Student Parking

• Commuter permits will be enforced  7:00 am and 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday. 
• Commuter permits will be permitted to park in Faculty/Staff lots after 5:00 pm Monday-Friday and on weekends. However if a Commuter chooses to park in a metered lot, they will be required to pay the meter in order to not risk receiving a ticket.
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• A resident student for parking purposes is an upperclassman that lives in the residence halls.
• For parking purposes, you must have completed 30 or more earned hours to be considered upper class.
• Upperclassman resident students may park in the white-lined spaces at the residence halls at any time.
• Resident students may not park in the academic area and are encouraged to walk to class or ride the Cat-Tran. 
• Upperclass resident parking passes will be enforced from 7:00 am and 11:00 pm, 7 days a week, on weekends and holidays. 
• Resident students may also park in overflow lots.

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• Freshmen must park in the freshmen/overflow lots at all times.
• Freshman may not drive to class or to other areas of campus to conduct business.
• For parking purposes, you must have 30 earned hours to be considered upper class.

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• Graduate students, teaching assistants, and graduate assistants are considered students for the purpose of vehicle registration unless they are a full-time WCU employee of 40 hours per week and classified as an employee through Human Resources.
• Individuals not considered a full time/temporary WCU employee by Human Resources must register their vehicles as a commuter or resident student.

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• Students who have all of their classes at UNC-Asheville must purchase an UNCA decal.
• Western Carolina University honors UNCA decals in the proper zones at WCU. (For instance, a graduate student at UNCA with a student decal must park in a student space when on campus at Western Carolina).

• A portion of the HHS overflow lot #76B will be converted to a storage lot for resident students who wish to “store” their vehicles off campus for a minimum fee.
• This lot will have its own permit but will not allow students to park on campus.
• Long-term storage lot permits do not include on-campus parking.
• The Cat-Tran accesses this lot during business hours.

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