Departmental Parking Permits

Departmental Guest Parking

Transportation and Distribution Services is committed to maximizing the guest experience at UC Irvine. We ask that departments partner with us in this commitment and use the Permit Reservation System Departmental Guest Permit Reservation System.

This online reservation system is the perfect solution to pay for guest parking for events with 20 or less guests. The reservation system can be used for a one time visit or multiple visits.

Using the system allows the guest to make contact with a parking attendant, who can answer any questions, hand out maps, and direct your guest to the proper location. Daily updates provide attendants with information that could potentially cause a delay to your guest's arrival. We pride ourselves in having friendly and courteous attendants who are students of the UC Irvine campus.

We offer additional event services at a nominal charge, to enhance your guests' experience for your event.

If you would like your guests' parking permits to be for a specific date-range or if you would like to request day-use permits, please email permits@uci.edu with your request. For date-range permits, please include:

• names of your guests
• permit type (general, reserved and/or service) and quantity
• starting and ending date of the permit (if applicable)
• a recharge number (account-fund)

Departmental Events (20+ Guests)

Departments coordinating events with more than 20 participants are asked to make arrangements with our Event Services Coordinator at 949-824-2690. This is to ensure that we will be able to accommodate your parking needs on the day of your event.

Departmental "Service" Parking (Supplemental)

The following options are available to departments who wish to authorize the use of an employee's personal vehicle for University related business and provide close parking. Please note that DAR and DSA permits were created as supplemental permits to assist on-campus faculty and staff with "C&" (general) parking permits to move about the campus in order to more efficiently perform their work duties.

Personal permits are not required to be displayed when the DAR or DSA permit is displayed. However, these permits are to be used only as supplemental permits during working hours. At no time should a DAR or DSA be used in lieu of purchasing, or correctly using, a personal permit.

It is important to note that AR permits are non-restrictive and valid in any "AR" reserved stalls on campus, with the exception of those in lot 80.

Departmental "Service" Parking (Non-Supplemental)

The following option is available to off-campus departments located at University Town Center or Research Park who wish to authorize the use of an employee's personal vehicle for University related business. Please note that the UT-RP DSA permit was created as a non-supplemental permit to assist off-campus faculty and staff who do not require an on-campus parking permit to move about the campus in order to more efficiently perform their work duties.

To purchase the UT/RP Stand Alone Departmental Permit, please complete the UT/RP Stand Alone Departmental Permit Form and email it to permits@uci.edu. Please note that Department Head authorization is required.

UC Irvine Facilities Vehicles (Displaying California Exempt Plates)

All UCI facilities vehicles displaying a California-Exempt license plate ("e plate") may park in unmarked, "AR"reserved, "e-plate only", and service stalls. Please refer to the chart below with regards to posted time limits.

* ALL e-plate vehicles, Departmental Service Permits, and Vendor/Service permits are valid in service stalls (i.e. the stall does NOT have to be marked for departmental use only), unmarked stalls, and "AR"reserved stalls.
* For outside vendor parking information, please click here.

If you have questions regarding service parking, please contact (949) 824-PARK.