Parking
Free parking is available on campus
Students and visitors may park in parking spaces marked by yellow lines in our surface
lots—no parking permit required.
Red spaces require a faculty/staff parking permit.
- Faculty/staff may park in red parking spaces when they display the proper parking
permit.
- Faculty/staff will be issued a parking permit window decal to be displayed on the
passenger side of either the front or rear windshield (hangtags are no longer honored).
- Faculty/staff who need an additional parking permit should contact the Harper College
Police Department, 847.925.6330.
Occasionally, some lots may have restricted parking due to special events on campus.
Parking safety
Emergency call boxes are located on campus, in the parking lots, and near the athletic
fields. Their locations are marked with a blue light.
The call box is activated with a push-to-talk and release-to-listen button. Utilize
these call boxes anytime police services are needed. The Harper College Police Department
will respond to any emergency call box activation.
Parking tickets
Pay tickets, review parking rules and regulations.
East Campus Parking Garage

Students may park in the yellow spaces on Levels 1, 3, and 4 of the Parking Garage—no
permit required. Parking Garage yellow spaces are designated for students only.
Faculty and staff may purchase Parking Garage Permits to park on Level 2 of the garage
in the parking spaces.
Faculty/staff may purchase Parking Garage Permits online and then pick up their window decals from the Harper Police Department, Building B.
Note: Anyone with the appropriate accessible parking placard or license plate and
motorcycles may park in the garage for free — no permit required.
How can I purchase a faculty/staff parking garage permits? |
Fees for a faculty/staff Parking Garage Permit are: $135/year, $54/fall or spring
semester and $27/summer.
Students do not need to purchase parking permits to park in the yellow spaces on Levels
1, 3 and 4 of the garage.
Note: Anyone with the appropriate accessible parking placard or license plate and
motorcycles may park in the garage for free — no permit required.
Why are faculty/staff required to pay to park in the parking garage? |
Essentially, both students and faculty/staff pay to park in the garage. The students
pay through their per credit hour fees. Faculty/staff pay a comparable amount through
the purchase of a Parking Garage Permit.
Where can faculty/staff park in the parking garage? |
Faculty and staff who purchase Parking Garage Permits are to park on Level 2 of the
garage.
When are faculty/staff parking garage permits sold? |
Semester-long Parking Garage Permits for faculty/staff go on sale 60 days prior to
the start of the semester. Annual Parking Garage Permits go on sale 60 days prior
to the fall semester. Parking Garage Permits are sold on a first come basis, as they
become available.
Where should faculty/staff permits be displayed? |
Parking permits should be affixed to the inside of the front or rear windshield on
the passenger side.
Parking Garage Permits are to be affixed to the inside of the front or rear windshield
on the passenger side, above or next to the general faculty/staff parking permit.
Parking Garage Permits will be replaced every semester or annually depending on the
type of permit purchased.
A Parking Garage Permit allows faculty/staff to park in any space on Level 2. There
are no reserved spaces.
How do I pick up my parking garage permit? |
Print a copy of the Parking Garage Permit payment confirmation, and bring it to Harper
College Police in Building B to obtain the parking garage window decal.
What happens if I occasionally drive a different car? |
You may register a second car with the Harper College Police Department and transfer
your Parking Garage Permit to the second car as needed.
I am a faculty/staff member and have questions about purchasing a permit to park in
the garage? |
Parking garage permit refund guidelines |
A full refund of a Parking Garage Permit will be considered if the semester has not
yet begun.
A request for refund must be submitted using the Parking Garage Permit Refund Request
online form. The review process may take up to two weeks. If approved, refunds will
be issued in the same form the original payment was made. Submit Parking Garage Permit Refund Request