In order to help us maintain orderly parking around campus and to avoid traffic fines, you should familiarize yourself with the following information.  Any vehicle not registered with the Campus Security Department will be ticketed.  Any person with multiple MHC parking tickets who does not make arrangements for payment can have his/her vehicle towed or immobilized with the Denver Boot.  This is a pedestrian campus and, therefore, all drivers are expected to park their vehicles in the appropriate lots and walk, rather than drive, around the campus.

We no longer unlock vehicles. 
It is now $40.00 for an airport or bus transport (one way)
The Director of Security's phone number is (828)-689-1407

Park in striped spaces only.  The lots are striped as follows:

• Student and visitor spaces are painted WHITE
• Faculty and staff spaces are painted GREEN
• Fire and emergency lanes are painted RED
• Handicap spaces are painted BLUE

The following lots are OPEN PARKING for anyone registered:

• Chapel:  the lot below the Broyhill Chapel on the Park Drive side.
• Park Drive:  the lot at the corner of Park Drive and Highway 213.
• Stroup Ten-Minute:  the space to the side of Stroup’s entrance 10 minutes only.
• Blackwell Ten-Minute:  marked spaces in the Blackwell Plaza 10 minutes only.
• All Faculty/Staff parking becomes open parking between the hours of 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. on Monday through Friday and all day on Saturday and Sunday except at residence halls.

The following lots are TOTALLY RESTRICTED at all times:

• Infirmary Lot:  the lot beside the infirmary (medical emergencies ONLY)
• Campus Security Spaces:  marked by sign (Campus Security Vehicles ONLY)
• Post Office Lot:  adjacent to Wren at loading dock (loading of mail or snack bar supplies ONLY)
• Handicap Spaces:  marked by sign and/or blue paint (handicap vehicles ONLY)
• Cornwell Lot:  alley spaces between Cornwell Hall and Asheville Savings Bank (bank customers ONLY)
• Blackwell Plaza:  lot adjacent to Blackwell for visitors only
• Residence Life Spaces:  all residence life spaces near dorms and the 24-hour Facilities Staff places at Stroup

Other things you should know:

• The spaces along Highway 213, College Street, Athletic Street, Auditorium Drive and Bailey Street are town streets and subject to Mars Hill Town regulations.  Two-hour parking on College Street is strictly enforced by the Mars Hill Town Police.
• All payments for fines should be made to the Business Office.
• The use of flashers does not prohibit a ticket from being issued if you are illegally parked, even for a few minutes.
• Traffic fines (except for Fire Lane and Handicap violations) are reduced to half price if paid within 24 hours after being issued.
• Traffic ticket appeals must be submitted to Campus Security in writing within 14 days from the date of the ticket.  Appeal forms are available at the Campus Security office.
• Zone parking remains in effect even on weekends.  (THIS INCLUDES NO FRESHMEN ON THE HILL).
• Visitors need to register their vehicles at no cost if they plan to stay overnight or if they will be here frequently.
• Handicap decals are available at the request of the Campus nurse. 
• If you have any questions, please contact Campus Security at 828-689-1230.
  

Decals have been assigned according to your status.  When you are issued a decal with one of the following designations, you may park ONLY in Open Parking or the following locations:

Visitors: 

• Blackwell Ten-Minute:  in the 10 minute spaces adjacent to Blackwell building.
  
• Auditorium Street:  on Auditorium Street beside Moore Auditorium.
  
• Blackwell:  in the lot in front of Pittman Dining Hall across from Blackwell building.
  
• Renfro:  in the lot on the Bailey Street side of Renfro Library.
  
• Lower Fox:  in the lot across the street from Chambers Gym below Fox.
  
• Fox Gravel:  in the paved lot between Irwin Field and the side of Fox.

Visitors need to register their vehicles if they plan to stay overnight or if they will be making frequent visits to campus.  It is the responsibility of the student to have their visitors registered.  If a non-registered vehicle accumulates multiple tickets, it will be booted.  It is also the responsibility of the student to take care of any violations that a visitor acquires.