Accessible Parking at Carleton

Parking Services is committed to providing accessible parking accommodation for students, staff, faculty, and visitors to Carleton University. Throughout the year, Parking Services regularly monitors the allocation, demand and usage of accessible parking spaces and accessibility permit programs available to persons with disabilities. Campus Safety Officers and Student Safety Patrollers are proactive in targeting violators to ensure that accessible parking is reserved for legitimate users.

Please note: Accessible parking arrangements (e.g. a specific parking space on campus) are assessed based on degree of mobility and physical disability to determine whether a designated space or zone class special permit is required.

Within the Province of Ontario, both physically disabled drivers and physically disabled passengers who have a valid MTO Accessibility Parking Permit (APP) are entitled to accessible parking privileges in public parking areas and on public roadways. At Carleton University, MTO APP permit holders are required to pay the same parking fee as charged to other parking lot users on campus.

How to Obtain a Carleton Accessibility Permit

1. Self-identify at the Parking Services office (204 Pigiarvik, formerly Robertson Hall) with your MTO APP permit. There is free temporary parking outside the building.
2. Present your MTO APP permit to Parking Services staff for verification.
3. Pay for your Carleton Accessibility Permit.

Restrictions

• The permit does not authorize parking in spaces designated as reserved; vehicles parked in reserved spaces will be ticketed.
• Accessibility Permit holders cannot stop in school bus loading zones, taxi zones, fire routes, or police/Safety vehicle zones.
• Carleton Accessibility Permits cannot be shared.
• Accessibility Permit holders are subject to all other Traffic and Parking ByLaw provisions such as the prohibition of blocking driveways, parking in front of fire hydrants, and parking within nine meters of an intersection.
• Vehicles must not be stopped or parked so as to obstruct traffic.
• “No Stopping” regulations are in effect on many roadways during peak traffic hours, usually Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Accessibility Permit holders are NOT exempt from these regulations.

Accommodation Permit

In cases where staff/students do not qualify for an MTO APP permit but do have functional limitations and may require special parking arrangements, Human Resources (for staff/faculty) or The Paul Menton Centre (for students) may forward a request to Parking Services for a Carleton Accommodation PermitPermitted staff/students may park in any active campus visitor parking space. It does NOT allow parking in marked accessible spaces. Accommodation Permits may not be shared.. Staff/students must provide supporting medical documentation to demonstrate the requirement for any such request. If you have a concern about the accommodation provided, you can contact Equity and Inclusive Communities.