<p>Signed up for "on-campus" housing when applied, but now thinking that i should switch (my finaid award letter says I can change my housing option and the finaid will adjust the amounts). The thing is - I own a car (bought it 3 years ago when I moved from Ukraine to Los Angeles, CA - and don't want to sell it). I don't have family in the U.S., so "leaving the car home" is not one of my options.
Is there a way I can live on campus and keep my car? Or do I have to opt out and find an apartment off-campus? I would really love to experience the campus vibe, have some fun...I was a CC student for 2 years and worked full time...</p>
<p>Anyone currently attending Cal, please, help me out here.
Oh, and I'm a legal studies major, if that matters.</p>
<p>There are also free parking spaces somewhere. Not close to campus whatsoever though. Freshman year, my roommate brought his car up and just parked it there the entire year. Never got ticketed or stolen and he used it maybe once during the year (other than driving home during holidays…hell to think of it, he didn’t even drive home during holidays. Drove up here fall and drove back down during summer. Flew during winter break. lol)</p>
<p>I looked into those options, and it looks like the only permit that is 24/7 is for residence hall. others have time restrictions.</p>
<p>oh btw, is it allowed to stay in the residence hall during breaks (summer, winter etc)? I don’t have an alternative house to live in (no family here), so i don’t want to sublet every few months or so.</p>
<p>What’s the best option here?</p>
<p>P.S. do residence halls have bathrooms inside rooms or on the floor?</p>
<p>because you have to live at least 2 miles away from the campus to be eligible
which I don’t want to. just like you, I’m a transfer student who wants to enjoy some campus craziness, so I wanna be in the epicenter of everything :)</p>
<p>Is it hard to find parking if you bring your car to school every day? Like is there a chance you won’t find parking if it’s in the afternoon or something or is there always space available? And how far from campus is it?</p>
<p>All dorms and university-affiliated housing are ineligible for city parking permits. When you go buy a permit the customer service center will look at your driver’s license, apartment lease, and vehicle registration. The last two must have a valid berkeley address.</p>
<p>I think it’s better to rent a private parking space. Many of the landlords and rental companies have parking spaces they offer to non-tenants in apartment buildings. Price ranges from $75 to $150 per month. Most private lots assign a space to you which is more convenient than the university-owned lots.</p>
<p>When you buy a permit from the university there is no guarantee that a space will be available in every parking lot. Certain parking lots (Underhill, Upper Hearst, Lower Hearst) fill up early in the morning. Other parking lots (Ellsworth) are usually empty and have many available spaces. Also keep in mind that during certain athletic events some university parking lots are closed to permit-holders. If you don’t move your car when you’re required you may end up with a citation or getting your car towed away.</p>
<p>When you rent a private parking space your space is reserved for you 24/7 and it is way more secure than a university lot if there’s a gate/door protecting the garage. None of the university parking lots have gates/doors and are open to anyone.</p>
<p>the permits are to park on the streets and the school permits are to park in campus lots. If your apartment or co-op has parking spaces, you would rent one instead of buying the permit.</p>
<p>The permit allows you to park on the street, as otherwise the spaces allow no more than two hours of parking at a time. Spaces with meters also have time limits - whether or not you put money in the meter, if you are there for more than two hours, you will be ticketed, for example. The city is relentless and aggressive in enforcing these rules and in generating substantial money from fines. </p>
<p>There is (or was) a storage lot that Cal operated, down toward the shoreline, which had a much lower cost than other campus parking permits. It was intended for situations like the OPs - a place to keep a car when you won’t use it very often. The Housing at Cal website still mentions it, but the Parking and Transportation web site which is the official source for permits and parking information has removed all the information about that lot and the permit type.</p>
<p>The university has set aside spaces for motorcycles in some parking lots, but you still need to buy a permit for the semester.</p>
<p>The city has free spaces/areas for motorcycle parking designated with signs and pavement markings. There are few along Bancroft, Hearst, Oxford, and other streets. Pretty much all of them are free, all-day parking with the exception of a few (read the parking signs for restrictions). Also be careful about parking outside the pavement markings - even by 2 or 3 feet the meter maids may ticket you for illegal parking or expired meter.</p>
<p>Motorcycles are allowed to share spaces with cars in individually-metered spaces (no permission from the car owner is required). However, the meter must have time remaining on it or you will get a ticket. For multi-space meters all motorcycles must display the parking meter receipt or they will be ticketed.</p>
<p>If you park in a residential permit area you need to buy a city permit if you want to park for more than 2 hours. You will still have to obey all street sweeping signs.</p>
<p>Actually, the City of Berkeley has a [72</a> hour time limit](<a href=“http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=8272]72”>http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=8272). However, it is much less likely to be noticed for enforcement unless the vehicle attracts attention of the parking enforcers (e.g. ticketed for some other reason, and the parking enforcer comes back 72+ hours later and notices the same vehicle with the old ticket, or the vehicle is under a tree getting much dirtier than a typical vehicle that is driven occasionally, or someone complains about it).</p>
<p>That’s insane. Even residents can’t leave their own cars in front of their own homes for a week? What if you get sick or go on vacation? What if you decide to stay in for a few days, to eat Cheerios in your PJs?</p>
<p>It’s not just Berkeley, but San Francisco, Oakland, Palo Alto/Stanford, and most cities have this 72 hour limit. It’s designed to prevent vehicle owners from using public streets as long-term vehicle storage.</p>
<p>In Berkeley it’s enforced well on Southside and Northside. In farther areas without parking permits the neighbors will notice the car and call it in to parking enforcement to take a look. The landlord for our building had a junk car called in for parking for over 2 weeks. Parking enforcement will leave a notice on the car’s windshield then come back to make sure it’s moved to another block. If it’s in the same place the car will be towed away!</p>
<p>Interesting. I guess (in the residential areas) as long as you move the car once a week, no one should care. And unless the car really stands out, I don’t think any neighbors will notice, or even care enough to call parking enforcement. It sounds like the 72 hour rule is there just in case they need the legal authority to get rid of something truly annoying.</p>
<p>Also, I just read terms and conditions for residence halls, and it looks like during breaks (winter and summer) students must vacate the housing for the whole time.
Where do we go?
I mean, some probably go visit their parents, but what if I don’t have family here?</p>
<p>What’s my best option here? I want to be able to reside at my house year-round with no breaks. Can anyone please advise what type of housing I should pick then?</p>
<p>I’m looking for something within walking distance to campus.</p>
