STUDENT PARKING REGULATIONS

• Permit. You must display a valid USD parking permit at all times while parking on campus.   Please ensure that the permit is properly displayed with the entire permit number visible at all times.

• Area FULL.  If your designated parking area is FULL, please park in the main or the west parking structures.  Do not park in an area that you are not designated to as this only contributes to adding to parking congestion.

• Do not park in USD VEHICLE ONLY spaces, TOW AWAY spaces, fire lanes (red curb), on the sidewalk or taking up more than one space (tires crossing the line) at any time.

The Alcala Vista parking lots and the Camino/Founder level of the IPJ structure are reserved 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for those residents only.  Only vehicles with Alcala Vista or Camino/Founder parking permits are allowed to park in these areas.  

Only residents of the UTAs or PTAs are allowed to park in the lots next to these apartment complexes.  A valid resident permit is required and a UTA or PTA sticker is required.  These stickers are obtained from the RA of the complex.  This sticker must be affixed to the front of the permit, but may not block the permit numbers. 

You may park in the West Parking Structure/West Lot with a valid UTA/PTA permit.  You may park on main campus after 7:00p.m.  

• Posted signs.   Please read all signs posted on cones and/or barricades before parking to ensure you don’t park in an area that is closed/reserved.

• Time restricted space.  Loading zones and time restricted spaces are enforced 24 hours a day.  You may only park in these spaces/areas for the amount of time indicated on the space/area.

RESIDENT STUDENTS

• You must park in white lined spaces in your assigned parking area from 6AM-7PM.  After 7PM you are allowed to park on main campus in white or yellow lined spaces as well as in RESERVED spaces.  You must move your vehicle by 6AM the next morning back to your assigned area.

-Camino/Founder Residents must park in the bottom two levels of the IPJ garage.   Only Camino/Founder residents are allowed to park in the Camino/Founder parking.  All others will be cited.

-Maher, Mission A/B, Bahia, and San Buenaventura Residents must park in the Mission Structure and surrounding surface lots of the Mission housing complex.

-Manchester Residents must park in the Manchester Garage or in the surrounding surface lots.

-Vista Residents must park in the surface lots surrounding the Vista Resident halls.  Only Vista residents are allowed to park in the Vista lots.  All others will be cited.

-UTA/PTA Residents must park in the lots next to their apartment buildings.  Only UTA or PTA residents are allowed to park in the UTA or PTA lots and must have a valid  UTA/PTA sticker.  All others will be cited.

• If your assigned area is full, you may park in the Mission Structure or in the West Parking Structure. 

COMMUTER STUDENTS

• You must park in white lined spaces on campus from 6AM-5PM.  After 5PM you are allowed to park in white and yellow lined spaces, as well as RESERVED spaces.  You must move your vehicle by 6AM the next morning back to your assigned areas.

 

• You may park in the West Lot, West Parking Structure and levels 3-5 of the Mission Parking Structure.

• You cannot park in the Alcala Vista lots, San Buenaventura lot, UTA/PTA lots, Mission B lot or the Camino/Founder section of the Institute for Peace and Justice building at anytime.  These areas are reserved for residents only, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

For a complete list of parking violations please click here.