Parking & Transportation
Forms and Publications Online
Find all your PTS forms and publications
right on your desktop for reference and submissions
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UTSA Parking & Transportation Services
is proud to bring you our forms and publications for your reference
and online submission. Don't wait until the last moment to
bring in your appeals form because of time constraints. Fill
out our new online appeals form right in your own home and submit
online for a much more convenient manner of communicating with us.
Also available for download are our PTS brochures with valuable informational
concerning all your commuting needs at UTSA.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions you have!
Parking Brochures and Maps
PTS is proud to provide faculty, staff, student,
and visitors with the most up-to-date parking brochures and maps
for reference.
Citations & Appeals
UTSA PTS now offers online convenience
of citation payments and online appeal submissions.
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You have an opportunity to appeal parking
and traffic citations issued on campus through UTSA Parking and
Transportation Services (PTS). Appeals may be requested by completing
a written appeal form or through an email. The PTS appeals process
not only provides you with an objective review of your appeal,
it also provides PTS an opportunity to evaluate University rules
and regulations for parking and traffic.
Appeals may also be submitted in writing using
the printed UTSA Citation Appeal Form. University citations must
be appealed within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date the
citation was issued. Academic Holds are removed during the appeal
process. Use our online form to expedite your appeals process
with the convenience of using our online appeals form!
A PTS Appeals Officer reviews your appeal and
makes one of these decisions: Reduced, Warning, Denied, or recommends
that the ticket be voided. If you are not satisfied with the decision
of the Appeals Officer you may post a bond in the amount of the
citation and resubmit your appeal so that a final decision can
be rendered by the Appeals Panel, which is comprised of members
of the faculty, staff, and student body. The decision of
the Appeal Panel is final.
>>Citation
Payment Process
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If you have received a parking ticket,
payments may be made at the Fiscal Services by cash, check,
money order or credit card (MasterCard or Discover only). Call
Fiscal Services (210.458.8000) for more information.
You may mail your payment (check or money order--no
cash) to:
The University of Texas
at San Antonio
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio TX, 78249-9963
>>How
do I submit an appeal?
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Submit your appeal via email to citationappeals@utsa.edu if
you believe your parking citation was issued in error, you
may submit an appeal using the following guidelines:
Time Limit -
You must make your appeal within 14 calendar days of the date the
citation was issued. After 14 days you lose your right to appeal. APPEALS
WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE FOURTEEN (14) CALENDAR DAY DEADLINE.
Required Information: (include
all of the following information with your appeal)
- Name
- UT ID number or Student ID number (if applicable)
- Permanent address
- Daytime phone number
- Citation number
- A copy of the actual citation
- Reason for appeal
- Vehicle plate number including state
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- Permit number
for permit holders; necessary
only if citation issued is for No Permit
Where To Submit Your Appeal:
By Mail -
Send by US mail to:
UTSA/PTS Appeals
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, Texas 78249-0675
or Campus Mail UTSA/PTS (JPL 4.03.03)
In Person - Drop it off
at our office:
UTSA Parking and Transportation
Services
One UTSA Circle (JPL 4.03.03)
San Antonio, Texas 78249-0675
Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 5:00PM
except on official University holidays
Click here to
download the written appeal form.
Citations are written against a vehicle.
If the vehicle that was cited is not listed on your record with
the Parking and Transportation Services Office, you will not
be able to use the online appeals process. Please log
into ASAP and add the license plate to your record or use one
of the other two methods listed on where to submit your appeal.
>>I've
submitted my appeal. What happens next?
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All parking citation appeals
are reviewed by an Appeals Officer. When PTS receives
your appeal, the Appeals Officer will:
- Read the appeal and review the
information on the citation.
- Review the Parking and Traffic
Rules and Regulations that are relevant to the appeal.
- Review other information, such
as area maps or digital photographs of signs in the area.
- Make a decision on the appeal.
The decision of the Appeals Officer
is based on the type of violation, any previous citations,
area signage, existing parking permit, and your reason for
appeal.
>>What
can the Appeals Officer decide?
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The Appeal's Officer makes one of the following decisions
after review:
- Reduced means
that the amount of the fine is reduced. Payment of the reduced
fine is still required.
- Warning means
the appeal was granted. The citation is reduced to a warning
and the fine is waived.
- Denied means
that your citation has been upheld. You must pay the fine
of the original citation.
- Recommend means
that the citation has been voided and the fine is waived.
Some of the most common defenses
used in appealing tickets, all of which are normally rejected by
the Parking and Traffic Committee, include:
- "I admit I was illegally parked,
but I was only gone a few minutes."
- "I knew it was a no-parking
zone, but cars park there all the time and never get ticketed."
- "I was using my personal car
for university business."
- "I didn't know I couldn't
park there."
- "I was ill and had to use
the restroom.
ON OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY HOLIDAYS and
AFTER NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS, Appeals may be submitted via email to citationappeals@utsa.edu |