Parking Permits

If you have a vehicle to park on campus, you must purchase a permit.

Student permit types and eligibility

Permit rates

Refer to Appendix A in the Parking Regulations. Rates also are available in the parking portal.

Submit your permit application

*Specialty permits must be purchased in person at the Parking and Traffic building. Fees will be placed onto student's account.

If you're needing a Class H, C or M permit, log in to the parking portal using your mySFA credentials and complete the permit application. The fee for the permit will be posted to your eBill.

Order during Orientation! If you order your parking permit during Orientation, you can come that day to pick it up with a valid photo ID at the Parking and Traffic building.

If you have a vehicle to park on campus, you must purchase a permit.

Faculty/staff permit types and eligibility

• Class AA - Faculty/Staff All Area permit
  • Eligibility: SFA faculty and staff as designated by the president and vice presidents.
  • Where: Valid in any space on university property, except disabled spaces (unless a state disabled placard or license plate is displayed), or reserved spaces (service truck, hall director, visitor, etc.)
     
• Class F - Faculty/Staff Parking permit
  • Eligibility: SFA faculty and staff
  • Where: Valid in the faculty/staff lots except disabled spaces (unless a state disabled placard or license plate is displayed), resident spaces or reserved spaces (service truck, hall director, visitor, etc.)
     
• Class PG - Student Center Garage Contract permit
  • Eligibility: SFA faculty and staff
  • Where: Valid for parking in the Student Center Parking Garage
     
• Class M - Motorcycle permit
  • Eligibility: SFA faculty and staff
  • Where: Valid in any area designated for motorcycle parking
     
• Class B - Faculty/Staff Daily permit
  • Eligibility: SFA faculty and staff
  • Where: Valid in the faculty/staff lots except Aikman Drive, which requires an AA permit, disabled spaces (unless a state disabled placard or license plate is displayed), resident spaces or reserved spaces (service truck, hall director, visitor, etc.).

Permit rates

Refer to Appendix A in the Parking Regulations.

A visitor is defined as anyone who is not:

• enrolled in classes
• employed by the university
• a contractor or vendor providing goods or services to the university
• or affiliated with the university in any way.

SFA students, staff and faculty members are not eligible for visitor permits or for parking in visitor spaces at any time.

Visitors may obtain a one-day parking permit at the Visitor Booth. If you need a one-day permit when the Vistor Booth is closed, stop by the University Police building.

A veteran is any person who has served in the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force and/or U.S. Coast Guard and was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable.

Veterans may qualify for one of the following permit options and must provide their DD-214 proof of military service in person to obtain benefits.

Veteran permit options

• Veteran with a service-connected disability
  • A free veteran parking permit will be issued to any veteran that has a 50% or more service-connected disability percentage as reflected by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
• Student veteran
  • A veteran parking permit will be issued to veteran students at a 50% discount.
• Faculty and staff veteran
  • A permit for veteran faculty and staff members is available at a 50% discount and allows parking in faculty and staff parking spaces.

Parking locations

Valid for on-campus parking where the veteran would otherwise be eligible to park with their existing permit.

• Student veteran permit: Only allowed to park in student and housing spaces.
• Faculty and staff veteran permit: Only allowed to park in faculty and staff parking areas unless authorized to park in handicap parking with accompanying ADA handicap placard.

An expectant mother permit may be obtained by a person who holds a current parking permit so they can park in specifically designated areas; areas designated will be based upon resources available and applicant needs.

Valid during the third trimester or when a pregnancy is designated as high risk, this permit allows parking in spaces specifically designated by Parking Services. Application for this permit must be accompanied by a doctor’s statement indicating the need for closer parking and/or that the driver is in the third trimester of pregnancy.

Contractors: comprised of individuals within a company that has been hired by the university to perform construction and/or renovation or building repair.

Vendors: any individual, company or corporation that provides a product or service to the university. This includes sales representatives, consultants, recruiters and contracted companies conducting business with SFA.

SFA students, staff and faculty members are not eligible for contractor/vendor permits.

 Permit types and eligibility

• Class CV - Contractor/Vendor parking permit
  • Eligibility: Any non-affiliated vendor, salesperson, technical representative, other service personnel (such as copier repairers) or contractor. Students, faculty and staff are not eligible for vendor/xervice permits.
  • Where: Valid for parking in faculty/staff spaces when conducting university business, except along Aikman Drive. 
• Class B - Daily permit
  • Where: Valid in the faculty/staff lots except Aikman Drive, ADA spaces (unless a state ADA placard or license plate is displayed), resident spaces or reserved spaces (service truck, hall director, visitor, etc.). These permits may not be issued to SFA students.

Permit rates

Refer to Appendix A in the Parking Regulations.

Parking citations may be issued to those parking illegally.

• Avoid citations by purchasing a parking permit and parking in an appropriate location.
• Pay or appeal any citation within 10 days of the date of the citation.
• Any vehicle with three or more outstanding citations and no SFA parking permit may be immobilized (booted). Should this occur all outstanding citations must be paid within 36 hours or the vehicle is subject to towing.

Parking for customers with disabilities

Designated ADA (handicapped/disabled) parking spaces are for the exclusive use of vehicles displaying county-issued ADA hangtags or ADA license plates. Parking Services is committed to providing programs and services that ensure compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements of the U.S. Department of Justice regulations as well as the Texas Department of Transportation. Information concerning the provisions contained and the rights provided within the Americans with Disabilities Act are available below. Parking Services is committed to providing programs and services that do not discriminate on the basis of disability.

Disabled visitor parking

SFA campus visitors are always welcome. Parking Services has provided parking accommodations for ADA visitors in locations throughout campus. Designated ADA parking spaces are for the exclusive use of vehicles displaying county-issued handicap hangtags or ADA license plates and must also display an SFA visitor permit. The SFA visitor permit must be displayed on the rearview mirror and the ADA hangtag or placard must be placed on the front dashboard where it is clearly visible from the outside of the vehicle. Visitor permits are available at the Visitor Booth on Griffith Blvd. and at the Parking Services office located on the first floor of the Wilson Parking Garage. If parking is not available in one of the visitor areas or if special arrangements are needed, please call Parking at 936.468.PARK (7275). Violators are subject to ticketing and/or towing.

Disabled faculty, staff and student parking

Designated ADA parking spaces in surface lots are for the exclusive use of vehicles displaying county-issued handicap hangtags or disabled license plates. Individuals who park in ADA spaces must display from their rearview mirror their own valid SFA parking permit and county-issued ADA hangtag (or disabled license plate affixed in the designated location on the vehicle). Unauthorized parking in ADA parking spaces, in the access aisles between two ADA spaces, or blocking ADA ramps is a violation for which persons will be issued a $150 citation. Persons who park in ADA spaces must display their own valid SFA parking permit, and county-issued ADA hangtag or ADA license plate at all times permits are required according to the parking rules. The SFA permit must be displayed on the rearview mirror and the ADA hangtag or placard must be placed on the front dashboard where it is clearly visible from the outside of the vehicle. The handicap hangtag or disabled license plate must be issued in the name of the disabled person utlizing the vehicle parked in a handicap space. Handicap placards, driver license, identification card and similar information must be provided upon request by any uniformed parking or campus police officer in order to demonstrate proof of eligibility for handicap parking privileges.

Companions who drive for handicapped individuals may utilize designated handicapped parking spaces only in the lots where they are transporting the individual with the disabling condition. It's a violation of the parking regulations for a companion to drop a disabled passenger at a building on one side of campus and park in a handicap space on the other side of campus. Companions parking in handicap spaces must display the handicapped individual's county-issued hangtag or be driving the individual's vehicle with a handicapped license plate, in addition to the disabled person's SFA parking permit.

Disabled veteran parking

SFA proudly provides veterans who have qualified disability ratings with a free on-campus parking permit.

Temporary disability for faculty, staff and students

A temporary permit, valid for up to one week, may be obtained by a person who who is temporarily disabled due to illness or injury to park in areas designated on his/her regular valid permit. An application for this permit must be accompanied by a doctor's statement. Parking assignments will be made in keeping with available resources. Those requiring disabled parking in excess of one week must obtain a state temporary disabled placard.

View our ADA Parking Map.

A temporary permit may be obtained by a person who holds a current parking permit so they can park in specifically designated areas; areas designated will be based upon resources available and applicant needs.

Valid for up to one week, this permit allows parking in designated lots and must be displayed on dashboards. Application for this permit must be accompanied by a doctor’s statement. This permit may be issued only one time per semester. Those needing more than one week of time should obtain a state-issued temporary ADA placard.

We are aware that most of your classes are conducted online, but from time to time you will have a need to come to campus to take a test, meet with an instructor, or visit the Steen Library. Parking on the SFA campus requires a parking permit and while you may purchase an annual student permit, we offer options for daily parking.

Short-term paid parking

Download the Parkmobile app to pay for parking in Lot 21 and the Student Parking Garage, near the Lumberjack Landing and Steen Library. Enter your license plate number, the amount of time you plan to stay, and your payment type into the Parkmobile app. Pay by credit card at the rate of $2 for the first hour and $1 per additional hour stay. Payment is by credit card only.

Commuter scratch-off permit

Valid for one day, you can buy the permit, sold in packs of five, for $3 each. To use, scratch off the month and the day of your visit on campus, park in a commuter student lot, and you are safe from a ticket. Stop by the Parking Services office in the Wilson Garage to purchase your permits, and we will add the cost to your student bill.

Student Center Parking Garage

Parking in the Student Center Parking Garage enables easy access to the Baker Pattillo Student Center, Cole STEM Building, Kennedy Auditorium, Austin Building, Boynton Building and Rusk Building. Parking is $2 for the first hour, and $1 per additional hour. Payment is by cash or credit card.