Parking and Transportation Services

Parking and Traffic Regulations

A. Types and Descriptions

All official parking areas are designated with signs. If an area is not designated for parking, you may not park there. The sign regulates the type of parking authorized. Types of parking at CU-Boulder include:

1. Bicycle parking. Bicycles are restricted to bicycle racks provided at many locations on campus. Bicycles parked in these racks must bear a current CU-Boulder bicycle registration. Any bicycle parked without a current CU-Boulder bicycle registration and/or parked in any location other than a bicycle rack is subject to citation and impoundment.
2. Accessibility Parking Meters. Blue parking meter spaces reserved for vehicles transporting disabled persons, marked by signs and ground markings bearing the Universal Access Symbol. Vehicles parked at these meters must display a state-issued disability license plate, placard, or decal. Payment is required to park at blue meters.
3. Accessibility Parking Spaces. Parking spaces (including adjacent areas with blue or white ground markings for loading and unloading) reserved for vehicles transporting disabled persons, marked by signs bearing the Universal Access Symbol . Vehicles parked in these spaces must display a state-issued disability license plate, placard, decal, or permit.
4. Loading Zones (building docks). Areas designated for use by any vehicle delivering or picking up cumbersome materials and equipment on campus. Parking in loading zones is restricted to the time period necessary for loading or off-loading material onto or from delivery vehicles. Vehicles parked in loading zones for more than 15 minutes or the posted time period without associated loading activity are subject to citation or tow.
5. Motorcycle Parking. Areas within which parking is restricted to motorcycles bearing valid CU-Boulder motorcycle lot permits. Motorcycles may also park in metered vehicular parking spaces. Motorcycles are not allowed to park in permit-controlled vehicular parking spaces.
6. Overflow Lots. Parking lots designated for use by permit holders when their assigned parking lot is full. If no secondary lot appears on permit, there is no overflow lot associated with that permit.
7. Pay and Display. Computer-based devices used in various parking lots. These lots require permits during business hours and convert to visitor/permit use weeknights (M–F, 5 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.) and all day Saturday and Sunday. Drivers must display on the dashboard of their vehicle a valid receipt for parking.
8. Permit-Only Lots. Areas within which parking is restricted to vehicles bearing permits authorized by the CU-Boulder PTS office; specific lot designation and restrictions are posted within each lot.
9. Permit Zones. Areas of campus wherein specified permits may be used interchangeably in several lots.
       a. Kittredge (Kitt) Zone—parking lots 409, 412, 414, 416, 418
       b. Williams Village (WV) Zone—parking lots 605, 612, 623
       c. East Campus (EC) Zone—parking lots 560, 562, 563, 566,
          567
10. Reserved parking. Spaces posted for the use of specific vehicles only.
11. Service and Delivery Parking Meters. Red service and delivery parking meters provide short term parking in areas where parking demand is high and access might not otherwise be available. Red service and delivery parking meters accept payment by coin and by debit cards issued by PTS. Service and delivery parking meters are enforced 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Work Site and Business Permits are not valid at red service and delivery parking meters. Any vehicle may park at a red meter with payment of hourly rate.
12. Service Vehicle Parking Zones. Areas designated for parking by marked service vehicles. University parking regulations define a service vehicle as “any vehicle owned by a company or service agency that is dedicated to the delivery of service, material, and/or equipment, the exterior of which is visibly marked with a company or organizational logo.”
13. Visitor Parking Areas. Campus areas or lots that are intended to accommodate the short term parking needs of campus visitors and affiliates and controlled by attendant (e.g., the Euclid AutoPark), gray parking meters, pay station, pay-and-display machines, or signs indicating limited time zones. Students, staff members, and service agency representatives are not prohibited from using visitor parking areas for short-term parking needs; they must pay applicable fees. Visitor parking within Family Housing areas is governed by Family Housing regulations. Time limitations and fees that apply are posted on all equipment and in all parking areas.

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B. Time Restrictions and Overflow Lots

* These lots become visitor lots weeknights after 5:00 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays. Patrons are required to display receipt of payment on dash.

2. Permit-Only Parking Zones. Parkers with permits for parking zones may park in any lot within the zone.

New lots may be added at any time. The most current list of lots is available by contacting PTS.

3. Metered Parking

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C. Special Events Parking

1. General Information
   a. University events may interrupt routine parking and traffic
       patterns and may temporarily displace patrons from their 
       normal parking locations. Traffic control and street closures
       may be necessary. During any special event or campus activity
       PTS may control parking meters and parking lots. Meter(s) may
       be bagged or signage may be present when a temporary
       restricted use of the meters is necessary.
    b. Accessibility parking is available for all campus events.
    c. Continuing Education students attending class in the
        immediate area of a special event shall present registration
        receipts to park at no charge on a space available basis.
   d.  Failure to heed instructions of parking and traffic officials may
        result in a summons and/or impoundment of the vehicle.
   e.  Patrons not possessing valid permits may be assessed a  
        parking fee.
   f.  Campus Department Business Permits, Vendor Permits,
        Contractor Permits, Worksite Permits, and Emergency
        Permits are not authorized for personal parking at campus
        events.
   g.  During any special event or campus activity, control of parking
        is managed by PTS.
   h.  During campus basketball games and other Coors
        Events/Conference Center functions, all lots near the Events 
        Center may be used for event purposes. Resident students
        who return to campus when parking lots are full, including the
        lot/zone for which they hold a permit, may be directed to an 
        alternate area.
   
   
2. Football Games. When football games are played in Folsom Stadium:
   a. All valid PTS parking permits will be honored in the following lots
       on a space-available basis at no additional charge: Lots 136,
       140, 250, 254, 256, 258, 265, 269, 281, 282, 306, 402, 406,
       409, 414, 416, 418, 419, 430, 434, 436, 440, 448, and Regent
       Drive meters.
   b. When football parking plans are in effect, valid Parking and
       Transportation parking permits issued specifically for lots 169,
       204, 205, 208, 243, 260, 310, 325, 335, 346, 358, 380, 384,
       394, 408, 410, 420, and 444 are the only permits honored in
       these specific lots, on a space available basis.
   c. Valid Parking and Transportation parking permits for the
       following lots are not honored from approximately six hours
       prior to event to two hours following event: 169, 346, 355,
       358, 360, 365, 378, 384, 386, 390, 391, 394, 396 and “X”
       permits. Lot closures may be extended beyond the hours listed
       above when necessary.
   d. Only valid Family Housing parking permits are honored in the
       Family Housing parking areas unless special events parking
       arrangements are made by private agreement with the Family  
       Housing office.
   
   
3. Basketball Games. When basketball games are played in Coors Events/Conference Center:
   a. All valid PTS parking permits are honored in the following lots
       on a space-available basis at no charge: Lots 306, 308, 327,
       330, 402, 406, 409, 414, 415, 416, 418, 419, 434, 436,
       437, and 448.
   b. Regent Drive, Broadway, 28th St., Colorado Avenue, campus
       streets and roadways may be subject to traffic control and/or
       street closures.
   c. Persons without permits may be assessed a parking fee.
   d. All other lots not mentioned above are subject to day and time
       restrictions on posted signs.
   
   
4. Stadium Concerts and Special Events, excluding Football Games. When concerts are held in Folsom Stadium:
   a. All valid PTS parking permits are honored in the following lots
       on a space-available basis at no charge: Lots 136, 140, 169,
       204, 205, 250, 254, 256, 258, 269, 282, 306, 308, 310, 319,
       324, 327, 330, 402, 406, 409, 414, 416, 418, 419, 430, 434,
       436, 440, and 448.
   b. Valid PTS parking permits are honored in the following lots on a
       space-available basis and only for the prescribed lot on the
       permit: Lots 208, 265, 325, 335, 346, 358, 380, 384, 408, 410,
       and 444.
   c. Valid PTS permits for the following lots are not honored at
       times designated by PTS: 365, 378, 386, 390, 391, 394, 396,
       and 420. These permits are honored in lots listed in III-D-4-a  
       above.
   
   
5. Coors Events/Conference Center Functions. When special
   functions are held in the Coors Events/Conference Center:
   a. All valid PTS parking permits are honored in the following lots
       on a space-available basis at no charge: Lots 306, 308, 327,
       330, 402, 406, 409, 414, 415, 416, 418, 419, 430, 434, 436,
       437, and 448.
   b. Campus residents displaced from their permit lots during Coors
       Events/Conference Center functions may be directed to an
       alternate area. Residents should move permitted vehicles to
       their assigned lots as soon as possible after an event ends.
   

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