Winter Parking Ban

The Winter Parking Ban (WPB) resumes at 12:00 a.m. on December 1 and continues every night until April 1.  During this time after-midnight parking on campus is restricted.  Most campus lots, spaces, and areas close directly at midnight, every night regardless of weather conditions.  These lots remained closed and off-limits until 6:00 a.m. the following morning.  If you need to be parked on campus for any amount of time after midnight, you must make use of the following exemptions:
 
Some lots have a permanent exemption to the WPB:  Section 4 of Lot A, the Visitor Center Lot, and the West Edge Lot remain open all night, whether or not it snows.  Anybody can use these exempt lots, however normal permit requirements resume in these lots at 6:00 a.m. the following weekday (8:00 a.m. at the Visitor Center lot).  The Gables, Woodside, E/E1 and Mast Road I lots are also exempt, but limited to permit-holders only.
 
Certain lots have a conditional exemption to the WPB that depends on daily decisions regarding the weather and snow removal operations.  Lot B and Lot C remain open all night and Lot H and Lot T until 2:00 a.m., unless there is a declared "snow emergency".  In the event of a snow emergency, these lots will close directly at midnight, so you MUST ascertain the correct nightly status before using one of these lots.  The nightly status of these lots is posted on signs at the lot entrances, and on recorded information on the WPB Alert telephone line, 862-1001.  Remember, a conditional lot may remain closed for several nights after the snowfall ends.  If the lots are open, anybody can use these conditional lots up to the appointed closure times, however normal permit requirements resume at 6:00 the following weekday.  
 
Other things to note:  Enforcement for the WPB starts exactly at midnight; vehicles not moved from an area closed to the WPB risk getting a ticket as early as 12:00.  Vehicles parked in any lot closed to the WPB during a plowing operation will be ticketed and towed.  If one exempt or conditionally exempt area is full, you must seek available space in one of the other exempt areas; you may not "spill" into an adjacent lot or area that is not open.  You must remember to correctly advise your guests of the WPB restrictions; all visitors are subject to the same enforcement.  The WPB Connector operates until 2:00 a.m. every night that UNH is open (does not run during shut-down periods).  
 
Expanded information is available online at http://www.unh.edu/transportation and on recorded message at extension 862-1001.