Parking Permits/Appeals

Register Your Vehicle Online

The Campus Public Safety Department is now requiring students, staff, and faculty to register your vehicles online.

When registering your vehicle online you must first log into your My TCC Portal. Then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Register for a Parking Permit. You then click on I agree. Once that is completed you click on Add the Vehicle and then click on Done adding Vehicles.

After you have completed filling out your information you must come to building 18 where the Parking Counter is located to pick up your permit.

Parking Counter

Students, faculty, staff, and visitors needing parking permits, identification cards, and/or a temporary parking pass can obtain them at the security office located in building 18. Students, faculty, staff, and visitors wanting to appeal a traffic citation must come to the security office to fill out an appeal form within 5 business days of receiving the citation. After the 5 business days an appeal form will not be considered.

Business hours for the Spring quarter are Monday through Friday 8AM - 5PM. The Parking Counter can be reached at 566-5173.

Parking Permits

Visitor Parking: You may park in designated visitor parking spaces located on all sides of the Tacoma campus or pick up a courtesy parking permit at the Enrollment Services Office in Bldg 7 for use during your enrollment process. You may also obtain a temporary parking permit from the Security Office located in building 18.

Student Parking on Tacoma Campus: Students are required to display a current parking permit for both day and evening classes. The parking permit must be displayed inside the front windshield on the driver’s lower left side. After you are registered into classes, stop by the Security Office in Bldg. 18 to pick up a parking permit to park on campus.

The Community Safety Fee encompasses parking permits for those who have paid the fee. For those students excluded from the fee, the charge is $15 per quarter.

For those that want to obtain a 2nd parking permit or replace a lost permit, you need to go to the Service Counter in the bookstore located in building 11. You must pay $15 for 1 quarter, $30 for 2 quarters, $45 for 3 quarters; etc.

Fines and penalties will be assessed for violations of the parking and traffic regulations. Permits are required by the first day of classes.

Motorcycles do require a parking permit and must be registered with the Public Safety and Security Department.

Permits are issued at the Security Office in Bldg. 18. Parking counter hours for the Spring quarter are 8AM - 5PM Monday through Friday. Please call 566-5173 if you have any questions regarding parking.

Extension Sites: There is open parking at the TCC Gig Harbor Campus and a permit is not needed.

Display of Parking Permits

Parking permits are to be displayed on the driver side of the front windshield, in the lower left hand corner.