General Appeal Information

Ticket Appeals

  1. General:Ìý The parking ticket appeal process is intended to provide an objective forum for the presentation of factual exculpatory information regarding the receipt of a parking ticket.Ìý Information presented by the appellant must be relevant and substantive.Ìý That a violation occurred for only a short period of time, by itself, is not enough to substantiate a ticket appeal.
  2. Appeals:Ìý Tickets issued pursuant to these regulations may be appealed subject to the requirements described in Ticket Appeals.
    1. Appeals must be filed before the closing of the Parking Services office on the fourteenth day after the date of the issuance of the ticket.
    2. Appeal filings must be made in writing online at .
    3. Appeal filings must contain all of the relevant and substantive information the petitioner wishes to have considered during the appeals review(s), and the information presented must fit within the criteria for appeals as defined below.
    4. Upon receipt of an appeal filing by the Parking Services office, penalty fine assessments against the unpaid ticket fine balance are stayed until an appeal ruling is made.
    5. There is a fee associated with any appeal filed via paper form or email.
    6. There is a fee associated with any appeal where the appeal is denied and the ticket is upheld.
  3. Levels of Appeal:
    1. Ticket appeals are first reviewed in house by PS staff and assigned to anÌýAppeals officer for a decision if necessary.ÌýAppeals officers may be members of the university community.
    2. Written/online ticket appeals areÌý reviewed and ruled on by the Appeals officer.
  4. Appeal Criteria:
    1. You have substantial and valid evidence that the parking violation was not committed.
    2. Though the violation charged was committed, you have substantial and valid evidence that it occurred due to circumstances beyond your control. (For the purposes of this section, neither the fact that the parking violation was of short duration, nor the fact that all the designated parking spaces in an area were occupied at the time of the ticket, is, by itself, sufficient grounds for appeal.)
    3. The violation occurred under circumstances where the appellant believed he or she was not committing a violation, and where a reasonable and prudent person under the same or similar circumstances would have acted in the same manner as the appellant. (For the purposes of this section, neither the fact that the parking violation was of short duration, nor the fact that all the designated parking spaces in an area were occupied at the time of the ticket, is, by itself, sufficient grounds for appeal.)
    4. It is the responsibility of the appellant to provide evidence sufficient to justify the granting of an appeal.
    5. Appeals filed for the following reasons will not be considered and will be immediately rejected:
      1. I don't agree with or I don't know the regulations.
      2. I couldn't find space in my assigned parking lot.
      3. I have been parking this way for a long time and have never received a ticket until now.
      4. I was late for a class/meeting or my class/meeting ran late.
      5. I can't afford to pay the ticket fine.
      6. "Someone" told me to park there.
      7. I was only in violation for a short time.
      8. I didn't see the sign.
      9. I parked in an ADA space and do not own a valid ADA placard or plate.
      10. I forgot to pay.
  5. Frivolous and Groundless Appeal Defined:ÌýA frivolous and groundless appeal is one that lacks substantial justification and is not supported by a rational argument based on evidence or law. An appeal may also be frivolous if brought in bad faith. Bad faith includes conduct that is arbitrary, vexatious, abusive, or disrespectful of truth, accuracy, or the tribunal in which the appeal is being heard.
  6. Fine Assessment, Frivolous and Groundless Appeals:
    1. Parking ticket appellants must present information consistent with the appeal application criteria specified in TicketÌýAppeals.
    2. The Appeal officer may determine upon review that the information provided by an appellant during appeal fails to meet the criteria specified in Ticket Appeals, and further:Ìýat the information provided by, or the conduct of, the appellant during appeal falls within the context of the definition provided in Ticket Appeals of these regulations regarding frivolous and groundless appeals. In such a case the Appeal officerÌýmay make a determination that an appeal is frivolous and groundless.
    3. Upon the appeal referee’s determination of the presentation of a frivolous and groundless appeal, the appellant may be assessed a fine in addition to the outstanding ticket fine amount.
    4. A fee will be assessed for any appeal where the appeal is denied and the ticket upheld.