Frequently Asked Questions About Parking
Answer: Only if you have a Resident Student Decal on your vehicle. There is currently a waiting list for resident parking. If you are interested in obtaining a form to be placed on the Parking Waiting List please contact the Campus Police at (508) 626-4911. Once on the waiting list, please do not call the Campus Police or Student Accounts Office to find out if you are going to receive a parking space. We will notify you, both in writing and by phone when a parking space becomes available to you.
Answer: If you have completed all necessary paperwork required by the college and are eligible to receive a parking space, you will receive a decal application card in the mail. The decal application card MUST be filled out in its entirety or we will be unable to process your application or mail your decal to your home. Your decal will be mailed to your home address sometime prior to the third week of August. The decal will be attached to the FSC Parking Rules and Regulations Book. It is the student's responsibility to read and familiarize themselves with all matters pertaining to them. If you have not received your decal prior to the week before classes starting, then please contact our department at that time.
Answer: There is sufficient parking provided to commuter students. There are three commuter parking lots available on campus: Maynard Road Lot, Adams Road Commuter Lot and Maple Commuter Parking Lot. Students should plan on arriving at least a half hour to forty-five minutes prior to their class in order to find parking and give themselves enough time to get to class. The shuttle bus will pick up/drop off students at Maple Commuter Lot and May Hall. Please note that many students attempt to park in Maynard Lot and wait for a parking space to become available, when there are usually parking spaces available in Maple Commuter Lot. Please make yourself familiar with the location and procedure in order to utilize the Commuter Overflow Parking Area: The Bowditch Field Overflow Parking area provides an additional 125 parking spaces to commuter students when and if all other commuter lots are filled to capacity (usually only occurs within the first few weeks of each semester). Bowditch Field is located on Walnut Street in Framingham, less than one-quarter mile from the FSC Union Avenue Resident Student Parking Lot. If you utilize this area at Bowditch Field you must walk to the Union Avenue Parking Lot to catch the shuttle bus back to campus. DO NOT PARK IN THE UNION AVENUE PARKING LOT!!! YOUR VEHICLE WILL BE TICKETED AND/OR TOWED AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE.
Answer: On the driver's side rear window (usually the small triangular rear window).
Answer: If you have a new car, be certain to write down the decal number and then scrape the decal off of the window (even if it comes off in small pieces). Bring both the decal number and the old decal in to Campus Police station. You will need to fill out another decal application card with the new vehicle information (vehicle registration, make, model) and we will provide you with a duplicate decal or a new decal (if you have a resident decal). If your vehicle is going into the shop for repairs and you are going to be utilizing another vehicle for a short period of time, we will provide you with a temporary parking pass for that time frame. You must have the vehicle registration information of the vehicle you will be utilizing while your car is being fixed.
Answer: No. Students are allowed to park their cars in their assigned lot only! Commuter and resident students cannot be parked on upper campus or in faculty/staff parking at any time!!! Vehicles parked anywhere other than the lot they are assigned to be parked in, will be ticketed and/or towed at the owner's expense.
Answer: The state and town tickets issued by our police department are both very real! Failure to pay ticket fees will result in accrual of late fees on the original amount owed, as well as the ticket(s) being turned over to the Registry of Motor Vehicles. The registry will not allow a person to renew their license or vehicle registration once this occurs.
Answer: Written proof from a physician showing the need for special medical parking must be provided to the FSC Health Services Department. Health Services will decide whether or not your situation fits the appropriate criteria for medical parking. Medical parking does not allow you to park in handicapped parking spaces. Medical parking is located in Maple Lot, where the shuttle bus picks up and drops off.
Answer: ALL THE TIME!!! We are a fully operational police department that is here to protect and serve you 24 hours a day/seven days a week/all year. Please visit our website (www.frc.mass.edu/campuspolice)to gather further information about our department and the services we offer. PLEASE REMEMBER TO REPORT ALL SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY TO THE CAMPUS POLICE IMMEDIATELY at (508) 626-4911 or extension 4911 from an on-campus phone.