Regulations and Enforcement

Regulations and Enforcement

The UMW Parking Management Office is responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient use of parking resources.
Regulations will be enforced on a year round schedule. The university is granted the authority under the Code of Virginia Sections 23.1-1301 and 2.2-4800 to issue citations and collect fines.

All UMW students, faculty, and staff bringing a vehicle to campus must have a current decal. All vehicles must park in campus lots consistent with their decal status.

PAYMENT OF FINES: All parking fees and fines (student and non-student) are billed through Student Accounts/Accounts Receivable. Unpaid fines may subject the individual to additional fees, account holds, and collections per the Billing Information for Student Accounts.

ALTERING AND COUNTERFEIT DECALS/PASSES: Any alteration of a parking decal/pass subjects the vehicle and owner to citation and fine and may also subject them to towing or impounding at the owner’s risk and expense. Issues of counterfeiting will be reported to Administration for judicial review as well as appropriate criminal processing.

FIRE LANE & BLOCKING EGRESS AND/OR INGRESS: Vehicles are not permitted to park in fire lanes (outlined by yellow lines) at any time.  Any vehicle which blocks, impedes, or restricts another vehicles ability of egress or ingress, as a result of violating a parking regulation, is subject to towing, at owner’s risk and expense, without notice. In addition, citation(s) and fine(s) may be imposed.

VEHICLE AUTHORIZATION: The purchase, acceptance and use of any decal/parking permit on UMW property conveys authorization to the UMW Parking Management, UMW Police, and UMW Facilities Services to relocate any vehicle, by means of towing, to another parking space or lot when deemed necessary. The relocated vehicle will be moved to a space on the same property/campus. When/if this cannot be accommodated, the vehicle will be moved to the UMW Facilities Services lot located off Hanover Street behind the Battlegrounds Athletic Complex.

If a vehicle is to be towed due to the owner parking in violation of the UMW Parking Regulations, the vehicle operator/owner will be responsible for assessed fines and towing fees. If there are questions about a towed vehicle please contact the Communication Center, 540-654-1025.

TOWING: Towing without notification can occur under certain circumstances. Towing citations are NOT appealable. All towing citations must be paid within ten (10) days of citation issue date.

APPLICATION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS: No UMW Student or UMW Personnel is permitted to bring more than one vehicle to park on campus at a time. A vehicle found parked in such a way as to violate any of these rules and regulations is subject to citation and fine.

IMPORTANT: City of Fredericksburg parking citations CANNOT be handled by the UMW Parking Management, the UMW Police, nor by the online UMW Parking Management System.  Parking on city streets is subject to the regulations and enforcement of the city of Fredericksburg.     

Parking on any private property other than University property subjects the vehicle to the property owners rules, regulations, and enforcement protocols. Any enforcement that occurs on private property by another entity cannot be appealed to the University’s Parking Management Office.

DECAL: UMW Parking Management Services is the only agent authorized to sell or in any way distribute parking decals/long term dash parking permits. UMW Parking Permits are NOT TRANSFERABLE.

• All UMW students bringing a vehicle to campus must have a decal.
• Parking decals sold are not transferable from one individual to another.
• Parking decals are not transferable from one vehicle to another.
• Each individual is required to obtain their own decal. Failure to follow
  this guideline may result in a parking citation and possible honor code
  violation.
• Decals are to be adhered to the outside of the rear windshield driver’s
  side or bumper. Decals that are taped to the inside of a vehicle rear
  windshield are in violation of the parking policy and will result in a citation
  issued.