Parking services is an ancillary operation that is entirely self-funded, meaning that it does not receive funding from tuition fees or government grant revenues.

All direct and indirect expenses of this operation, including the maintenance of the lots, enforcement, snow removal and grounds maintenance, lighting and emergency phones, administrative salaries, etc., are paid from the ancillary’s sole source of revenue - permit and visitor parking fees.

All parking permits sold by Parking Services remain the property of the University. Permit holders pay for the privilege of using permits to park, but do not own them, and as such, are not allowed to sell property belonging to the University. Permits that are no longer needed are to be returned to Parking Services.

Each year, Parking Services works with the Chief Administrative Officer and Financial Services to formulate a budget that includes all direct and indirect expenditures relevant to the operation.

Operational or annual expenses are reviewed each year to ensure the ongoing viability of the parking facilities; services are reviewed for continued effectiveness and efficiency, etc.

During this process the parking permit rates are reviewed to ensure that the costs to run the operation are covered. Typically the rate increases reflect general cost of living expenses and the costs of capital initiatives or new services and are often phased in gradually over a number of years.

The budget is presented to the U of T Scarborough Planning & Budget committee; an open forum intended to provide the general community the opportunity to hear about the budget and to ask questions.

The budget is then presented to the Service Ancillary Review Group, a committee chaired by the Chief Financial Officer of the University of Toronto before being presented annually to the University Affairs Board for final approval.

Parking permits are sold to allow the driver of a vehicle to park in designated parking areas. A permit does not grant permission to park in non-designated areas regardless of circumstance.

In each parking lot there are lanes of travel as well as areas that are painted over with parallel yellow lines (known as hash-marks). These laneways and hash-marked areas are areas in which parking is prohibited.

The architectural design of each parking lot provides space to allow emergency vehicles (such as fire trucks and ambulances) to turn. It is essential that these areas are kept clear in the interest of personal and property safety.

U of T Scarborough Parking Services operates an enforcement program established by the Toronto Police Services’ Parking Enforcement Unit. This program, used on private property such as U of T Scarborough, states the terms and conditions under which Parking Services enforcement officers and U of T Scarborough Police Officers may ticket and/or tow vehicles, in accordance with the City of Toronto by-laws.

Parking tickets are issued by U of T Scarborough staff, who are fully trained by the City’s Parking Enforcement Unit.

Participation in the City’s private property enforcement program prohibits the issuance of any secondary type of parking ticket, so U of T Scarborough Parking Services cannot write any other type of ticket of reduce fines.

All parking tickets issued at U of T Scarborough are City of Toronto tickets. Parking Services receives no revenue from the issuance of tickets, and officers do not have quotas.

Vehicles that do not display a valid hangtag parking permit will be ticketed for unauthorized use of the facility. This policy minimizes fraudulent access to the parking lots, which is possible in a scenario where one driver lends his/her parking permit to another driver and then allows this driver to follow him/her closely into the parking lot.

It is possible for a driver to follow closely behind another vehicles that has just activated the gate with his/her proximity card and obtain unauthorized entry into the parking lot. Fraud increases the cost of parking for all users.

If a staff or faculty member drives to campus and has a parking permit, he/she pays the same rates as students parking in the same lots. There are no exceptions to this policy, including Parking Services employees.