Campus Corner

Campus Corner

Parking and Motor Vehicle Regulations

In order to insure the maximum utilization of parking facilities, it is necessary to establish and enforce rules governing motor vehicle parking on campus. Please read all rules governing motor vehicle parking carefully, as they apply to all members of the College community including faculty, staff, students, and visitors.

Registration

All vehicles parking on campus, College houses, and College apartments are required to register with Campus Security. Registration forms are available on Safety and Security website, or on the Safety and Security Office in Rhodes Hall. Srudents are encouraged to register on-line at https://www.bowdoinl.edu/security/forms/protected/parking . Failure to register a vehicle with Safety and Security will result in a parking infraction every time the vehicle is found in violation. 

Decals

Upon registering your vehicle you will receive a pre numbered, color coded parking decal which must be displayed in the proper location on your vehicle. One parking decal will be issued for each vehicle registered.

Student Parking

All first year students are required to park in the Stanwood Street parking lot at the West end of that lot. All other students living on campus, or commuting daily to campus, are required to park in their assigned color-coded lot. Students living in apartments and College houses are required to park their vehicles at their assigned color-coded lot.

Faculty & Staff Parking

Faculty and staff may park in any legal space in a blue lot.

Parking Lot Designations

Parking lots are color coded for ease of recognition. References to color coded lots are identified on signs in the parking lots and on the parking maps which identify the lots.

Lots color coded in blue are for employee, visitor, and vendor use. All other vehicles are prohibited from parking in these lots unless special permission is granted by the Security Department. A blue decal is authorization for parking in blue area only.

Parking coded in orange (Farley Field House) and orange decals are valid for parking by students at the East end of the Farley Field House parking lot.

Short-Term Parking : There are two 15-minute spaces in front of the Moulton Union for quick pickup and drop-off errands.

Special Parking Areas/Conditions

Disabled person parking spaces are for the use of handicapped persons only. Violators will be towed without notification, at the owner's expense. They will also receive a $200.00 parking ticket 

Vendors, contractors and visitors are required to obtain a one day temporary parking permit in order to park on campus. Temporary parking permits are available from the Security Department in Rhodes Hall and must be displayed while parking on campus.

Parking in fire lanes, service and emergency vehicle spaces , or parking in visitor spaces by members of the college community is prohibited. Vehicles will be towed at the owner's expense without further notification.

Parking bans will be in effect during the day of as well as the day after snowstorms from midnight to 6:00 a.m., for snow removal from parking lots. Vehicles parked in the following areas during the parking ban hours will be towed at the owner's expense.

  • North and South Campus Drive
  • Coles Tower Drive
  • Arena/Druckenmiller Lot
  • Coe Infirmary Lot
  • Admissions Lot
  • Russwurm Center
  • Sills Drive
  • Chamberlain Lot

Anyone whose vehicle has been towed from a campus parking lot should call Security at 725-3314 to find out the location of the vehicle.

Night Parking

Students may park in their assigned lot and any blue permit lot from 5:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. Monday-Friday and on weekends. Vehicles parked after 5:00 a.m. in any lot other than the one(s) to which they are assigned (e.g. blue for blue decals) will be towed at the owner's expense without further notification.

Town of Brunswick Night Parking Ordinance

The Town of Brunswick has an ordinance prohibiting overnight parking on public streets between midnight and 7:00 a.m. from November 15th through April 15 th . If your vehicle is towed from a town road, you should call the Brunswick Police Department at 725-6620 to find out the location of your vehicle.

Parking Fines

Failure to register a vehicle with Campus Security will result in a $25.00 ticket every time the vehicle is found in violation. After receiving one warning and one ticket vehicles will be ticketed and towed at the owner's expense. The warning and ticket will be the only notification the owner will have prior to towing. Fines double after Scofflaw status is achieved.

Unauthorized use of a parking space reserved for the handicapped will result in a $200.00 fine and the vehicle will be towed at the owner's expense without notification.

All other parking violations are $25.00. (except Scofflaw- Fines doubled)