Violations and Citations
Pay a Citation
Waive a Citation
Appeal a Citation
Violations/Penalties
Hours of Enforcement
Pay a Citation
Faculty/staff, students, and visitors pay citations online via MavPARK.
Waive a Citation
Faculty/Staff, Students and Residents may elect to have ONE citation ($50 or less) waived per academic year by filling out the citation and returning it to Parking and Transit Services within 30 days. Any citation over $50 will not be waived. Citations WILL NOT be waived without contacting Parking and Transit Services after 30 days.
Faculty/staff, students and residents can request their academic waive by completing the Annual Academic Violation Waive Form.
Visitors may elect to have two citations ($50 or less) waived per academic year by filling out the citation and returning it to Parking and Transit Services within 30 days. Citations will not be waived without contacting Parking and Transit Services.
All other citations must be paid or appealed online. After 30 days, citations cannot be waived or appealed.
Appeal a Citation
Students, residents, faculty/staff, and visitors who receive a parking citation at UNO have the option to appeal the citation within 30 days of the issuance of the citation.
The appeal should present substantial evidence that the parking violation was not committed, or the occurrence was due to circumstances beyond their control. The appeal process is not a venue for general criticisms, complaints or policy debates.
In order to provide a consistent review procedure the following reasons do not meet the Standards for Appeal:
- Frivolous or Abusive Appeals
- Other vehicles were parked improperly
- Only parked illegally for a short period of time
- Lack of knowledge of parking regulations
- Stated parking enforcement officer did not ticket previously for similar offenses
- Late to class or appointment
- Inability to pay the amount of the fine
- Lack of available parking
- No valid permit displayed
- No money to pay for meter parking
- Inclement weather
- No current UNO permit has been purchased for the faculty/staff or student appealing the violation
- Did not register vehicle on account prior to parking on campus
- Obtained parking information outside of Parking Services
How to Appeal
- Only faculty/staff, residents and students who have purchased a current UNO permit can appeal a violation. Visitors can appeal a violation online as well.
- Read and complete all steps of the online appeal process, including an explanation of why the citation is not valid. There is a 1000 character limit for the appeal note box.
- Parking and Transit Services will notify you of the appeal decision via UNO email.
- If the appeal is denied the outstanding fee for faculty/staff, residents and students will be moved to MAVLink.
- An appeal is forfeited if the citation is paid. The 20% discount is forfeited if the citation is appealed.
All decisions reached are considered binding and constitute the final disposition of the appeal.
Parking Regulations
Penalties
| AMOUNT | VIOLATION |
|---|---|
| $500 | Unauthorized Handicap Stall (third or more violation(s) in a 12-month period) |
| $300 | Unauthorized Handicap Stall (second violation in a 12-month period) |
| $250 | Tampering with Boot (unable to appeal) |
| $200 | Use of Counterfeit Permit / Stolen Permit |
| $150 | Unauthorized Handicap Stall (first violation in a 12-month period) |
| $100 | Unauthorized Reserved Stall or Lot |
| $100 | False Pretense (Using a prior violation to avoid a new violation or allowing your permit to be counterfeit/copied) |
| $100 | Misuse of a Permit or Code (two vehicles on one permit parked at same time, 2nd violation risks 6 mo. ban) |
| $60 | Administrative Boot Fee (unable to appeal) |
| $50 | Compact Stall Violation |
| $55 | Obscured VIN and no plates - 1st Offense (unable to appeal) |
| $55 | Obscured VIN and no plates - 2nd Offense (unable to appeal) |
| $55 | Obscured VIN and no plates - 3rd Offense + 6 Month Ban (unable to appeal) |
| $30 | Over-time Parking (Over-time parking in an area or space regulated by a time-limit) |
| $30 | Unauthorized Area (on grass, sidewalk, crosswalk, blocking driveways to traffic movement, or no parking area). |
| $30 | Parked blocking driveways, roadways or other vehicles |
| $30 | Unauthorized Lot |
| $30 | No Valid Parking Permit |
| $10 | Parking Over Stall Lines |
| $10 | Non-registered Handicap/ADA Permit |
| $10 | Unauthorized Parking on Campus Over Twenty-four (24) hours |
Parking Enforcement
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. A UNO permit is not valid in these areas, therefore use of this areas requires payment for all vehicles on the app. Outside of these hours, these spaces are available to anyone free of charge.
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 permits are able to park in general use spaces in all garages and faculty/staff and student lots.
No permit is required on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays and days when campus-wide University classes are not in session. This excludes pay-to-park locations (Lots A, C and seven (7) designated spaces in M) for time limit only, ADA spaces (without a ADA permit), reserved spaces, loading zones, motorcycle areas, carpool spaces, compact stalls, visitor spaces, ev charging spaces, driveways and fire lanes. Exception areas are enforced 24/7.
Fridays offer select "zones" of no-permit required parking. This is not the same as open parking on the weekends. On Fridays ONLY, all garages and lot 5 offer no-permit required parking in general use spaces on Fridays. Scott Garage permits can park in Scott resident lots on Friday. Campus surface lots are still enforced on Fridays until 5 P.M.
Nuisance Violators
Once an individual has been issued five (5) or more violations in an academic year, they have become a nuisance parker. They will be notified that all violations and/or permit fees must be paid within two weeks to avoid being towed from campus. After two weeks, they will be notified again they are now on the tow list and will remain until all outstanding violations and permit fees are paid. Only paying a portion of the outstanding parking fees/fines will not remove them from the tow list. This includes any new tickets that are received before the full balance is paid.
Vehicle can be towed, if on the tow list, each time it is parked on campus if there is still an outstanding balance of parking fees/fines. If the owner/driver of the vehicle shows up once the tow truck has arrived, they may be required to pay for all or a portion of the tow bill to the tow company.
Individuals who stop payment on checks, write non-sufficient funds checks, or dispute credit card charges on permit fees or fines will automatically be deemed a nuisance violator and risk being banned from parking on campus for six (6) months.
If individual continues to get tickets after paying balance and being removed from the tow list. They will be put back on the tow list and may be banned from parking on campus for six (6) months.
Vehicles towed for outstanding parking balances are towed by Young's Towing at 3207 S.67th St., Omaha, NE 402.393.7900.