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• 2024-2025 Permits are available to purchase now.
• For 2024-2025, Faculty and staff parking permits are valid July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. 
• If you are interested in requesting a Carpool Permit, please access the .
• Permits purchased online are payroll deducted in equal installments throughout the year, so you won't pay the full price at one time.
• When you register online, you will be able to print a receipt indicating the expiration date of your permission/permit. Permission to park on campus is connected to your license plate and stored electronically, the receipt does not need to be displayed in the vehicle. If you are not eligible for payroll deduction or wish to pay for your permit in full at the time of purchase, you may come to the Campus Services Center to do so. 
• If your vehicle does not have a front license plate, please park with your rear license plate facing the drive aisle.

Permit Required

• At all times for University surface lots (except for Special Events, see below)
• From 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, on Spring, Oak and Maple Streets

Permit Not Required

• Any parking meter
• Campus Avenue Garage (hourly rates and event parking rates apply)
• North Campus Garage (hourly rates and event parking rates apply)
• The south sections of Maple Street and Oak Street do not require a permit after 6:00 PM on weekdays and all day on weekends. Please follow posted signage.
• Between noon Friday and 10 p.m. Sunday on weekends of home football games

Purchase a Permit

Visitors may purchase a permit online for $5 per day. Registration requires the license plate number, make, model, and color of the vehicle to be registered. You will not receive a physical permit, but instead, your license plate will be updated in our system with the correct parking permission. Students and contractors are NOT permitted to purchase visitor permits.

If your vehicle does not have a front license plate, please park with your rear license plate facing the drive aisle.

Citations

Parking for visitors may or may not require a permit. See the information below for parking restrictions.

Visitors who received a University parking citation should . Please direct any questions to the Campus Services Center.

Special Events

Family Weekend

• Parents and community members may ride the BCRTA (Butler County Regional Transit Authority) buses.
• The Campus Avenue Parking Garage (South Garage) is free for Family Weekend.
• The North Campus Garage is free for Family Weekend.
• Campus parking meters are free for Family Weekend.
• Parents may park in any campus lot without a permit, with the exception of lots specifically reserved for pre-sale or events.
• Limited RV parking with electrical hookup is available in the West Millett lot. Advance reservations are needed. Call the Athletic Ticket Office at 513-529-4295.

Spring Commencement Weekend

• A permit is not required Thursday through Sunday of Commencement weekend; all university parking lots and parking garages are open to the public.
• Yager Stadium parking is available at the Millett Assembly Hall, Ditmer, Cook Field, and Leonard Howell lots.
• On both Saturday and Sunday, we strongly recommend that you use our shuttle service from the Ditmer and Cook Field lots to avoid traffic congestion.

Representatives of departments (academic and administrative) and offices may request to purchase parking garage vouchers or departmental visitor permits online for guests to the campus. Parking garage vouchers may be used by University employees, visitor parking permits may not be used by ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs or employees at any time.  Students and employees requiring parking privileges on campus must .

• Departmental Garage Vouchers: $5 each - valid for one paid exit from either parking garage. 
• Departmental Visitor Permits: Department representatives may issue electronic daily permits to visitors through their online parking portal for $2.00 per day. Authorized staff should contact our office to be set up with this permission.

A departmental charge code is required to purchase parking garage vouchers or departmental visitor permits.  

Contractors

Contractors are required to park in the  and be shuttled to and from their worksite.  No parking permit is required and no overnight (10 p.m. - 6 a.m.) parking is permitted in this lot.  Contractor shuttle vehicles left on campus require a parking permit, please contact your University project manager for approval to park overnight.

Contractors who require campus parking should contact their University project manager for approval to purchase a temporary parking permit. Temporary parking permits cost $10 per week or $35 per month.

Campus parking lots may not be used as construction material laydown areas or for storage. Contact your University project manager for instructions to arrange for laydown areas or storage.

Vendors

Vendors who work with ºÚÁÏÉçÇø on a time-and-materials basis or who supply services to ºÚÁÏÉçÇø on an ongoing (as opposed to contract) basis may be eligible to purchase an annual parking pass for a fee of $125.  Delivery vehicles DO NOT require a parking permit while making deliveries but must be parked legally.  Please contact the Purchasing and Central Services office for authorization to purchase annual permits.