Time
Limit/Seasonal Parking Exceptions
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South
of Chestnut St. between the hours
of 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays, faculty, staff
and students may park only in zones designated by their permit color.
After 4 p.m. weekdays and all day on weekends, students may park in Blue
Zone with their current parking permit. (excluding Freshmen with Purple
permits reference Freshmen section below)
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North
of Chestnut Color Zones in the North Residential College
Complex are enforced 24 hours a day everyday.
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College
Courts is assigned parking and enforced 24 hours a day everyday.
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Curris
Center, Stewart Stadium and RSEC requires student,
faculty and staff permits and is enforced 24 hours a day everyday.
One-hour parking is for Curris Center patrons use only and
will be enforced.
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Summer
sessions students
may park in any color zone excluding
the blue or green zone with their current parking permit.
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No
registration permit displayed, disability, yellow curb, fire lane, visitor,
and any other restricted parking is enforced 24 hours a day.
Freshmen
residing in the north residential college
complex must park in the large lot at Stewart Stadium from 6:00 p.m. Sunday
evening until noon on the following Friday. Beginning at noon on Friday until
6:00 p.m. Sunday, freshmen with Purple permits may park in the north residential
college area in the yellow zone. Vehicles must be moved back to Roy
Stewart Stadium by 6:00 p.m. Sunday.
Bus
parking is prohibited in many parking
areas on campus. Arrangements for bus parking may be made by contacting the
Public Safety Parking Office at (270) 809-4812 or Murray State Police at (270)
809-2222. Bus parking is always open north of Roy Stewart Stadium. Bus traffic
must make arrangements to drop passengers off at their location and move buses
to the Stadium or other areas as arranged by the Parking Office.
Boats,
trailers, large trucks, and vehicles towing trailers
must park in the large lot at Stewart Stadium. Any boat or trailer parked
in the stadium lot must be identifiable as to the owner. Arrangements for
boats, trailers, large trucks, and vehicles towing trailers parking may be
made by contacting the Public Safety Parking Office at (270) 809-4812 or Murray
State Police at (270) 809-2222.
State,
city, and university regulations regarding fire lanes, fire hydrants, service
areas, stop signs, crosswalks, and disability sidewalk access ramp areas,
are enforced 24 hours daily, seven days a week.
Parking
lots may be restricted on days that special events are scheduled around the
University .
Loading/unloading
zone permits will be issued by the Parking
Supervisor at Public Safety . This permit is not for general parking, but
for active loading and unloading only. A vehicle displaying this type of permit
must have their current Murray State parking permit displayed behind the loading/unloading
permit and may park in any color zone, loading zones, or visitor zones.
The vehicle must not interfere with traffic flow, university business, and
must not violate fire lanes or codes. This permit does not allow parking in
areas marked as service vehicles, fire lanes, restricted areas, or handicapped
spaces. Loading zone permits are valid only for time indicated on the
permit. Both long term and short term loading permits are available. All long
term loading permits must be requested on department/agency letterhead by
the appropriate dean or director and be addressed to the parking supervisor.
These permits will be limited and issued on a per semester basis at the discretion
of the parking supervisor. Anyone using/displaying a loading zone permit must
have a current university permit. Students may request short term loading
zone passes for loading and unloading at their residential college. Loading
zone permits for other activities should be requested by the sponsoring group
48 hours prior to event for which the permit is needed.
Vendor
permit — those agencies exterior to the
university who are performing service functions on campus may be issued a
vendor parking permit.
Motorcycle/Scooter/Moped
permit - Any two-wheeled vehicle with
motor, including scooters and mopeds is considered a motorcycle and must be
registered with the Parking office and display a valid permit. Motorcycle/scooter/moped
permits allow parking in designated motorcycle parking spaces only. Under
no circumstances are motorcycles/scooters/mopeds permitted to park on sidewalks,
grass, bicycle racks or areas not assigned for vehicle parking. Permits
should be attached to right front fork. (Where fork attaches to front
wheel.)
***If
you forget your permit, you may obtain a temporary pass at the Parking Office***
