Parking Regulations

Pay for a citation in person or over the phone with the Public Safety Center or Business Office or online.

Failure to pay fines will result in holds on academic transcripts and registration privileges.

Public Safety Center
526 4th Ave S
St. Cloud, MN 56301
Phone: (320) 308-3453

Business Office
123 Administrative Services Building
720 4th Ave. S.
St. Cloud, MN 56301
Phone: (320) 308-4012

Citation appeals must be filed online within five business days of the citation issue date: Look Up Ticket

All citations appeals are sent to the Parking Appeals Committee which is comprised of volunteers outside of the Public Safety Department. By filing an appeal, the right to pay the discounted price is forfeited. Committee decisions are final, you cannot re-appeal a citation appeal after a final decision has been reached. 

The following reasons are NOT valid for a basis for appeal:

• Late to class or appointment
• Lack of knowledge of the regulations, for example, new to campus or have not reviewed regulations
• Other vehicles were parked improperly
• Only parked illegally for a short period of time
• Stated failure of parking officer to cite previously for similar offenses
• Inability to pay the amount of the fine
• Incorrect advice from a friend, professor, department or any other source 
• No other place to park

Failure to pay fines will result in legal or other action, until the debt is satisfied. 

Vehicles may be auto-clamped at the owner's expense. Situations include, but are not limited to:

• Displaying a permit reported lost or stolen
• Displaying a permit that has been altered or forged
• Three or more citations paid or unpaid, in an academic year
• After exceeding $90 in unpaid fines
• At the discretion of SCSU or Public Safety

Auto Clamp fines are issued whether the clamp has been physically attached to a vehicle’s tire or not. Clamps are released when citations are paid in full, no exceptions. Additional auto clamps and/or auto clamp fines can still be applied after payment has been made as parking violations continue.

St. Cloud State reserves the right to ticket, auto clamp and/or tow vehicles in violation of parking regulations. Towing is at the owner's expense. Persistent violators may have parking privileges revoked.

Situations that may warrant towing, at the owner's expense, include, but are not limited to:

• Obstructing traffic
• Impeding emergency responses
• Impeding University operations
• Blocking pedestrian traffic
• Parking in surface lot scheduled for snow removal, maintenance or repair 
• Parking in a signed, tow-designated area
• Parking in a childcare stall without a childcare permit or misuse of said permit
• Vehicle that has been issued three or more citations
• Vehicle previously auto-clamped or auto clamped within 24 hours

St. Cloud State reserves the right to ticket, auto clamp and/or tow vehicles in violation of parking regulations. Towing is at the owner's expense. Persistent violators may have parking privileges revoked.

Bicycles must be secured to a bike rack. Bikes left after the semester has ended are subject to removal and may be turned over to the St. Cloud Police Department. For identification purposes, keep a detailed description and serial number.

Motorcycle parking is provided on the cement pad located at the east end of V-Lot (near the Richard Greenhouse). Valid university permit holders are able to park motorcycles within their designated permitted surface lot (a motorized vehicle and motorcycle cannot be parked on campus at the same time). A valid motorcycle permit must be displayed.

For non-university permit holders, please visit Public Safety to purchase a motorcycle permit at the Public Safety Center.

Students or employees who commit permit fraud, including, but not limited to, alteration of a permit, displaying another person's permit and creating and/or displaying a false permit, will lose on-campus parking privileges for the semester and the subsequent semester. The Division of Student Affairs may consider other sanctions.