**Effective June 1, 2012, the parking violation fees will increase. The Schedule of Parking Penalties has been updated to reflect the change and is available here.**

 

Parking Services performs the following functions:

  • Enforcement of parking regulations
  • Vehicle abatement
  • Renovation and maintenance of parking facilities
  • Installation and maintenance of parking dispensers and meters
  • Traffic control for special events and unusual occurrences
  • Establishment and collection of fees for parking on campus

Permits

Parking permits are required 24 hours per day, seven days per week and are valid only in posted, designated parking lots for vehicles parked on Main Campus and the North Quad Dormitories Parking Lots. Vehicles parked in the Schoonover Park and Frederick Park housing areas (East Campus) are required to have East Campus parking permits. There are many different types of parking permit options for Main Campus, such as annual, academic term, semester, weekly and daily permits. Parking permits for Main Campus and North Quad can be purchased at the Campus Service Center in Building 47A. There is no grace period provided to purchase a parking permit.

The North Quad Dormitories parking permits are only valid in Parking Lots 300 and 301 only. Parking anywhere else on Main Campus requires the purchase of an additional permit.

East Campus parking permits can be obtained at the Alliance Property Management Office at 601 Thomas Court. Permits are only issued to vehicles registered to the residents of each unit. There is no charge for the East Campus parking permits. East Campus parking permits are not valid in the Main Campus or North Quad parking lots.

Daily or hourly parking permits are purchased from one of the many permit dispensers located on campus, click here for map. Hourly permits are $0.50 per hour and daily permits are $2.00. They can be purchased from YELLOW dispensers at the following locations: Parking lots 12, 18, 19, 28, 29, 45, 71, 82, 86, 90, 97, 100 and 508.
These dispensers take coins or dollar bills but do not provide change.

Meter parking is available up to a maximum of four hours. Meters accept nickels, dimes and quarters. The rate is $0.50 per hour. Meters are located in lots 12, 16, 42, 80, 86, 90, 201, 206, 508 and Fourth Street by the Black Box Cabaret.

Certain parking lots and portions of parking lots do not allow parking from 3:00AM to 6:00AM, click here for map. The affected parking lots are 01, 16, 23, 80, 97 and portions of 18, 82 and 508. Two parking lots on campus, 83 and 100, are restricted to daylight parking only.

Citations

Notices of Parking Violation (parking citations) are issued by the University Police Department in an effort to enforce the regulations outlined in the CSUMB Traffic and Parking Regulations. If you wish to pay or contest a parking citation, you can do so on line at pmbonline.org

Cash payments can not be accepted in the Parking Services office. However, there is a pay station in the lobby that will accept Visa, Discover, American Express, Master Card, and echeck from your checking or savings bank account.

Schedule of Parking Penalties

The fines for all parking violations are included in the Schedule of Parking Penalties

Reviews

An Administrative Review of a parking citation is conducted when a Request for Citation Review is submitted. The requester will receive e-mail notification from The Parking Management Bureau if the request for cancelation is approved or denied. If the Request for Citation Review is denied, an Administrative Hearing can be arranged by calling 1-800-700-4414, or by following the instructions in the e-mail notification.

Vehicle Jumpstarts

This service is provided at any time for any vehicle on CSUMB property. We offer fast, professional and courteous service, free of charge. Parking Officers, as well as CSOs, have been trained to perform this service. When the Parking Services office is closed, contact the county dispatch center at 655-0268.

Bicycles

Parking Services has initiated a program of bicycle parking enforcement on campus. Bicycles must be parked in designated bicycle racks and shall not be secured to stairways, benches, light poles, utility fixtures, parking devices, signs or any other object not specifically intended for bicycle parking. Bicycles are not allowed in buildings, including dormitories. Illegally parked bicycles are subject to impound and fees.

Carpool

Sign up with one of the following agencies to receive carpool matches and gain access to their free Emergency Guaranteed Ride Home programs.

Santa Cruz County Residents http://www.commutesolutions.org/

Monterey County Residents http://www.commutealternatives.info/

San Benito County Residents http://www.sanbenitorideshare.org/

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