About University Parking Enforcement - University Parking Enforcement is a Genetec Patroller™ software installation that is configured for university parking enforcement: the enforcement of scheduled parking permits or overtime restrictions. The use of maps is mandatory. Hotlist functionality is also included. - Security Center 5.13

Security Center Administrator Guide 5.13

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2025-04-11

University Parking Enforcement is a Genetec Patroller™ software installation that is configured for university parking enforcement: the enforcement of scheduled parking permits or overtime restrictions. The use of maps is mandatory. Hotlist functionality is also included.

University parking differs from city parking in several ways. With university parking:
  • You apply a permit restriction to one or more permit lists, to specify where and when the permits apply.
  • You can enforce overtime rules or permit restrictions for a selected parking lot, but not both at the same time.
  • Wheel imaging is not supported.

For information on how to deploy a university parking enforcement system, see the AutoVu™ SharpZ3 Deployment Guide.

The following examples show when you would use an overtime rule, and when you would use a permit restriction:
Overtime rule
A university campus has several parking lots reserved for students and faculty, but also has conveniently located parking areas that are used by delivery vehicles for the loading or unloading of equipment.

Using an overtime rule, you can allow any vehicle to park in the loading area at any time of day, but only for a limited time. For example, 20 minutes. A vehicle parked longer than 20 minutes violates the overtime rule and results in an overtime hit in Genetec Patroller™. In this example, you do not need a permit restriction because any vehicle can park for a limited time.

Permit restriction
Both faculty and students can use a university parking lot, but at different times. Faculty can park on weekdays from 8:00am to 6:00pm, while students can park from 10:00am to 4:00pm This reserves the prime parking spaces for the university’s faculty, but still allows students convenient parking during peak class hours.
To create this parking scenario, you cannot use an overtime rule. You need a permit restriction and associated permit lists. Vehicles without a permit, with an expired permit, or parked at the wrong time, are in violation of the permit restriction. This results in a permit hit in Patroller.