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Campus & City Parking
Beloit College has multiple parking areas for students, parking areas that are open to everyone, and some that are no overnight parking allowed. You can find a map of these locations with descriptions below. Please contact Security at 608-363-2355 if you need assistance locating the appropriate parking lots, or if you have any questions.
Campus Parking
Parking Permits
Students, faculty, and staff who drive and/or park on campus are required to register their vehicles with the Security Department and to display their parking permits as directed.
Student Parking Permits are $85.00 per semester for all vehicles besides motorcycles. Motorcycles are $50.00 per semester.
The parking permit application can be found on the Portal Forms tab of your Student Portal Page. If you need help finding it, please call Security at 608-363-2355 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday.
Returning Beloit College students who apply for a parking permit will have first rights until July 1st. Any remaining permits will be issued on a first-come first-serve basis until they are gone. These quickly run out when Security starts to enforce parking so be sure to apply for your permit as early as possible.
Your permit sticker should be placed on the driver’s side rear window unless tint prevents it from being easily visible. If that’s the case, place it where it can be clearly seen like your front windshield.
If there are not enough permits for returning students, Security will conduct a randomized lottery to allot the permits. Security has never had to use the lottery system due to some number of permits still being available by the start of every semester.
Security does not oversell parking permits. This is done to avoid issues with permitted students not being able to find parking.
Summer Break: Please email Security with your first/last name, vehicle information, and an emergency contact number if you plan to stay over Summer Break. While we don’t require permits for students who live on campus during this time, we may still need to contact you about your vehicle in the event of an emergency.
Campus Parking Regulations
- Students who were not awarded a parking permit, or did not apply for a permit, will need to park their vehicles on the city streets. The City of Beloit tickets on the public streets via its own parking regulations which are copied at the bottom of this page.
- Students who received parking permits are expected to obey all campus parking regulations and to park only in the designated student parking areas.
- Having a parking permit does not reserve anyone a specific parking space near their building.
- Parking is prohibited in fire lanes, where the curbs are painted yellow, or in areas designated as “No Parking”
- Security will ticket vehicles on campus property throughout every semester as needed. Call us if you find an unregistered vehicle consistently parking in a student or reserved space so it can be ticketed.
- If Security tickets a vehicle multiple times and is unable to find the owner, they will attempt to contact the vehicle’s registered owner by utilizing the Beloit Police Department. If they are still unable to find the owner, a local towing company will be contacted to have it removed from the college property at the owner’s expense.
Beloit College issues tickets for the following:
- Blocking other vehicles
- Double parking
- Failure to utilize a marked space
- Utilizing more than one space
- Parking in a pedestrian walkway
- Parking in an area not designed for vehicle traffic
- Reserved space violation
- Visitor space violation
- Unregistered vehicle
- Parking in a Fire Lane - Subject to tow at owner’s expense
- Other
- Accessible parking space violation/subject to tow at owner’s expense
Cash payments may be made in person at the Security Office in Pearsons Hall from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
If you wish to mail it instead, place a check or money order (do not send cash) made out to Beloit College inside the envelope your ticket was stapled to. Drop it in campus mail, or put a stamp on the envelope and place it in U.S. Mail.
Payment of a parking fine is due within 30 days of issuance. Fines are doubled if not paid within 30 days. Failure to pay a fine may result in a charge to the offender’s account (if applicable) and/or the suspension of future campus parking privileges.
Campus Parking Map
You can find a map of the campus with designated parking spots by clicking on the link above or on the left sidebar of this page.
require a Student or Faculty/Staff sticker clearly displayed unless the stall is reserved/handicapped.
Student Permit areas include the Sports Center Lot - Lower Level, Aldrich Lot, Moore Lot, Emerson Hall Lot, 815 College Lot, OEC Lot, 810/820 Clary Lot, FemCo/742 Church Lot, 800 Block of College Street, and the 700 Block of Clary Street.
can be used without issue during business hours and events. They become student and employee-only parking after hours - which requires a permit.
Public/Private areas include the Powerhouse Lot, Pearsons Lot, Smith Lot, Neese Circle and lower level, Guest House Lot, and Library Lot.
are semi-public but college-owned areas that can be used until 11 p.m. Vehicles will be ticketed if left overnight regardless of permit unless the stall is reserved/handicapped.
No Overnight areas include the Sports Center Lot - Upper Level, 700 Block of Emerson Street, and the 717/725 Chapin Lot.
are public roads that the college has not annexed. These can be used by everyone while following the City of Beloit’s regulations explained below.
Public areas include the entirety of Bushnell Street, Church Street, Chapin Street, and Woodward Avenue, with the 800+ blocks of Emerson Street, and 800+ blocks of Clary Street.
City Parking Regulations
The City of Beloit’s alternate overnight parking ordinance requires parking on the even-numbered side of the street on even-numbered calendar days and parking on the odd side of the street on odd-numbered days. This is always the case unless otherwise posted by official traffic signs. Further details about this ordinance are provided in the student handbook.
What is alternate overnight parking? The City of Beloit has an ordinance for alternate overnight parking. This is year round – not just in the winter. You must park on the even numbered (house numbers) side of the street on even numbered calendar days. This is in effect from 12:00 midnight until 7:00 a.m.
For example: You park your vehicle on Sept. 1 at 7:00 p.m. You should park on the even numbered side of the street as enforcement will occur after midnight of the next days date, which would be Sept. 2. Some months have 31 days – if you park your vehicle on the 31st, you need to park on the odd side of the street because the next day is the 1st, another odd numbered day.
Call the Municipal Court at (608) 364-6613 if you have any further questions.
Updated/Reviewed 2024-01-22