Parking Information for Employees

• Complete Rules & Regulations

• E-permit - Parking e-permits are required Monday through Friday, between 7:00am and 7:00pm. Vehicle license plates act in place of a physical permit and your license plates must be unobstructed, affixed to the bumper, and displayed in view from the driving aisle of a parking space. If a vehicle cover is being used, it is the vehicle owner’s responsibility to ensure that the license plate is visible.

• Designated Areas - You may park in any yellow or white lined space on campus. After 4:00pm and before 7:00am on weekdays, you may park in any reserved space (not marked 24/7 or indicated by Parking Services). Vehicles outside of their assigned areas will be subject to citation.

• Restricted Spaces – You must not park in USD Only spaces and Tow-Away spaces

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

• Paid (Metered) Areas - You may park in these areas for the time allotted and must pay the parking meter when required. 

• Retired employees with an emiritus permit must adhere to the general employee parking regulations. Retirees must purchase a no-cost e-permit on their parking account, as we are no longer providing physical retired permits.

• Fresh Air Permits are available to faculty, staff, and administrators who typically use an alternate mode of transportation to commute to campus (e.g. ride a bike, take the trolley, carpool, etc).
• Fresh Air Permits are issued with a validation code on a per semester basis and allow for parking up to 16 times per semester.
• The Fresh air permits are valid only in MPS (Main Parking Structure) and WPS (West Parking Structure).
• These permits are complementary to alternative transportation users and may be picked up from the Parking Services Office. Alternate form of transportation must be verified.
• Fall Semester: July 1 – January 3
• Spring Semester: January 4 – June 30

• Fringe parking offers a more cost-effective e-permit option for commuter students and employees. 

• You must park on levels B1-B3 of WPS between 7:00am to 7:00pm on weekdays.

• You may park on main campus only after 7:00pm and before 7:00am.

• You may not park in any residential area at any time.

Benefit-based full-time faculty and staff members are eligible to be placed on a waitlist to obtain a reserved space on campus. A reserved e-permit holder is allotted one numbered reserved space that they may occupy from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Currently, all of our reserved lots have waiting lists, in which the wait time is about 3-5 years. Students and non-benefit-based employees are not eligible for reserved e-permits and do not need to be added to a waitlist to obtain a parking e-permit. 

Employees that are eligible to obtain a reserved e-permit may add their name to the reserved e-permit waiting list by logging in to their customer portal and selecting "Manage Waitlists" from the 'permits' drop-down menu. 

Faculty / Staff / Administration

• Faculty/Staff/Administration Reserved (7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) $660.00
• Faculty/Staff/Administration Annual, Full-Time - $255.00
• Faculty/Staff/Administration Semester, Part-time - $63.75

Benefit-based employees may only purchase an annual parking e-permit. Additionally, only non-benefit based employees are eligible to purchase a part-time e-permit. Part-time status must be verified with Human Resources.

Fringe E-Permit

• Fringe Annual - $125.00 (Restricted to levels B1-B3 of WPS, Monday-Friday, 7am-7pm)

Motorcycle/Scooter/Moped E-Permit

• Motorcycle Annual - $45.00

Retired E-Permit

• Retired Annual - $0.00 - Retirees must purchase a no-cost e-permit on their parking account. Subject to verification through Human Resources (same rules as Faculty/Staff)