April 28, 2025 - Parking & Transportation is pleased to announce a more convenient and simplified process for Faculty/Staff parking permit renewals with an expanded window for renewal to include all faculty and staff schedules.
Current 2024-25 faculty/staff annual parking permits are valid through July 31, 2025. Please see the options below for permit renewal.
Payroll Deduction (part-time/temporary employees are not eligible):
- Your permit will be automatically renewed: We now provide convenient and simple automatic renewal for faculty and staff on current payroll deduction. If you wish to continue payroll deduction, no action is required, as your permit will be automatically renewed.
- If you need to update permitted vehicle or license plate information, you may do so at any time in the parking portal.
- Opt-out of payroll deduction in online form: If you wish to opt out of payroll deduction for your 2025-26 permit, you must complete this online form. The deadline to opt out is July 11.
- If you opt out of payroll deduction, you must either register for annual parking in the parking portal once registration opens on June 12 or utilize alternate parking options (see below) to park on campus beginning August 1.
Permit Purchased with Credit Card:
- Opt-in to payroll deduction in online form (part-time/temporary employees are not eligible): If you purchased your annual permit in the parking portal via credit card, you may opt in to payroll deduction and automatic renewal of your current permit by completing this online form. The deadline to opt in is July 11.
- Purchase permit again via credit card in the parking portal: The parking portal will open on June 12 for the purchase of annual permits via credit card.
Alternate Parking Options (no annual permit) As the start of the academic year approaches, faculty and staff are encouraged to evaluate their parking needs. We want to emphasize that an annual parking permit allows the convenience and flexibility to come to campus as needed and park in
ANY faculty/staff lot, including gated lots. However, we recognize the varying needs and circumstances of faculty and staff and provide flexibility for a variety of parking needs.
For those who choose NOT to purchase an annual permit, alternative parking options (no gate access) include:
- Hourly Parking: Available at any ParkMobile location, $2/hour (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express are accepted forms of payment). See ParkMobile instructions.
- Day Permit: $5/day, log in to the parking portal to purchase.
- Weekly Permit: $20/week, log in to the parking portal to purchase.
Virtual Permits and Parking A permit is required to park on any/all campus property.
ALL parking permits are virtual. License plates act as the permit – there are no physical permits to pick up or hang in your vehicle. Since parking permits are associated with license plates, you must park with your license plate facing the driving lane (no backing in or pulling through a parking space).
- If you wish to pull through or back into a parking space, you must have a vanity license plate properly affixed to the front bumper of your vehicle to comply with the license plate recognition technology. Vanity plates are not permits to park; they supplement your valid parking permit to allow you to pull through/back in.
- If your vehicle is licensed in a two-plate state and you already have a state-issued license plate on the front of your vehicle, a vanity plate is not needed.
- Vanity Plates: purchase through the parking portal.
Citations
All parking citations for permit holders are communicated electronically (by email). You may only receive an electronic notification, rather than an electronic one and a printed paper citation, as we move to a more sustainable paperless citation process this semester.
Citations may be viewed, paid and appealed online within the parking portal (see the citations website for more information on viewing, paying and appealing citations online). In compliance with North Carolina General Statute 147-86.23, the university is required to collect citation charges and will charge additional fees and interest on any citation amounts past due. Visit this website for more information on penalties and interest.
For parking-related questions or assistance, call 910.962.3178 or email parking@uncw.edu.
