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Unit Policy
Title
Eshelman School of Pharmacy: Policy on Parking
Introduction
Purpose
To explain parking options and assignment of parking for faculty and staff of Eshelman School of Pharmacy.
Scope
Applies to all faculty and staff of Eshelman School of Pharmacy.
Policy
Campus Parking
School of Pharmacy employees have a variety of options for its employee with regards to parking on campus. Parking on campus is limited but the School has spaces allocated in various lots across campus. Employees must pay for on-campus parking and rates vary based on the lot (gated/non-gated) and the employees’ salary. Parking is payroll deducted from paycheck on a pre-tax basis.
Spaces are allocated to Pharmacy employees based on the guidelines below.
Information about campus parking lots can be viewed here:
Priority parking is given to Pharmacy employees in the following roles:
- Dean
- Executive Vice/Associate/Assistant Deans
- Chairs
- Total State Service
- Temporary Employees
Current employees are invited to participate in the parking lottery annually during the summer. During the lottery process, all employees are invited to submit their top three parking choices based on the allocations available. Employees are encouraged to be strategic about their requests based on their years of previous state service.
Once all interested employees have submitted their top three parking preferences, allocations are made based on the hierarchy above. Every effort is made to assign a permit in an employee’s top three preferences. If an employee does not get his/her first or second choice, they can request to be added to a wait list for that lot.
Parking permits are virtual, and you must register your vehicle and license plate via online services. You are able to change your parking option at any time by contacting the departmental parking coordinator.
As new employees join the School, they are offered parking in the lots available at the time of hire. They are then added to the waiting list for their preferred lots and are offered the next available space there based on their state service.
Please note: In rare instances, as new Deans, Chairs, etc. are hired, the last employees granted space in a lot may be bumped back to another lot in order to accommodate a new employee with priority parking.
Daily Parking Options
Daily Parking Permit from the School’s Parking Allotment
Daily parking is available through the School’s permit allotment only if you are on campus 3 days or fewer per week. Daily parking assignments follow the School’s allocation formula.
Eligibility
- You must be on campus 3 days or fewer per week.
- Your schedule must align with your official work location:
- Staff: Must match your current work arrangement.
- Faculty: Must be verified by your supervisor.
Cost
- $8 per day for each day you park on campus.
- Example: Parking 3 days/week = $24/week.
- Daily parking is limited to a maximum of 3 days per week.
How it Works
- If assigned a daily permit from the School’s allotment:
- You are guaranteed a space in your assigned lot.
- You must pay in advance for each day you park using ParkMobile.
- You’ll receive a personal access code to use in ParkMobile for your assigned lot.
- You may purchase multiple days at once if your schedule is predictable.
- Refunds are difficult to obtain, so plan carefully.
Postdoc Daily Parking
Daily permit options are available for postdoctoral research associates from the University’s central postdoc parking pool.
If you are a postdoc interested in a daily parking permit who works 3 days or 2 days or less per week on campus, you can reach out to Transportation and Parking via email at parking@unc.edu with the following information:
- Your full name
- PID
- And your request for daily parking in the S11 lots or Craige Deck
Transportation and Parking will then provide you with a person-specific access code for ParkMobile for so your assigned lot shows up in the ParkMobile for you to purchase daily parking from.
Alternative Parking Options for Employees
Park and Ride
Many School employees take advantage of alternative parking options. The University operates a park and ride system where employees can purchase a permit ($250/year – $390/year depending on salary) to park in one of a number of lots around Chapel Hill and take a bus to campus. Many park and ride buses stop right in front of the Pharmacy buildings.
Chapel Hill Transit
Chapel Hill Transit provides free bus services to a variety of stops around campus, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro. Employees who live in Chapel Hill or Carrboro may be able to take advantage of the free public transportation to get to campus.
GoPass
Employees coming to campus from the Durham, Raleigh, or Hilllsborough area can take advantage of the free GoPass option through Triangle Transit/GoTriangle to bus to campus from stops in these surrounding areas. Employees who live in Greensboro, Whitsett, Burlington, Mebane, and Graham may use the free GoPass option to bus to campus from various locations through PART.
Carpools/Vanpools
Rideshare options through vanpools or carpools are options as well for a nominal monthly fee. Information on these options can be found on the UNC-Chapel Hill Transportation and Parking website.
Division and Department Visitor Validation Parking
The SKIDATA Parking Access Revenue Control System (PARCS) allows authorized department representatives to virtually validate approved patient/visitor parking access to the Rams Head Deck, Dogwood Deck, Ambulatory Care Center (ACC) Lot and the Morehead Lot. The digital validation process, sweb.Validate, replaces the various validation methods currently used (including physical visitor parking vouchers/tickets for decks like Dogwood Deck).
- System Access
- System Summary
- Funding Requests
- Customer Payout Options
- Training
System Access
School of Pharmacy divisions and/or departments may request a sweb.Validate account by emailing esop_parking@unc.edu. Division Executive Assistants are the Validation Administrators for their divisions and can set up subsequent Validation Associates based on division needs.
System Summary
The SKIDATA system uses license plate recognition (LPR) technology at entry to read the vehicle license plate, then prints the plate and time of entry on the parking ticket. The patient/visitor must present the parking ticket to the validating department representative for digital validation. If a patient/visitor forgets the ticket and does not know their license plate, they can call the department representative when they return to the vehicle for remote ticket validation.
Once a ticket is paid in full, the parking gate automatically raises as the customer approaches the exit lane. Customers are responsible for any unvalidated parking costs and payments can be made at the pay station, in the mobile app, or pay-in-lane.
Departments are eligible to be Validation Providers for patients/visitors at the following parking facilities:
Validation Administrators can:
- Submit Fund Requests to Transportation and Parking
- Generate reporting
- Add other Validation Administrators
- Add Validation Associates
- Approve Fund Requests from Validation Associates
Validation Associates can:
- Validate parking tickets and view recent validations
- Send Fund Requests to Validation Administrator
- Run reports and search for tickets
Validation Types:
Departments have the option to choose the type of validation:
- Full Validation - Total parking cost validated, no charge until exit
- Cash Value - Set dollar amount to validate
- Time Value - Set hour amount to validate
- Percentage - Set percentage to validate (e.g., 25%, 50%, 75%)
Customers are responsible for any unvalidated parking costs and payments can be made at the pay station, in the mobile app, or pay-in-lane.
Funding Requests
Funding requests within sweb.Validate are the way in which departments can request and pay for visitor parking validation credits ahead of time (replacing previous processes of requesting and paying for physical paper visitor parking vouchers). Payment must be made prior to funds being added to the sweb.Validate account.
Options to add account Validation Funds include:
Customer Billing Management (CBM) - University Departments Only
- Validation Administrator submits Fund Requests via sweb.Validate and provides:
- Payment Type - "Bill," represents CBM transfer
- Currency - "US Dollar ($)"
- Details - Department Number for charge
- Amount - Dollar amount of funds requested
- Validation Administrator notified within two business days, to verify request status.
- Transactions submitted for CBM processing in next available file transfer.
- Departments can review and adjust chartfield strings for Validation Funds in CBM once the file is closed and uploaded in ConnectCarolina.
Credit Card and P-Card
- Validation Administrator submits Fund Requests via sweb.Validate and provides:
- Payment Type - "Bill," represents Credit Card & P-Card transaction
- Currency - "US Dollar ($)"
- Details - Indicate "P-Card," "Mastercard," or "Visa" | DO NOT INCLUDE ANY CARD INFORMATION
- Amount - Dollar amount of funds requested
- Contact Parking Accounts Receivable at 919-962-3951 for payment processing.
- Funds added within two business days, following payment.
Check
- Validation Administrator submits Fund Requests via sweb.Validate and provides:
- Payment Type - "Check," represents check transaction
- Currency - "US Dollar ($)"
- Details - No information required
- Amount - Dollar amount of funds requested
- Submit check for processing in-person or through mail. Indicate "Validation" or the "Event Number" in notes section of check.
- Funds will be added within two business days of receipt of check.
Customer Payout Options
Patients/visitors have a variety of fast, convenient parking payment options. LPR technology is used at the exit gate to determine if parking has been paid. When a parking session is prepaid, the gate will automatically raise, so patients/visitors are encouraged to use the pay stations and mobile app for efficient exiting. If the customer does not pay prior to getting to the exit gate, there is a pay-in-lane option at the gate.
- Pay Stations: Dogwood Deck - Levels 2 and 3
- Cashier Booth: Dogwood Deck - Level 2
- Mobile App (Coming Soon)
- Pay-In-Lane at Exits
Customers are responsible for any unvalidated parking costs and payments can be made at the pay station, in the mobile app, or pay-in-lane.
Training
Administrators and Associates can review the sweb.Validate User Guide for step-by-step instructions with screenshots.
Graduate Student Alternative Game Day Parking
Alternative Graduate Student Parking is available to graduate students working on experiments/academics on football game days. Event permits of this type are for academic business only (not for game parking) and are at no additional cost to the student.
If you are a Graduate Student at the UNC-Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy and would like to request alternative parking for UNC-Chapel Hill Football gamedays, please submit your request using the Qualtrics form below:
Graduate Student Alternative Game Day Parking Request Form
Please allow two business days for the School of Pharmacy Parking Coordinator to submit this request on your behalf to the Central UNC-Chapel Hill Parking Office. Once the request has been submitted, the Parking Coordinator will reach out to confirm submission.
Contact Information
The UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Transportation and Parking maintains a comprehensive website that details information on parking options, policies, and fees, which is a great resource for new and current employees.
For questions, additional information, or to sign up for an on-campus parking option, please email esop_parking@unc.edu.