The UCSD Transportation and Parking Committee decided at its April 19 meeting to recommend changes for next year’s parking prices and procedures, as well as an increase in ticket fees.
In order to fund new structures in Revelle College, John Muir College and behind RIMAC, TPC seeks to raise rates 9 percent each of the next two years and 10 percent each of the two years after that, according to A.S. Council representative to the TPC Tom Chapman.
The recomendation still needs to be approved by Vice Chancellor of Business Affairs Steven Relyea who is expected to approve it, Chapman said.
The first two structures — those in Revelle and behind RIMAC — are scheduled to open in 2004 and 2005.
Under the plan, next year, “”S”” permits for undergraduates would cost $45 a month, an increase of $4 per month from the 2001-2002 rate of $41 per month.
“”B”” permits, for staff and graduate students, would increase $5 a month to $60, and faculty “”A”” permits would increase $6 per month to $70. “”R”” permits, for reserved spaces, would increase $11 a month to $131.
“”S”” and “”B”” occasional-use permits would increase $3 per permit, “”A”” occasional-use permits would increase $4 per permit and night/weekend permits would increase $3 per quarter.
The fees charged for parking citations will also increase dramatically next year.
A “”no permit”” violation or an invalid permit would increase to $40, from $21, while the fee for a improperly displayed permit would increase to $20 from $12.
Parking in an expired meter would increase to $35 next year; the fine is currently $21.
Use of a lost, stolen, counterfeited or altered permit would increase to $300, from the current $150, and tickets for parking along a red curb or by a fire lane or hydrant would increase to $60.
Reserved-space violators would be charged $60, instead of the current $28.
Violations in timed zones and violations of posted signs would result in a charge of $40, an increase from this year’s $32. In addition, the fee for parking in a disabled space would increase to $350.
Chapman said that the parking violation fees have not been raised for a number of years.
“”More people now choose to take the risk of not buying a permit and getting the occasional ticket,”” Chapman said.
He said he believes the increase in citation fees will equalize the costs among students who purchase permits and those who try to beat the system.
Along with the changes in prices, some changes in lots will be put into effect so that construction of the structures can ensue.
The “”S”” and “”B”” lot near Warren housing will be drastically affected. The lot, which currently has 185 “”S”” spots available, will next year have 72 spots available to undergraduates.
Lot 502 will be used for “”A”” spots, because the area that is currently allocated for “”A”” spots (Lot 503) will be a construction site next year.
Chapman said the TPC’s original plan was to not have any “”S”” spots in this lot, but he negotiated to retain the few that will be available.
“”I don’t like seeing ‘S’ spots disappear, but some ‘S’ spots are better than no ‘S’ spots,”” he said.
