Parking Division

All vehicles operating on the UNI campus are to be registered with the Parking Services Office. Parking staff will determine which type of permit is available to meet your needs.

Park only in areas valid for your permit or park in a non-visitor metered area. Most lots have restricted usage from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Read the signs posted at the entrance of each lot to see what restrictions apply.

Avoid parking in stalls designated for persons with disabilities unless you have the appropriate permit. Visitors to campus can park in any metered area. Any visitor needing to park for an extended amount of time may use the designated visitor parking in the Gallagher Bluedorn metered lot and the Multimodal Transportation Center, where meters have a 10-hour time limit.

Guests and visitors holding visitor parking permits are not allowed in the meters without paying. The only excepting is in the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts lot and the Multimodal Transportation Center. Permits will be specific to the area in which they are valid.

You may visit our Visitor, Metered & Timed Parking interactive Google map of designated visitor and metered parking areas.

If you are a visitor to campus (not a student, full/part time faculty or staff, contract employee or vendor) citations for failure to purchase -and the vehicle has had no previous violations- will serve as a warning and no payment is due at this time.  All other violations are not treated as warnings. 

If you have questions, contact Parking Operations at 319-273-3179 or 319-273-7093.

For complete parking rules and regulations, please see the rules and regulations for the academic school year.
 

If you wish to appeal a violation, an appeal must be filled within 10 days of the violation issuance date.

An online appeal may be done by logging onto your parking account via the Parking Portal page. Non-UNI persons can go here to set up an account and appeal the citation.

Appeals will be accepted in oral or written form by the Parking Appeal Committee. 
Upon receipt of a parking appeal, parking staff will conduct an administrative review of the appeal to ensure it meets criteria for a valid appeal.
Once established criteria for an appeal is met, the appeal will go to the Parking Appeal Committee for consideration.  Once the Parking Appeal Committee makes a decision, the person who submitted the appeal will be informed of the decision.
Valid appeal criteria should provide evidence the parking violation was not committed or the parking infraction was due to circumstances beyond the driver’s control.
The following reasons will not be considered as valid for appealing a parking citation:
     1. Lack of knowledge of the parking rules and regulations.
     2. Vehicle was illegally parked for a short period of time.
     3. Other vehicles were similarly parked in an illegal fashion.
     4. No other parking area was available.
     5. Violator did not receive citations in the past for a similar infraction.
     6. Violator was late for class or an appointment.
     7. Disagreement with or dislike of the regulation(s).
     8. No impact on or denial of legal parking for others.

Failure to appear for an oral appeal at the appointed time will result in denial of the appeal.