Parking and Motor Vehicle Regulations
The Bowdoin College Office of Safety and Security is responsible for campus parking management and the enforcement of campus parking regulations. The College will make an attempt to provide a reasonable number of parking spaces for properly registered vehicles within the scope of resources and available sites. In order to ensure an orderly flow of motor vehicle traffic and to maximize utilization of the limited parking facilities on campus, all members of the College community must observe these policies. Please read these rules and regulations carefully, as they apply to all faculty, staff, students, their guests and visitors. Furthermore, it is understood that the operation of a motor vehicle on campus and utilization of any Bowdoin College parking facility constitutes an acceptance of these rules and regulations.
Registration
All vehicles parking on campus are required to register with Safety and Security. Students should register on-line at:
https://www.bowdoin.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.
Parking Permits and Decals
Upon registering your vehicle, you will receive a pre-numbered, color-coded parking decal. The parking decal must be displayed on the right rear bumper of your vehicle. One parking decal will be issued for each vehicle registered. Students may register one vehicle only.
The parking permit is the property of the College. The College reserves the right to revoke any individual’s campus parking privileges. In the event that campus parking privileges are revoked, the parking permit must be removed and returned to the Safety and Security Office.
Parking Lot Designations
A color-coded sign located at the entrance of a lot will correspond to the color-coded parking permit designated for that lot. Two lots, Coffin St. lot and the Farley Field House lot, are split lots with separate color designations. A campus parking map that designates parking areas by color may be viewed on Safety and Security’s website, or may be obtained from the Safety and Security office in Rhodes Hall.
Visitor Parking
Short-term (24 hours or less) visitors may park in any dark blue decal lot. Some parking spaces are clearly marked as visitor spaces and are off-limits to students, guests of students, faculty and employees 24-hours a day.
Vendors, contractors, and other long-term visitors must obtain a dated temporary parking permit in order to park on campus. Temporary parking permits are available from Safety and Security in Rhodes Hall and must be displayed on the vehicle dashboard or mirror when parked on campus.
Faculty and Staff Parking
Dark Blue decal lots are for employee, visitor, and vendor use. All other vehicles are prohibited from parking in these lots, except during off-hours, as noted below. Dark blue-permit vehicles may only park in dark blue-designated lots.
Student Parking
All vehicles parked on campus (this includes motorcycles and mopeds) must be registered with Safety and Security. Parking decals are $40.00 and will be billed to student accounts. First-year students are issued a white parking permit and are required to park in the Stanwood Street parking lot only.
Student decal home lots are designated for students with corresponding color coded decals only. Students must park in their designated lots between 5:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Students may park in any dark blue-designated campus parking lot and any student lot from Monday through Friday from 5:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., and on weekends from Friday at 5:00 p.m. to Monday 5:00 a.m., except Burton-Little lot which is off limits to unauthorized users from 5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
STUDENT PARKING LOTS
7 Boody St. - Red decal
Brunswick Apartments – Dark Green decal
Burnett House – Gold decal
10 Cleaveland St. – Brown decal
Coffin St. – Silver decal
Farley Field House - Orange decal
Harpswell St. Apartments - Magenta decal
Helmreich House – Maroon decal
Howell House – Light green decal
Mayflower Apartments - Tan decal
14 McKeen St. - Teal decal
Pine St. Apartments – Light Blue decal
Quinby House – Lavender decal
Stanwood St. - White decal
Smith House - Yellow decal
Stowe House - Black decal
Students bear responsibility for advising their visitors of college parking regulations and notices, including parking bans.
Parking signs have been kept to a minimum to preserve the beauty of the campus. It is the responsibility of each student, faculty, and staff member of Bowdoin College who desires to park on campus to obtain a copy of these regulations and the campus parking map. The map clearly designates where faculty, staff, students, and visitors may park, and it will be each person’s responsibility to be familiar with the map and the locations on campus where parking is permitted.
Parking in any area not designated as a parking area is prohibited. Vehicles may be towed at the owner's expense without further notification. This includes travel lanes, walkways, grass, fire lanes, and other non-designated areas.
Parking Bans During Snowstorms
The Office of Safety and Security will notify the campus community of snow parking bans via email. Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to check their e-mail regularly when inclement weather is expected. Parking bans will be in effect during the day of as well as the day after snowstorms from midnight to 6:00 a.m. in order to remove snow from the parking lots. Vehicles parked in the following areas during the parking ban will be towed at the owner's expense:
Admissions/Burton-Little LotChamberlain Lot
Coles Tower Drive and Circle
Druckenmiller Lot
Dudley Coe Lot
North Campus Drive and Circle
South Campus Drive and Circle
Russwurm/Afro-Am Lot
Sills Drive
The owner of a vehicle that has been towed from a campus parking lot should call the Office of Safety and Security at 725-3314 to find out the location of the vehicle.
Disabled Persons Parking
Disabled persons parking spaces are only for the use of disabled persons who have valid state issued disabled registration plates, hangtags, or placards displayed on the vehicle. All disabled persons spaces are clearly marked and are off-limits to all except properly registered vehicles.
Unauthorized use of a parking space reserved for disabled persons will result in a $200.00 fine, and the vehicle will be towed at the owner's expense without notification on the first violation and any subsequent violation.
Parking Violations
The following are violations of the Bowdoin College Parking and Motor Vehicle Regulations and are subject to fines and/or towing:
- A. Unregistered vehicles;
- B. Parking in any unauthorized area (i.e., no permit, improper or incorrect permit, reserved or handicapped spaces when inapplicable, etc.);
- C. Parking at any time on lawns, fire lanes, delivery entrances, blocking dumpsters, special areas and other than designated parking areas;
- D. Failure to display decals on right rear bumper of vehicle;
- E. Failure to display visitor or temporary permits;
- F. Unauthorized parking in areas restricted to fleet vehicles;
- G. Securing or using a parking permit through misrepresentation or fraud;
- H. Student vehicle parking in blue designated parking lot between 5:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and student vehicle parked in the Burton-Little (Admissions) lot between 5:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Parking Fines
All parking violations, except misappropriation of a parking permit, disabled persons, and scofflaw status parking violations, are $25.00 for each specific violation. A vehicle may incur more then one violation per incident.
Misappropriation of parking decals will result in a $100.00 fine and loss of parking privileges.
Unauthorized use of a parking space reserved for disabled persons will result in a $200.00 fine, and the vehicle will be towed at the owner’s expense without further notification.
Scofflaw status occurs after three violations during the academic year; each subsequent violation results in a double fine ($50) and the vehicle may be towed.
Parking in fire lanes, service and emergency vehicle spaces, a disabled person space, on grassy areas, blocking dumpsters and visitor spaces is prohibited. Vehicles will be ticketed and towed at the owner's expense without further notification.
Revocation of Parking Privileges
The accrual of six or more parking tickets during an academic year will result in the revocation of parking privileges for the remainder of the academic year. The vehicle may no longer be parked on campus and vehicles in violation will be towed and stored at the owner’s expense. If a student has his/her parking privileges revoked, he/she cannot purchase an additional permit. Students should also understand that once privileges are revoked, no vehicles formerly registered would be able to be used on campus by any motorist.
Appeals
Individuals who believe that a penalty has been improperly imposed may submit an appeal to the Office of Safety and Security within fourteen days of the violation.
Disclaimer: Bowdoin College assumes no liability for damage to vehicles while parked on campus property.
These regulations are subject to changes as the need arises.
All persons using vehicles on the Bowdoin College campus in areas either posted or not posted, are subject to all traffic laws as described in the Maine Motor Vehicle Law, M.R.S.A. Title 29-A.
Town of Brunswick Parking Ordinances
A person shall not park a vehicle on Park Row, east side, commencing at Bath Road and extending southerly to College Street between the hours of 1:00 A.M. and 6:00 AM.
A person shall not park a vehicle on South Street, north side, commencing at Coffin Street and extending westerly to Maine Street between the hours of 1:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M.
A person shall not park a vehicle on Longfellow Avenue, both sides, commencing at Harpswell Road and extending westerly to Maine Street between the hours of 1:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M.
A person shall not park a vehicle on Maine Street, west side, commencing at Noble Street and extending southerly to Boody Street between the hours of 1:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M.
A person shall not park a vehicle on Park Row, east side, commencing at Longfellow and extending northerly to a point one hundred thirty five (135) feet north of South Street between the hours of 1:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M.
No-Parking Area
Boody Street, both sides, commencing at Maine Street and extending westerly 410 feet, Monday A.M. through Friday P.M., except holidays.
Winter Parking Bans & Policies
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.