Parking and Transportation

Every Vehicle Needs a Permit

The parking permit process — required for every vehicle — improves safety and enables Nazareth to gauge demand for parking and continue to make adjustments.

What to have handy when you register or renew your parking permit:

  • License plate number 
  • Vehicle make and model (e.g., Toyota, Camry)
  • Naz ID (for students, faculty, staff)
  • Driver's contact information

See customized details below.

Get a Permit & Know Where To Park

Students

Student parking fees (include tax; charged directly to your student account) for the 2025-2026 academic year:

  • $120 for the academic year
  • $70 for a single semester (fall only or spring only)

Parking fees are not refundable.

Steps to Take

  1. Before or at the start of each semester, have your Naz ID number handy and register/renew/update your vehicle. A current parking permit (sticker) is required each semester, displayed at all times when parking on campus.
  2. Pick up (from Campus Safety) your new parking sticker and attach it right away to your rear driver-side window. Vehicles not registered with Campus Safety, not parked in an appropriate space or lot, or not displaying a valid parking permit, will be ticketed and are subject to booting, towing, and loss of parking privileges.
  3. If you live on campus (students and residence life staff): Park in a PURPLE lot — J, K, H, I, L, N, O, S, or French House. Resident permits also are valid in P Lot. View parking map.
  4. Commuter students (any student not living on campus): Park in a GOLD lot — A, C, G, J Ext., M, Q, or T. There is no overnight parking in Commuter Lots. All overnight guests or faculty, staff, and students leaving their vehicle on campus overnight must park in P Lot. View parking map.
  5. See Parking Policies on this page.
Faculty
  1. Complete a parking permit registration form each calendar year and pick up (from Campus Safety) your faculty parking sticker. New faculty typically complete the application at Campus Safety while getting your employee ID card. Commuter permits are required regardless of the number of credit hours you teach or the time of day you are on campus. 
  2. Attach your faculty parking sticker to your vehicle right away. Vehicles not registered with Campus Safety, not parked in an appropriate space or lot, or not displaying a valid parking permit, will be ticketed and are subject to booting, towing, and loss of parking privileges.
  3. You may use the reserved faculty parking spaces (first come, first served) in lots A, E, L, Music, Q Ext., or R. They are shown with black shading: View parking map.
  4. Or you may park in GOLD (Commuter) lots — A, C, G, J Ext., M, Q, and T. View parking map. Anyone not living on campus is a commuter, including faculty, staff, and students who commute to campus. There is no overnight parking in Commuter Lots. All overnight guests or faculty, staff, and students leaving their vehicle on campus overnight must park in P Lot.
  5. See Parking Policies on this page.
Staff
  1. Complete a parking permit application each calendar year. (New staff typically complete the application at Campus Safety when you get your employee ID card.) Commuter permits are required regardless of the number of hours you work or the time of day you are on campus.
  2. Pick up (from Campus Safety) and attach your staff parking sticker right away. Vehicles not registered with Campus Safety, not parked in an appropriate space or lot, or not displaying a valid parking permit, will be ticketed and are subject to booting, towing, and loss of parking privileges
  3. With your Commuter permit, park in GOLD lots — A, C, G, J Ext., M, Q, and T. View parking map. Anyone not living on campus is a commuter, which includes faculty, staff, and students who commute to campus. There is no overnight parking in Commuter lots. All overnight guests or faculty, staff, and students leaving their vehicle on campus overnight must park in P Lot.
  4. See Parking Policies on this page.
Reserved Parking
  • Limited reserved parking for an ongoing fee is in RED lots — D, R, and G.
  • Allocation of additional reserved parking is currently on hold and under review as part of the University's Parking Study.
  • View parking map.
  • See Parking Policies on this page.
Visitors

VISITOR PARKING

1. You or the office/department/person you're visiting needs to fill out a visitor temporary parking pass.

2. Park in lot A (select spaces; 2-hour limit), lot B (admissions visitors only), lot F (2-hour limit), or clinic spaces (clinic visitors only). Overnight guests must park in lot P by stadium.

3. See Parking Policies on this page.

Contractors

Contractors, consultants, vendors, and other service providers:

  1. Get a contractor parking permit from Campus Safety for the duration of the project/contract.
  2. Park in a GOLD (commuter) lot — A, C, G, J Ext., M, Q, and T. View parking map.
  3. See Parking Policies on this page.
Affiliates

Members of the campus community who are not current faculty, employees, students, or staff are considered affiliates. This includes alumni, retired faculty and staff, people from external organizations who work closely with Nazareth.

  1. Contact Tom Keilman, Assistant Director, by email at tkeilma6@naz.edu
  2. Park in a GOLD (commuter) lot — A, C, G, J Ext., M, Q, and T. If you need to leave your vehicle on campus overnight, park in P lot. No overnight parking in gold lots. View parking map.
  3. See Parking Policies on this page.

Special conditions

Parking during extreme snow

In extreme snow conditions, faculty, staff, and students may be contacted to move vehicles to an alternate parking lot so specific parking lots can be cleared of snow.

This could occur during regular university operational hours, including when resident students are in student housing on weekends.

Parking on campus during breaks

If you are leaving your vehicle on campus over winter or spring break:

  • Make sure you have a current campus parking permit on the vehicle.
  • Email Campus Safety, campussafety@naz.edu, providing the dates the vehicle will be left on campus.
  • Park the vehicle in P Lot (by the stadium).

This also applies to faculty, staff, and students participating in an Alternative Break or traveling with Athletics. If anyone in the travel group would not normally have a vehicle registered with Campus Safety, please provide their name, contact phone number, vehicle plate, and vehicle make and model.

Winter break parking

Do not park in the lots marked “No Overnight Parking lots after 2 a.m.” — parking lots A, C, D, E, F, G, M, Q, Q extension, R, T, and York WRI clinics. These lots need to be clear to enable plowing before commuter traffic and clinic patients with ambulatory needs begin to arrive.

Rides

Nazareth transportation

For transportation due to health, medical, or mobility complications, see Special Accommodation Transports.

Rochester Buses

Parking Policies

  • Everyone, always: All students, faculty, and staff are required to register their vehicle(s) with Campus Safety and display a valid parking permit at all times parked on campus. Students must register/renew at the start of each semester, and faculty and staff must register/renew annually.
  • Yes, even nights and weekends: Parking policies are in effect at all times. Park only in designated spaces and lots in accordance with your permit. Parking in or blocking fire lanes, roadways, grass, walkways, sidewalks, and loading docks is strictly prohibited.
  • Change of vehicle? Update any change in vehicle promptly with Campus Safety either in person (Shults 21) or by email, campussafety@naz.edu.
  • Enforcement: Vehicles not registered with Campus Safety, not parked in an appropriate space or lot, or not displaying a valid parking permit, will be ticketed and are subject to booting, towing, and loss of parking privileges. 
  • Safety first: Do not move or remove cones, barriers, and other traffic control devices. Members of the Nazareth community are advised to close their vehicle windows, and lock their vehicles whenever they are left unattended. Nazareth will not be responsible for the loss of, damage to, or theft of any vehicle on University property. 
  • Tell your visitors: When inviting guests/visitors to campus, please direct them to visitor spaces in F lot and A lot and encourage them to obtain a temporary parking pass. Such passes can only be issued for up to two days.
  • Organizing an event? Be sure to register your campus events via 25Live, which is one way we plan for event parking.