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Parking and Landscape Services

Helpful Tips on How to Avoid Parking Citations

  1. Obtain and read the University Parking Policies and Procedures brochure or check the Parking Services website at http://www.kumc.edu/parking. The information and map will answer your questions and help you avoid getting parking citations.
  2. All surface lots are identified by color zones. Yellow permits may park in yellow zones only. Red permits may park in red and yellow zones. Blue permits may park in blue, red, and yellow parking zones.
  3. All employees and students parking in surface lots must display a valid permit. The permit must be properly affixed to the rear windshield driver's side of the vehicle.
  4. Surface lot permits ARE NOT valid in the parking garages or any parking meter during regular business hours. If you choose to park in the parking facilities after hours, you must pay the applicable parking fee. Parking is free in the color zone lots after 5:00pm and on weekends.
  5. Employees and students (without garage cards) are prohibited from parking in any patient or visitor reserved area (parking garages or restricted lots). The exception to this is employees with valid disabled placards, license plates, and a bona-fide doctor's appointments. The vehicle must be moved to the appropriate color zone parking lot after the outpatient appointment.
  6. Before entering a parking lot or parking garage, please read the sign at the entrance if you are unsure of the color zone or whether you are in a legal parking area.
  7. Students and employees may not park in restricted areas at any time. Restricted areas are restricted 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Restricted areas include all loading zones, Pediatric metered lot, receiving docks, special marked or signed areas. Emergency room parking is prohibited unless you are a patient or transporting a patient to the Emergency Room.
  8. If you have to drive a different non-permit vehicle due to repairs etc., you must notify the Parking Service Office. See Regulation 2.13 of the University Parking Policies and Procedures brochure.
  9. KUMC Agencies, University, Hospital Authority, KUPI, Research employees and students are prohibited from using validation stamps to obtain reduced parking fees in the parking garages. The exception would be if you had a bona-fide clinical appointment. Be prepared to prove your parking and patient status if a citation is issued. The fine for illegal parking in the parking garage is up to $110.00.
  10. If you receive parking citations do not let them accumulate. Five or more violations automatically classify you as an "Excessive Violator." This action will result in the towing or immobilization of your vehicle. It also initiates the revocation of your parking privileges.
  11. Disabled parking spaces are reserved for vehicles displaying valid disabled tags or placards 24 hours a day. Parking is free in the parking garages and color zones parking lots with valid disabled tags or placards.
  12. Parking permits and passes can be purchased with personal checks, cash, money orders, cashier's checks, MasterCard, Visa, payroll deduction, and debit cards. 13. Most problems or questions relating to parking concerns can often be answered by reviewing the University's Parking Policies and Procedures brochure. If you prefer to speak with a Parking Services representative, call 913-588-5175, or visit the office at 2100 W. 36th Avenue - Kansas City, Kansas 66104. The office is located adjacent to the Post Office. The office hours are 8:00am to 5:00pm, Monday through Friday - Closed on weekends and holidays.