Permit Types & Where to Park

Each virtual permit has corresponding permissions that assign where and when the vehicle may park. Learn where you can park with the interactive campus parking map.

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Standard Permit

Commuter, Resident, Greek Village and Faculty/Staff status is assigned automatically based on your status in the university. Resident and Greek Village status require an active housing contract.

Commuter

Available only to commuter students
Valid on campus 24 hours a day, seven days a week in all yellow and orange color-coded areas. Access is granted in Lot 15 and Cone Deck from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Resident

Available only to resident students
Valid 24/7 in all blue and orange color-coded areas. Access granted in Lot 15, Cone Deck and the lower level of Union Deck from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Greek Village

Available only to residents assigned to Greek Village
Valid 24/7 in Greek Village and orange color-coded areas. Access is granted in Lot 15, Cone Deck and the lower level of Union Deck from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Faculty/Staff Standard

Available only to faculty/staff
Valid on campus 24/7 in green faculty/staff lots, yellow and orange commuter areas and blue resident-designated lots except Lot 16. F/S Center City parking privileges are available online to F/S working at CCB. Permission must be requested at the time of purchase.

The Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City Building

Students who enroll in a class at the Center Center Building and have a valid standard or night permit are automatically assigned parking privileges. Faculty and staff must add Center City parking privileges when they purchase their parking permit.

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Non-Standard Permit

Faculty/Staff Premium

Available only to faculty/staff
Valid on campus 24/7 in green faculty/staff lots, yellow and orange commuter areas, Lot 15 (Premium Only), and blue resident-designated lots except Lot 16. F/S Premium parking access is granted only to those who have also paid for premium access. F/S Center City parking privileges are available online to F/S working at CCB. Permission must be requested at the time of purchase.

Night

Available only to faculty, staff and commuter students
Valid between 3 p.m. and 8 a.m. in all yellow and orange color-coded areas. Access granted to Lot 15 and Cone Deck (1 and 2 only; not visitor) from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Motorcycle/Moped

You are required to purchase a motorcycle or moped permit to park on campus in designated motorcycle/moped parking.

Center Center Building-Only

Students with classes at the Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City Building and faculty and staff who work uptown may purchase a Center City Building-Only permit. This permit is not valid for parking on main campus.

Discount Remote Parking*

Lot 6A

Available only to faculty/staff and commuter students
Valid 24/7 in designated areas of both parking Lots 6 & 6a on Cameron Blvd. (by John Kirk Road). Served by the Silver Niner Transit route.

Lot 27

Available only to faculty/staff and commuter students
Valid 24/7 in parking Lot 27 on Alumni Way near the Harris Alumni House. Lot 27 is a walk-in discounted parking lot, not served by campus buses. (There is a bus stop on Alumni Way near the Harris Alumni House, slightly over 1/10 mile walk.)

North Deck

Available only to commuter students
Valid only in North Deck; available annually or by the semester. Niner Transit Green and Gold routes stop nearby by UNC Charlotte Main Light Rail station.

* Discount remote permits may be upgraded to a commuter permit for use during summer for an additional fee.

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Where to park

The interactive campus parking map page allows you to find campus parking based on permit type, accessibility, visitor, Center City and football.

Main campus permits

Permit	Lots/Decks allowed between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.	Lots/Decks allowed between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Resident	Blue, Orange	Blue, Orange, Yellow, Greek Village
Greek	Greek Village, Orange	Greek Village, Blue, Orange, Yellow
Commuter Standard	Yellow, Orange	Blue, Orange, Yellow, Greek Village
Night	After 3 p.m.: Orange, Yellow	Blue, Orange, Yellow, Greek Village
Lot 6A	Lot 6A only. During holidays and summer when shuttle is not running: Yellow, Orange	Lot 6
Lot 27	Lot 27 only. During holidays when shuttle is not running: Yellow, Orange	Lot 27
North Deck Commuter	North Deck only. During holidays when shuttle is not running: Yellow, Orange	North Deck
Faculty Staff [FS] Premium	Green gated areas, Orange, Yellow, Blue, except Lot 16	Orange, Blue, Yellow
Faculty Staff [FS] Standard	Non-gated Green except Lot 16, Orange, Yellow, Blue	Orange, Blue, Yellow

Center City Building permit

Permit	When/Where Valid
Full-time Faculty/Staff Center City [FSC]	Valid at Center City Bldg. weekdays, 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Also valid as a Faculty/Staff [FS] permit on main campus.
Full-time Center City Commuter [CCC]	Valid at Center City weekdays, 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Also Valid as a full-time Commuter [C] permit on main campus.
Center City Night Commuter	Valid at Center City nightly (3 p.m. to 11 p.m.) and on main campus as a Night permit (3 p.m. to 8 a.m).