Parking guidelines announced for moving onto campus

August 15, 2005

Students moving onto campus starting Tuesday are urged to follow certain guidelines to ease traffic problems.

Residence hall check-in starts at 9 a.m. Tuesday and continues through Aug. 24, the first day of classes.
Students should plan to move in between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. so that adequate staff is available to assist them and so they do not disturb other residents who have already moved in.

Check-in is a busy time for the university, and the parking lots and streets by residence halls are congested. The following guidelines will help make the check-in experience positive while allowing university operations to function.

• Students may unload vehicles in a Red lot, housing service drive, or on the side of a roadway as long as they are not creating a traffic hazard.
  Parking for vehicle unloading is short term only. Do not block traffic.
  Have a licensed driver stay with your vehicle while it is being unloaded in case it needs to be moved.
• Plan to immediately move your vehicle to a Red 1, All Red, Commuter, or All Decal lot. Decal enforcement is lifted in these lots from Aug. 8 to Aug. 26.

Vehicles will be ticketed or towed if they are parked in one of the following areas: Reserved spaces, service drives (other than short term, attended cars for unloading), disabled parking spaces, car pool spaces, no parking zones, fire lanes, sidewalks, bike lanes, and on the grass. Vehicles will be ticketed if they are parked in one of these lots between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday: Orange, Blue, staff gated. Vehicles will be ticketed if they are parked in Brown lots at any time; they are enforced 24/7.

Students or parents with questions or who need more information please contact Transportation and Parking Services at http://www.parking.ufl.edu/ or (352) 392-2241.