MOTOR VEHICLES ON CAMPUS

• Parking Permits and Lot Assignments
• Student Parking Permits
• First-year Students Special Permission for Vehicles
• Faculty and Staff Parking Permits
• Handicapped Spaces and Permits
• Temporary Visitor Parking Permits

1. Freshman cannot bring a vehicle to campus or the City of Allentown.
2. All students who bring a vehicle to campus or to the City of Allentown must register that vehicle with Campus Safety.
3. Student permits are good only in their assigned parking lots.
4. There is no student/faculty/staff parking permitted on the front circle between 7:00 am and 5:00 p.m.
5. Students with a current parking permit may park in faculty and staff parking lots at night (after 5:00 p.m.) but need to be out by 7:00am the next morning.
6. Parking appeals have to be made within 48 hours of the ticket issuance. Failure to appeal within 48 hours results in losing the right to appeal and the ticket must be paid.
7. Vehicles need to be registered within the first week of the fall semester or as soon as the vehicle is brought to campus and/or the City of Allentown.
8. Guests of students that bring a vehicle to campus must register that vehicle and park in the assigned lot. Students are responsible for their guest’s actions and are therefore responsible for any tickets issued to their guests whether they are registered or unregistered.
9. In the event of snow, shovels may be borrowed through the Department of Campus Safety by providing your student ID card to Campus Safety while the shovel is in use.

Parking as you will see is a problem on campus due to the limited number of spaces. All parking spaces on campus are marked with white or yellow lines. Parking in areas that are not properly marked as parking spaces is a violation of the parking rules. Campus Safety and Student Council are working together to try and minimize the parking problems on campus. Any violation of the Parking Rules and Regulations may result in a fine. Please contact Campus Safety or refer to the Student Handbook for more information regarding vehicles on campus. To obtain a complete list of the parking rules and/or register vehicles please contact the Department of Campus Safety.

Parking Permits and Lot Assignments

Parking permits, numbered and identified by specific color codes, correspond to specific parking areas and are valid only for those locations. Purchase and display of a parking permit is not a guarantee of a specific parking place at any one time. While campus officer’s patrol regularly, the College cannot assume any responsibility for any vehicle damage, theft or theft from a vehicle while parked on College property or on a city street.

In consideration of the College’s neighbors, student, faculty and staff street parking should be confined to the campus side of the street. Parking regulations on the city streets are strictly enforced by Allentown Parking Authority. Parking on city streets on the east side of campus are restricted for street sweeping year round. It is suggested that you read the specific parking signs in those areas. Also Chew Street is a “SNOW EMERGENCY STREET;” if a snow emergency is declared ALL vehicles parked on the street must be moved.

A. Student Parking Permits

The current academic student permit allows those vehicles displaying the parking permit to park in student designated parking lots. A student permit, designated by color and number, will be issued to all students who register their vehicles regardless of student classification (full-time, part-time, commuter, Wescoe Student, etc.).

Every student who owns or operates a motor vehicle in Allentown during the year shall pay a vehicle registration fee of $40. This fee covers any vehicle per individual student that may require a parking registration throughout the year. Any vehicle that requires a state license must display a valid parking permit for the current academic year. NOTE: Failure to register a vehicle within 48 hours of it being brought to campus will result in a $50.00 fine. Failure to display the registration decal as directed will result in a $15.00 fine.

A copy of the Student Registration form can be obtained by clicking here

Any student, including first year students with permission from the Dean of Students Office, may temporarily register a vehicle for a one week period with the permission of the Office of Campus Safety. Two of these permits are allowed each semester. Temporary registrants must park in the lot on the designated permit. There is a $40 vehicle registration fee for the first vehicle registered, as described above, even if a temporary pass is issued. First year students must follow the procedure for First Year Student with special permission for a vehicle to obtain a year round or temporary permit.

 The student designated parking lots are as follows:

1. 26th and Chew Street Parking lot (by Robertson Hall)
2. Parking lot in front of Benfer Hall
3. South side of lot to the rear of the Center for the Arts building
4. Village Upper Parking lot Village lower parking lot
5. Sorority parking lot
6. 23rd and Gordon Street Parking lot
7. Martin Luther Parking lot
8. All lots and driveways connected to or associated with College MILE residential facilities not designated as “No Parking” , with the exception of the lot at Berks and Liberty Streets which is designated as “Faculty/Staff Parking” (See restrictions below)

There are specific lots designated for Faculty, Staff and visitor parking. Vehicles displaying student decals are permitted to park in these lots only between 5 PM and 7 AM, Monday through Friday and at all times on Saturday and Sunday unless otherwise designated or posted. The Faculty/Staff designated parking lots are as follows:

1. Trexler Library Parking Lot
2. Prosser Hall Lot
3. CFA Rear (West) Lot - north side facing the Center for the Arts
4. Back Drive Parking Lot – rear of academic row
5. Back Drive Entrance Parking Lot – north side of Brown and Walz Halls
6. 23rd & Gordon Street East side of lot – three rows closest to Leh Street.

Visitors (non-students/non-employee) to the College are permitted to park on the Front Drive in front of the Academic and Administrative buildings.

First-year Students Special Permission for Vehicle
First-year students may not have a vehicle on campus unless they have requested and received (in writing) permission from the Dean of Students Office. This permission is reserved for rare and/or extreme circumstances. This permission may be revoked if the student receives four or more tickets (whether paid or unpaid). The vehicle must be removed from Muhlenberg College property and removed from the City of Allentown. If the vehicle is found on campus it will be towed. A written report will be sent to the Dean of Students Office.

1. First-year students bringing a vehicle to the City of Allentown or to campus without special permission will be fined $150.00 for first offense, $225.00 and loss of housing lottery privileges for second offense, and $300.00 for third and subsequent offenses. These fines are in addition to any other fine that may have been accumulated as indicated above.
2. There will be an additional administrative fee of $50.00 for any vehicle that requires a license plate check.

B. Faculty and Staff Parking Permits
Faculty and staff parking lot assignments are generally allocated in relation to the building where the employee’s major function occurs. The fact that an individual is assigned a space in a certain lot one year does not necessarily guarantee a space in the same lot for the following year. Each registered vehicle will be assigned a window decal when registered with the Department of Campus Safety. Faculty and staff assigned location are as follows:

1. Back Drive Parking Lot (Rear of Academic Buildings) - Gold # 0001 - 0500 
2. Library Lot and North side of CFA West Lot - Magenta # 0501 - 1000
3. Berks & Liberty Street  Lot - Orange # 1001 - 1500
4. Back Drive Entrance Parking Lot (Walz/Brown North Lot) - Lt Green # 1501 – 2000
5. 23rd & Gordon Lot (3 rows on the East side of lot) - Yellow # 2001 - 2500 
6. Prosser Lot - Red # 2501 - 3000

A copy of the Employee Registration form can be obtained by clicking here

C. Handicapped Spaces and Permits
Designated with the national handicapped parking sign, these spaces are reserved for use by students, faculty, staff and visitors who qualify, and register with the Office of Campus Safety. Individuals who are authorized to park in these paces must have their vehicle registered with Campus Safety.
 
D. Temporary Visitor Parking Permits
Any visitor of the College may obtain a temporary vehicle registration. This temporary permit may be obtained through the individual the who is being visited and is issued through the Office of Campus Safety. Temporary passes are valid for the length of the visit.