First Year Students

2 Week Parking Permits

First year students may register a vehicle on campus for a maximum of two weeks per semester.   These permits can be purchased in The Office of Student Accounts.  Please make every reasonable effort to purchase your permit prior to bringing your vehicle on campus. 

• Fee:  $28.50 per week
• Vehicle registration cards must be presented when registering your vehicle on campus for the first time.
• You may only purchase a permit for a vehicle owned by you or a member of your immediate family.  You may not purchase a permit for a vehicle owned by another student.
• Parking Citations:  all outstanding citations must be paid before any parking permit will be issued.
• These permits are valid for the Lot 6 parking garage only. 

Exception Requests

Students who can demonstrate a compelling need or would suffer undue hardship may petition for an exception.

• Exception requests are reviewed by a committee of staff members
• Requests must be approved prior to bringing vehicles to campus.  It may take approximately three weeks to review requests.  All necessary documentation must accompany original request. 
• Please Note: If your request is denied you may not submit a second request.  The decision of the committee is final.

Situations for which parking exceptions will not be granted or even considered:

1. Off campus employment
2. No other place to park or store your vehicle
3. Want to travel while residing at TCNJ
4. You do not feel that public transportation is a viable option for you.
5. Need vehicle to drive other students’ home on weekends and semester breaks.
6. Need vehicle to participate in social and sports activities
7. Need vehicle to seek employment
8. Received vehicle as a gift
9. Need vehicle to volunteer for work not essential to your education or required by the Office of Service Learning.
10. Have received and not paid parking citations while parking on campus without a parking permit.
11. You were unaware that you were not permitted to purchase a parking permit.
12. Thought you would be able to park near campus but couldn’t due to neighborhood parking restrictions

Situations for which parking exceptions may be granted include:

• Academic Related:  defined as a student that needs to attend off-campus classes and/or credit earning internships related to their major in areas not served by public transportation.
• Medical Related:  defined as a student that needs to attend frequent medical or dental appointments in areas not served by public transportation.
• Family Emergency:  defined as a student that has a frequent need to travel to care for a sick or disabled family member.
• EMT/Firefighter:  defined as a student that is either employed by or volunteers as an EMT or Firefighter within a unit located no more than 10 miles from campus.