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University of California,
Santa Cruz
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077
Email: taps@ucsc.edu
Phone: (831) 459-2190
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TAPS Home | Parking Permit Information | Parking Enforcement Hours and When/Where Parking Is Free

Parking Enforcement Hours and Parking Lot Information

Weekday Parking Enforcement Hours

Parking permits are required between the hours of 7:00am and 8:30pm on weekdays.
Parking is free after 5:00pm on weekdays in the following lots:

East Remote Lot 104
West Remote Lot 127
North Remote Lot 150
Carriage House Lot 115
Campus Facilities Lot 116
Cook House Lot 117
Stone House Lot 118
Barn Theater Lot 122
Cardiff House Lot 151

Parking Lots That Are Never Free

There are some campus parking lots that require specific types of permits every day of the year, 24 hours per day, including holidays. Those lots are:

Family Student Housing Lots 129-136
Crown/Merrill Apartment Lots 152-156
Graduate Studend Apartment Lot 157
Redwood Grove Apartment Lots 158 and 159
Social Sciences 2/Colleges Nine and Ten Lots 164-166

Free Parking On Weekends

Parking is free in most campus parking lots on Saturday and Sunday. Exceptions are the lots listed in the "Parking Lots That Are Never Free" section above and Performing Arts Lot 126, which requires a permit to park from 7:00am to 8:30pm Monday through Sunday.

When Is Parking at the Core West Parking Structure Free?

Parking is free in most spaces at the parking structure after 8:30pm on weekdays and all day on Saturday and Sunday.

When Are Meters Free?

Meters are free before 8:00am and after 8:30pm on weekdays, on weekends in parking lots that do not have weekend parking restrictions, and on the holidays listed below.

Holidays

Parking is free on campus on the holidays listed below, except in the lots listed in the "Parking Lots That Are Never Free" section above.

New Years Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Presidents Day
Cesar Chavez Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Veteran's Day
Thanksgiving Day
Friday after Thanksgiving
Official Campus Closure (dates vary each year)