Parking

Tacoma campus 

Please park in designated spots. 

• Permit required: All vehicles must display a valid TCC parking permit.
• Visitor: Employees and students may not park in visitor spaces.
• Staff: Staff spaces require a valid employee permit.
• Student: Permitted students may park in unmarked spaces.
• Carpool: Requires a TCC-issued carpool placard.
• Accessible: Requires a valid TCC permit and disabled placard, plate, or tab. Disabled veteran plates alone do not qualify.
• EV Charging: Requires a valid TCC permit. Vehicles must be actively charging; 4-hour limit.

Online Vehicle Registration

Parking permits must be properly placed inside the vehicle, on the driver’s side lower corner of the vehicle windshield.

Vehicles must first be registered online before requesting a student or employee parking permit. 

After completing the online vehicle registration form, please stop by the Campus Safety front counter in Building 14 to pick up a permit.

Register Vehicle Online

Visitor parking

Visitors may park in stalls marked “VISITOR” or if full, may obtain a temporary permit from the Campus Safety front counter.

Gig Harbor campus

Parking permits are not required at the Gig Harbor Campus.

Parking and Traffic fines 

TCC may issue fines if permits are not properly displayed. Parking and traffic fines are:

Infraction	Fine
No Valid Permit Visible	$30
Speeding	$25
Obstructing Traffic	$10
Stop Sign Violation	$10
Illegal Parking	$10
Parking in Fire Lane	$10
Reckless Driving	$50
Other Violations	$10
Disabled Parking	$250 (Tacoma Police Dept.: $450)

Paying a Fine

Students fines will automatically be billed to your TCC financial account. Students may pay fines through ctcLink or by cash, check or money order at the Cashier Window in Building 14.

• From your ctcLink Student Homepage, select Financial Account, then Make a Payment under the Payment dropdown menu. Fines will be recorded as a miscellaneous Fee

Nonstudents may pay fines by debit or credit using this online payment form or by cash, check or money order at the Cashier Window in Building 14.