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TAPS Parking Sales Office
UC Santa Cruz
1156 High Street
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077
Email: taps@ucsc.edu
Phone: (831) 459-4543
FAX: (831) 459-1366
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First and Second-year Residential Student Parking Permit Probition

UC Santa Cruz has a parking permit prohibition for first and second–year residential students who live in any on-campus or off-campus University Housing facility. The parking permit prohibition applies to all types of campus parking permits (except motorcycle permits), including temporary daily, weekly and monthly permits.

Here's who can’t buy a campus-parking permit:

• Freshmen & sophomore students (with less than 90 semester units) that live in on-campus University housing.
• Freshmen & sophomore students (with less than 90 semester units) that live in off-campus University housing, including UCSC Inn and University Town Center.

Here's who can buy a campus-parking permit:

• Junior or senior status students (with 90 or more semester units), including juniors and seniors that live in University housing.
• Commuting students that do not live in University housing (includes freshman and sophomore students as long as the student does not live in a University housing facility).
• Faculty, Staff, Visitors & Guests of UC Santa Cruz
• Disabled students that qualifies for parking accommodations.
• All students, including freshmen and sophomores, can buy a campus-parking permit during quarter breaks and after Memorial Day, for move-out.
• All students, including freshmen and sophomores, can buy a Motorcycle “MC” permit.

On rare occasions, first and second–year residential students may be granted a parking exception by the Parking Review Panel. The following reasons are considered for a parking exception:

• Economic need when a student must rely on income from a job not served by public transportation.
• Academic need including off–campus classes, research or field study not served by public transportation.
• Family need, including continuing care of a sick or disabled relative.
• Student has frequent medical/dental appointments not served by public transportation.

Learn more about how residential first and second-year students can appeal for a parking exception.