Parking

Daily permits may be purchased from permit machines located on all campuses. The cost of a daily permit is $1.00/hour, $5.00/day maximum CASH ONLY. Exact change is required.

Daily permits should be displayed face up on the driver’s side dashboard area. See campus maps, posted signs or contact SDCCD Parking Services at 619-388-6416 for machine locations.

Daily permits may be utilized by students and visitors alike and are valid in student lots only. Each campus also has a limited number of free, time restricted visitor parking. Visitor parking spaces may not be used by SDCCD students or employees. All SDCCD parking regulations are enforced, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday thru Friday. Daily parking can also be purchased by downloading the ParkMobile App on your smartphone, PC or tablet. There are signs with campus location numbers and instructions at each permit machine on campus and on the Parking Services page at www.sdccd.edu/about/departments-and-offices/police-department/.

Guests, special event spectators, visitors and vendors must display a valid parking permit. Temporary guest permits may be available from your host or you can purchase a daily student permit from machines at Mesa, Miramar and City Colleges. Temporary permits are valid in designated lots on designated days/dates. Daily machine permits are valid in student lots only. Look for posted signs or call Parking Services at 619-388-6416 for machine locations.

Student Parking is posted and requires proper display of a valid student permit 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday. NO GRACE PERIOD. Student permits are honored in spaces marked "FLEX STAFF" during posted hours only.

Student Permits may be purchased at the accounting office on each campus, or through on-line registration mySDCCD. New permits must be purchased each fall, spring and summer semester. See class schedule or Campus Solutions for a list of current fees and for dates that permits are mailed and/or must be picked up in College Police.

FLEX Parking is available in designated faculty/staff parking lots by posted signs and ground markings. Faculty/Staff permits are required 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Students with a valid parking permit may utilize Flex Parking after the hour posted on the signs – REFER TO THE POSTED SIGNS FOR THE EXACT TIME STUDENT PERMITS ARE HONORED in a particular parking lot/space.

Staff Parking may be designated by posted signs and/or ground markings and faculty/staff permits are required within the designated areas. Faculty or staff permits are obtained through campus police and are for employee use only. Students, family or friends in possession of employee permits will be cited and the permit confiscated. SDCCD students working hourly must utilize student parking while working. Students may only utilize staff parking on weekends and holidays. Faculty/staff parking permits are required Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Disabled Person Parking is available on all campuses and district facilities, wherever the wheelchair symbol appears on a parking lot sign. Students, staff and visitors with disabilities displaying a valid state-issued placard or license plate may utilize any designated disabled parking as well as parking reserved for use by faculty, staff, students or administrators. Valid placards will be honored in metered spaces without depositing coins and time restricted spaces until 11 p.m. Temporary disabled permits are available to students through the DSPS offices on campus (A doctor's letter requesting accommodation is required). Disabled person parking privileges are often abused. Help eliminate placard abuse and protect your parking privileges by never allowing your placard to be used by anyone else (including family members and friends). Vehicles parked in disabled spaces without a disabled placard and/or plates may be cited. All disabled placard holders are required to present placard identification, upon request, to law enforcement officers or persons authorized to enforce parking laws, ordinances, or regulations (CVC section 22507.56). Disabled person placards found being used by someone other than placard owner will be cited and the placard confiscated. Disabled parking violations are currently $450. Disabled placards/plates cannot be used to park in yellow or white loading zone except for purposes of immediate loading/unloading of disabled passengers, authorized vehicle only spaces/areas, electric vehicle charging spaces, spaces reserved for guests, carpool spaces and spaces reserved for specific types of vehicles such as police vehicles and facilities vehicles.

4 hr max Electric Vehicle Charging Stations operated by BLINK Mobile are available to SDCCD students, staff, visitors, and the general public on each campus. Vehicles must display a valid parking permit and must be actively charging while parked in the space with a 4 hour maximum time limit. Disabled vehicles parked in Disabled charging spaces must have a valid disabled placard/plate displayed and must be actively charging. Refer to the Blink website for locations, hours and cost of service.

Parking Citations issued on (and off) campus by College Service Officers and College Police Officers are legal and binding. An unpaid parking citation may result in an additional fine amount on your vehicle registration fees or other collection action. Immobilization or impounding of a vehicle is likely results of accumulating five (5) or more unpaid parking citations. Persons may contest a citation(s) online at sdccdparking.com or by submitting a completed "SDCCD Request to Waive (Appeal) Parking Citation" form. Forms are available on each campus in the college police offices. Citation(s) may also be appealed via email to parking@sdccd.edu. Per the California Vehicle Code, requests must be submitted before the citation is twenty-one (21) calendar days old. For more information call (619) 388-6416.

CAUTION- Vehicles without a valid, properly displayed permit may be cited or towed per California Vehicle Code, Section 21113(a). Parking citations are NOT automatically dismissed. Vehicles with five or more unpaid citations are subject to immobilization or impounding per California Vehicle code, section 22651 and 22653. Vehicles with registration expired over six (6) months are subject to impound.