General Parking Regulations

Parking Regulations Brochure (PDF)

• No person may falsify, alter or duplicate or request the unauthorized falsification, alteration or duplication of any type of university parking permit. {Admin Code 18.06(44)(a), Misuse of Parking Services}
• No person may knowingly display on a vehicle, or knowingly allow another person to display on a vehicle, a falsified, altered, duplicated, stolen, lost, or found parking permit. {Admin Code 18.06(44)(b), Misuse of Parking Services}
• No person may knowingly provide false information to any university employee or agent with the intent to obtain a valid university parking permit.{Admin Code 18.06(44)(c), Misuse of Parking Services}
• Parking is prohibited at all times on grass, lawns, or any other area not specifically paved or surfaced for parking use. Signs are not required to be posted for this violation to be enforced.
• No vehicle, including motorbikes, mopeds, and bicycles shall be parked so as to obstruct access to university buildings, ramps, travelways and parking spaces for handicapped persons, or other pedestrian walkways.
• Parking is prohibited within:
  • 15 feet of a crosswalk
  • 10 feet of a fire hydrant
  • 4 feet of a driveway
• Parking is prohibited in loading zones or walks, and on sections of roads, streets and related areas so designated by yellow curb markings, diagonal pavement stripes, signs, or combination thereof.
• Vehicles may park at academic building entrances for periods of 15 minutes or less to load/unload equipment provided the vehicles do not obstruct exits, emergency egress from the building, or other essential building services. If unattended such vehicles shall display flashing lights. (This privilege is not extended to residents residing within the residence halls unless permission has been granted by the University Police.)
• The operation of motor vehicles including motorbikes and mopeds, is restricted to public streets and designated campus roads and drives.
• No motor vehicles, other than emergency vehicles and specifically authorized service vehicles shall be operated on university lawns, yards, fields, courts, walks, malls, plazas, patios, or areas designated as bikeways or walk zones, or areas posted "service vehicles only."
• No person shall stop or leave a vehicle, whether attended or unattended and whether temporarily or otherwise, in any of the following places:
  • Within an intersection;
  • On a crosswalk;
  • On a sidewalk or sidewalk area unless parking in such a place is indicated by an official sign;
  • On the roadway side of any parked vehicle unless double parking is clearly indicated by an official traffic sign;
  • Upon any portion of a roadway where stopping or standing is prohibited by an official sign;
  • A designated handicap parking stall unless the disabled person is actually using the vehicle, and the appropriate permit or license plate is displayed;
  • Or any other reserved parking stall that is properly posted.

Metered Stalls

Anyone may use a metered stall. The meters must be paid even if a vehicle is displaying a parking permit.

Overnight Parking

Parking is prohibited in all commuter and staff lots and Dorm Circle from 2AM-6AM. Anyone who needs to park in a restricted lot due to a staff/faculty member staying late for work or a student working on an assignment should contact the University Police and speak to an officer to obtain authorization to leave your vehicle during the 2AM-6AM restrictions. Contacting the University Police after a parking citation is issued will not excuse the citation.

Students, staff and groups who have a legitimate need to leave vehicles in Lot 7a overnight must obtain and display an overnight permit before the vehicle is parked.

Lot 7a will be the only regular staff or commuter lot where vehicles will be allowed to park with an overnight permit, so please make sure that your vehicle is not left overnight in any other staff or commuter lot.

Long Term Parking

No one may leave a vehicle in a university lot for an extended period without contacting the University Police for permission to do so. Leaving vehicles in university lots during holidays and semester breaks must be approved by the University Police prior to leaving campus.

Snow Removal Policy for Residence Hall Parking Lots

In the event of an accumulation of 4 to 5 inches of snow in the residence hall parking lots, the following procedures will be followed:

• Auxiliary Services will provide students with a 24 hour notice of the snow removal schedule.
• Lot schedules will be posted in the main lobby of each residence hall and Glenview Commons.
• A flyer will be placed in each mailbox of the residence halls.
• The snow removal time, date, and location will be announced on the University Radio Station.
• Vehicles may return to the parking lot as soon as the lot has been plowed, and the snow removal crew has left the parking lot.
• Failure to remove a vehicle from a lot during a scheduled snow removal will result in a $50.00 parking citation.
• Any one appealing a citation issued for alternate side/snow removal parking must do so by filing a written appeal form. Download printable APPEAL FORM.
• Should a snow emergency occur, these rules may be altered to accommodate the emergency situation.

Declaration of an Alternate Side Parking Snow Emergency

In the event of a snow storm or the prediction of a snow storm, a “snow emergency” will be declared for the purpose of plowing campus streets and parking lots. This “snow emergency” only pertains to the removal/clearing of snow, and does not affect other university functions/operations. When a “snow emergency” is declared, alternate side parking will be in effect on Greenwood Ave, College Drive to the intersection of Sunset Drive, and all of University Plaza from 2AM to 6AM for two days. Overnight parking in all staff and commuter lots will be restricted.

The fine amount for violating alternate side parking or 2AM-6AM parking restrictions during this time period is $50.00. Anyone appealing a citation issued for alternate side/snow removal parking must complete a written appeal. Download printable APPEAL FORM.

Alternate side parking means that vehicles may only park on one side of the street from 2AM-6AM when parking is normally allowed on both sides. On even days of the month vehicles shall be parked on the north or west side of the streets. On odd days, all vehicles shall be parked on the south or east side of the street. (Please remember for enforcement purposes the date changes at midnight.)

Vehicle Repair

Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles is prohibited on university property. Used motor vehicle fluids are hazardous substances subject to further regulation by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Federal Environmental Protection Agency.

Abandoned Vehicles

Any vehicle left unattended for 20 days or more on university property, without making prior arrangements with the University Police, will be considered abandoned. Such a vehicle will be cited, towed and stored at the owner's expense.

Fleet Vehicles

All Physical Plant Fleet Vehicles are to be returned to the Physical Plant after each use. Department vehicles may be allowed to park in other areas, however restrictions may be placed on such vehicles due to maintenance needs.

Mopeds/Motorcycles

Moped Regulations Brochure (PDF)

• Mopeds/motorcycles may only park in a moped/motorcycle parking stall in a lot designated by your parking permit. No one shall park a moped on a sidewalk, at a bike rack, or any other non-designated area.
• The operator of a moped shall not drive on either malls or sidewalks.

BICYCLE REGULATIONS

• Bicycles shall not be parked within 25 feet of any university building entrance except in approved bicycle racks or lockers.
• Bicycles shall not be parked within university buildings except in areas specifically designed for this purpose, and specifically authorized by University Police. {Admin Code 81.06(8), Bicycles}
• Bicycles must be removed from bicycle racks and/or lockers at the end of each Spring Semester.
• Bicyclists riding on a public street or walk shall ride in a straight line and give pedestrians the right of way at street crossings.
• Bicyclists on campus property shall exercise extraordinary care and yield the right of way to pedestrians at all times.
• In the City of Platteville no person shall ride a bicycle upon any public walk in the area bounded by Water Street, Furnace Street, Chestnut Street and Pine Street, including sidewalks bordering those streets.
• Bicycles that are ridden on public streets within the City of Platteville are required to be licensed with the City of Platteville or another jurisdiction. The University Police registers bicycles at no cost, and provides a non-expiring bicycle registration tag for students residing on campus.

Skateboards/Roller blades/Similar Wheeled Devices

No person may use a skateboard, roller skates, roller blades, in-line skates, or any similar wheeled devices, a tobaggon, or a sled anywhere on university lands, except as designed by the chief administrative officer. UWS 18.10(8)

Skateboards/Roller blades and similar equipment may not be used by office or classroom areas where usage would create a disturbance.

No person shall ride upon or use any skateboard, roller skate or in-line skates on any sidewalk adjacent to any street that is within an area bordered by Pine Street, Water Street, Furnace Street, or Chestnut Street within the City of Platteville.

No person shall ride upon or use any skateboard, roller skate or in-line skate on any street within the City of Platteville except while crossing a roadway at a crosswalk.