Parking system to change
University to create separate
"C" permits, increase violation fees
 By
Laura Pelner
Campus Editor
Students with "C" parking permits may have an easier
time finding a spot next semester under the University revised parking
permit system.
Effective Aug. 1 there will be two types of "C"
permits - the Garage "C" permit and the "C" Surface permit. The garage
permit will be garage-specific and will cost $72, the same as an "A"
permit.
Mike Jasper, parking facilities manager, said students
who purchase the Garage "C" permit will have to choose what garage they
will park in for the year, and then only park in that garage - the permits
are not good elsewhere.
W. Frank Reeve, associate professor of electrical
engineering technology and chairman of the University Parking and Traffic
Committee, said, "If you want to park close you have to pay for it,
but you have a better chance of knowing there will be a space (with
this new system)."
Jasper said the garage "C" spots would not be as
oversold as they are this year. "(We'll) try to sell as many permits
as we can to use the space efficiently and allow someone to have a reasonable
chance to find a space in the garage," he said. "It won't be one-to-one,
it will be oversold a little bit, but we're definitely committed to
(students) being able to find a space to park with this permit."
The other "C" permit, the surface one, will cost
$30 and will be good only at remote lots, like the north stadium parking
lot. Shuttle services will still be available to transport students
for free with a valid student ID.
Currently, anyone with an "A" or "B" permit can
park in a "C" spot, but that will not be allowed next year. "If 'A'
is full, faculty will have to go to a surface spot," said Reeve.
The prices of "A" and "B" permits will not change
next semester. However, the parking garages will not have "B" spots
anymore so those with a "B" permit will have to park in remote lots.
Next year the rates for reserved spaces will increase
from $250 to $333.
These rate increases were part of a plan that would
gradually increase each permit's price. "The proposal is still in place,
it just hasn't been implemented in full," Jasper said. "(It's) a decision
the University administration has to make about when, and if the proposed
schedule will still be enacted as it is proposed, or if it will change."
Rates for parking and moving violations will also
increase. Beginning Aug. 1 the standard University parking ticket will
rise from $15 to $20; the moving violation fine will increase from $25
to $50; the fine for an expired meter will go from $10 to $20; and the
fine for stealing, altering or using an invalid or counterfeit permit
will rise from $35 to $150.
"(The fines) haven't been increased since 1991,"
said Jasper.
He said they were increased so Purdue would be
competitive with other institutions and municipalities and because the
current prices are not enough to deter people from parking illegally.
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