

• Parking spaces for faculty and staff are outlined by yellow lines.

• Faculty/staff may park in white-lined spaces when designated employee spaces are unavailable.

• All other rules such as service vehicle parking, handicapped, 24-hour reserved, and fire lanes must be observed at all times.

New Employees

• All new employees must register their vehicle within 48 hours after beginning work.

• A free temporary parking permit is provided during the first 30 days of employment.

• If employment is longer than 30 days, a temporary employee may purchase a temporary permit for $10 a week or may purchase a permit at the part-time staff rate of $165.

Things you NEED to KNOW

• Placement of permits:
  • Permits for vehicles must be hung from the rearview mirror and be visible from outside of the vehicle.
  • Stickers for motorcycles must be affixed to the fork or near the rear license plate.
• 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!
  
  
• 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.

• Disabled vehicles must be reported to University Police in person or by phone.

• If you receive a ticket and have a valid appeal with documentation, you may appeal within seven calendar days. Written appeals to the Parking Appeals Committee are filed with Parking & Transportation Services. ALL DECISIONS OF THE PARKING APPEALS COMMITTEE ARE FINAL.

• Sitting in your car waiting for a parking space is called Queuing and is a $25 violation.