Violations and Citations

Find information about:

Parking Regulations

Parking Enforcement

Violations and Fees

Paying a Citation

Waiving a Citation

Appealing a Citation

Vehicle Towing and Immobilization

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Parking Regulations

Read UNO's parking rules and regulations.

Parking Enforcement

Please visit our Parking Enforcement Schedule page to see enforcement dates and open parking dates.

General use spaces are enforced 7 A.M. to 7 P.M. (M-TH) and 7 A.M. to 5 P.M. (F). A valid permit is required during these times. After 2:30 P.M., all valid commuter student and faculty/staff permits are able to park in any general use space in all garages and faculty/staff and student surface lots. After 5 P.M. all resident students are able to park in general use spaces in all garages and faculty/staff and student surface lots.

Pay-to-park locations are available (Lots A, C and seven (7) designated spaces in Lot M) for any individual use from 7 A.M. to 7 P.M. (M-F). Payment must be made on Park Omaha App. UNO permits are not valid in pay-to-park locations, and require additional payment through the Park Omaha app in order to park. Outside of these hours, these spaces are available to anyone free of charge.

No permit is required on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays and days when campus-wide University classes are not in session.

On Fridays, all garages and lot 5 offer open-parking, no permit required, in general use spaces. Campus surface lots are still enforced on Fridays until 5 P.M.

Excluded Area Enforcement

Excluded areas on campus include pay-to-park locations (Lots A, C and the seven (7) designated spaces in M), ADA spaces (prohibited to those without a ADA permit), reserved spaces, loading zones, motorcycle areas, carpool spaces, compact stalls, visitor spaces, EV charging spaces, driveways, drive aisles, and fire lanes. Excluded areas are enforced 24/7.

Even during open-parking and valid-permit parking, when we are not in regular enforcement, these stalls are still enforced 24/7.

However, during open-parking -not valid-permit parking or regular enforcement- pay-to-park stalls in Lots A, C and the seven (7) designated spaces in M are only enforced for time limits and not purchased time, i.e. you do not have to pay for those spaces during open-parking, but you are limited to two (2) hours of time in those spaces during open-parking.

Visit our Parking Enforcement Schedule to see the descriptions of the different types of enforcement and a calendar of when they are applied. As always, please reach out to unoparking@unomaha.edu or call 402.554.7275 with your questions.

Violations and Fees

The following is a list of all violations and their associated fees. More detailed information on citation definitions and guidance for their issuance can be found in our Parking Violation Guidance document or in the Parking Rules and Regulations.

FEE	VIOLATION
$0	Tow or Boot Warning
$10	Overnight Parking or Parking Over Twenty-Four (24) Hours
$10	Non-Registered Handicap/ADA Permit
$10	Parking Over Stall Lines
$20	Plate Not Visible from Drive Aisle
$30	No Valid Parking Permit
$30	Unauthorized Lot
$30	Parked Blocking Drive
$30	Unauthorized Area (on grass, sidewalk, crosswalk, blocking driveways to traffic movement, or no parking area)
$30	Overtime Parking (over-time parking in an area or space regulated by a time limit)
$50	Compact Stall Violation (vehicle extending past the compact stall markings of a compact stall)
$50	Visitor Lot/Event Violation
$55	Obscured VIN and No Plates (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Offense) (unable to appeal)
$60	Administrative Immobilization Fee (unable to appeal)
$100	Misuse of Permit (two (2) vehicles on one (1) permit parking on campus at the same time)
$100	False Pretense (displaying a previous citation or empty citation envelope on a vehicle to avoid receiving a new citation)
$100	Unauthorized Reserved Stall
$150	Unauthorized Handicap Stall (1st Offense)
$200	Use of Counterfeit or Stolen Permit
$250	Immobilization Tampering Fee (unable to appeal)
$300	Unauthorized Handicap Stall (2nd Offense)
$500	Unauthorized Handicap Stall (3rd Offense)

Paying a Citation

Faculty/Staff, students, and visitors may pay for outstanding citations online on the MavPARK website or in person at the UNO Parking and Transit Services office.

Citations that have transferred to MavLINK may only be paid off online on MavLINK.

Waiving a Citation

A waiver is a request for the dismissal of a citation fee. UNO offers faculty/staff and students the opportunity to have one (1) citation fee of $50 or less waived per academic year (August 1 to July 31). Visitors are eligible to have two (2) citation fees of $50 or less waived per academic year.

Citations may be submitted to be waived by completing the UNO Parking Citation Waiver Request Form within thirty (30) days of the citation issue date.

Citations that are over $50, over thirty (30) days old, that have transferred to MavLink, or that have been paid are not eligible to be waived.

Appealing a Citation

Students, Residents, Faculty/Staff, and Visitors who receive a parking citation at UNO may appeal the citation within thirty (30) days of the issue date. Detailed information on the appeals process can be found within the UNO Parking Rules and Regulations and the UNO Parking Citation Appeal Guidance document.

Appeals should present substantial evidence that UNO Parking and Transit Services made an error in issuing the citation. We will review and void the citation if there is an error on our part.

The appeals process should not be used as a venue for general criticisms, complaints, or policy debates.

In order to provide a fair and consistent review process, the following reasons do not constitute a valid appeal:

• Frivolous or Abusive Appeals
• Other vehicles were parking improperly
• Only parking illegally for a short period of time
• Lack of knowledge of parking rules and regulations
• Stating that parking enforcement did not issue a citation previously for similar offenses
• Late to class or an appointment
• Inability to pay the amount of the citation
• Lack of available parking
• No valid permit purchased or displayed
• No money to pay for parking or a parking permit
• Inclement weather affecting where to park
• No current UNO permit was purchased for the faculty/staff or student appealing the violation
• Not registering a vehicle to an account or permit prior to parking on campus
• Obtaining parking information outside of UNO Parking and Transit Services

How to Appeal a Citation

1. Please read and complete all steps of the online appeal process at MavPARK, and provide a detailed explanation of the error that UNO Parking and Transit services made in issuing the citation.
2. UNO Parking and Transit Services will notify the appellant of the final appeal decision via UNO email.

Additional Appeal Information

• Faculty/staff, residents, and students who have purchased a current UNO parking permit may appeal a violation. Visitors may appeal a citation online as well.
• If an appeal is denied, the outstanding fee for faculty/staff, residents, and students will be moved to MavLINK.
• The 20% citation fee discount is forfeited if a citation is appealed.
• Citations that are over thirty (30) days old, that have transferred to MavLINK, or that have been paid cannot be appealed.

All decisions reached are considered binding and constitute the final disposition of the appeal.

Vehicle Towing and Immobilization

Vehicle Towing

Towing may occur for multiple circumstances including, but not limited to:

• Blocking a loading zone, reserved stall, handicap stall, driveway, sidewalk, vehicles, or impeding traffic flow and the owner cannot be reached
• Broken down, stalled, or abandoned vehicle sitting for an extended period of time
  • 24 hours in a time-limited stall/lot
  • 48 hours in a general-use stall
  • Flexibility of parking beyond these times will be reviewed if contact is made to UNO Parking and Transit Services

Vehicle owners may be required to pay for all or a portion of the tow bill to the tow company if the owner shows up once the tow truck has arrived.

Vehicles towed for outstanding parking balances are towed by Young's Service at 3207 S.67th St., Omaha, NE 402.393.7900.

Vehicle Immobilization

Any vehicle that is unaffiliated to a UNO account, and has three (3) or more citations issued to it, will be immobilized by an immobilization device (boot) if it is parked on UNO campuses.

If a vehicle is immobilized, the owner will need to contact the UNO Parking and Transit Services office to affiliate themselves to the vehicle and pay off any associated fines and/or fees to release the immobilization device.

If the owner is a visitor, the owner must pay off all outstanding fines, including the $60 administrative immobilization fee, to release their vehicle.

If the owner is Faculty/Staff, Resident, or a Student, only the $60 administrative immobilization fee is required to be paid to release their vehicle. All other outstanding citations can be paid off then or later online.

Immobilization may also occur for multiple circumstances including, but not limited to:

• When a vehicle has no license plate and has a covered VIN number that prevents identification of the vehicle and/or owner of the vehicle
• When a vehicle is in a difficult position where towing would be impractical, due to its position to other vehicles and/or physical obstructions
• Counterfeit or stolen permits