Metro Bus
Students who are currently enrolled at SCTCC can ride the Metro Bus to and from campus and throughout the St. Cloud area for free. Just swipe your Cyclone ID card through the farebox to ride. Bus schedules and routes can be seen at the Metro Bus website.
Campus Parking
Students parking rates are $3.50 per credit (e.g., a student taking 9 credits will have a parking rate of $31.50 for that semester). This fee will be charged automatically on a student’s account.
Students enrolled in distance education courses requiring no campus visits will not be charged. Students on extended internships, or similar situations off-campus, can request a waiver.
New faculty and staff can learn more on the Human Resources page for new employees.
Parking in SCTCC’s student parking lots A, C, and D and the Health Sciences Building lot. Overflow parking is available in the Whitney Softball Field lots. B lot is strictly for Workforce Center clients only. Please do NOT park in the Whitney Senior Center parking lot.
These parking lots will be patrolled.
Unpaid parking tickets will be recorded and will prohibit a student from registering for classes, obtaining transcripts, or enrolling at another Minnesota State institution.
View SCTCC’s parking violations and fine information below.
Visitors to campus do not need permits, designated visitor parking is available near doors 1 and 6 for convenience.
Campus Maps - Buildings and Parking lots
The parking fee is used solely for the development and upkeep of SCTCC’s parking lots, access roads, parking security, associated lighting and sidewalks to the campus, and administrative costs associated to access/parking.
All students and employees, regardless of whether their education or employment includes actually parking in the lots, benefit from the establishment and maintenance of the lots. It’s an embedded service that allows service providers, students, faculty, staff, administration, security, delivery vehicles, etc., the necessary access to complete the mission of the college.
Parking Violations
Fines will be assessed for the following parking violations. Fines that go unpaid will result in a hold on student accounts. This hold means a student cannot register for classes, obtain transcripts, or enroll at any other Minnesota State institution.
Misuse of Handicapped Parking Only fee is $200. Handicapped placard or handicapped license plate must be displayed to be eligible to park in a handicapped stall.
Any vehicle parked on campus is parked at the risk of the owner. The college assumes no responsibility for care or protection of any vehicle or its contents.
- Parking on the grass
- Blocking loading zones
- Blocking driveway
- Blocking other vehicles in parking lot
- Blocking Fire Lane
- Parking in fenced compounds without prior approval
- Parking in areas marked as NO PARKING
- Overnight parking in lot without prior approval
- Parking in areas marked for a special purpose such as childcare parking
- Improperly parked vehicles (i.e., taking two spaces)
- Motorcycles not parked in areas designated as “Motorcycle Parking”
Appeal forms are available online at the Online Parking Appeal Form.
Tickets must be appealed within five business days of the violation. Appeals received after the fifth business day will not be considered.
The appeals committee reviews submitted appeals on a bi-weekly basis during the academic year. There must be three members of the appeals committee for a final decision to be made regarding the appeal.
The committee will consider appeals on a first come, first served basis.
Circumstances under which vehicles will be ticketed and/or towed include (but aren’t limited to) the following:
- Security and parking operations receives a complaint that a vehicle is illegally parked, obstructing traffic, impeding emergency responses and/or college operations, blocking pedestrian traffic, etc.
- A vehicle that’s been issued three or more citations (paid or unpaid) in the current academic year
- A vehicle parked in such a way so as to constitute a hazard, impede vehicular and pedestrian traffic, emergency responses and repair, or grounds operations
- Vehicles that have been autoclamped for 24 hours will be towed
- Vehicles that have been left in the lot for 10 consecutive days with no prior authorization
Vehicles will be ticketed and autoclamped when:
- A vehicle displays a permit that has been reported as being lost or stolen
- A vehicle displays a permit that has been altered or forged
- A vehicle has been issued three or more unpaid parking citations in the previous/current year
A fee of $60 will be assessed for removal of auto clamps.