Temporary Parking Passes
Temporary parking passes are required and available to the internal campus community (students, faculty, staff, affiliate groups, etc.) and overnight visitors. To learn more about the different temporary parking passes explore the sections below.
Students that bring an unregistered vehicle to campus may receive a temporary hangtag for one week – but there is no long-term, temporary parking for unregistered vehicles or those on the wait list for a permit. Be sure to register your vehicle before you bring it to campus. Failure to register your vehicle with an appropriate permit could result in multiple parking tickets, fines, and referral to the Office of the Dean of Students for student conduct action.
To obtain a temporary parking pass, you will need to provide your name, address, phone number as well as your vehicle information (make, model, color, license plate year, and number). Temporary parking passes can be purchased here:
Office of Parking Services
Sunset Avenue Parking Garage
4702 Sunset Drive, Suite 500
Indianapolis, IN 46208
Phone: 317-940-9243
Hours: 8:00 AM–4:30 PM Monday through Friday (Closed Noon–1:00 PM)
After business hours: University Police Department Dispatch Center at 525 W. Hampton Drive
Students that bring an unregistered vehicle to campus may receive a temporary hangtag for one week—but there is no long-term, temporary parking for unregistered vehicles or those on the wait list for a permit. Be sure to register your vehicle before you bring it to campus.
The information below is for those who have obtained a current year permit.
Temporary parking passes are required whenever a registered student, faculty member, staff member, or member of an affiliated group with office space on campus will be parking an unregistered vehicle on University property. Passes may be obtained at the Office of Parking Services (4702 Sunset Drive, Suite 500, Indianapolis, IN 46208) during posted hours or from the University Police Department communications office, 525 W. Hampton Drive, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Each person is offered five free days with a temporary hangtag in an academic year. Temporary passes may be issued for up to three additional weeks provided that 1) the person has a primary vehicle registered with a current year permit and 2) the person only has one vehicle on campus during that time period. The cost for this is $10 per week. No other division or college is permitted to issue a temporary parking pass without approval from the chief of police.
Temporary passes for ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) parking and Special Needs-ADA designated spaces are reserved for persons with vehicles displaying the correct authorization to park there. These are designated tow-away zones for violators. This restriction is enforced 24 hours a day, seven days a week. A violation of this policy could result in a ticket being issued as well.
Any faculty, staff, student, or University affiliate wishing to park in University-controlled ADA parking must have their vehicle registered with the Department of Public Safety Office of Parking Services. A properly designated permit must be affixed to the vehicle as required by the Vehicle Registration and Parking Policy. In addition to having a parking permit, the vehicle must display either State issued ADA parking credentials or a Temporary University issued ADA Hangtag. To obtain a University-issued ADA permit, the person who registered the vehicle must present written documentation showing the operator is entitled to be issued an ADA permit. Displaying a state ADA parking placard alone does not permit parking in a University-controlled ADA parking space.
A vehicle displaying a University ADA parking hangtag shall be parked in an ADA parking space. If there are no ADA parking spaces available, the permit will allow the driver to park in any space in lots designated as A, B, or C. There is no cost for the permit.
Visitor Eligibility
A visitor is someone who is not directly associated with Butler University as a student, staff or faculty member or direct affiliate with a Butler ID number.
Overnight visitor hangtags can be obtained at the Parking Services Office during office hours or from the BUPD dispatch outside of parking services hours. Visitor hangtags may only be issued for 4 days (3 nights) in a 7 day period in accordance with Residence Life policy on guests. Visitors will park on Haughey Avenue adjacent to Butler’s South Campus property. On-campus student parking areas are sold out and visitors will not be able to park in permit designated areas.
Butler Parking Services
Sunset Avenue Parking Garage, Suite 500
4702 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis 46208
Hours: 8:00 AM to Noon and 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Monday through Friday
BUPD Dispatch 525 W. Hampton Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46208 Open at all times and days.
The temporary/guest hangtag will expire on the day noted on the hangtag. Modifying or changing a temporary hangtag in any way renders the tag fraudulent and will result in ticketing and possible towing.
Visitor Eligibility
A visitor is someone who is not directly associated with Butler University. Admissions visitors may park in the designated spots in front of Robertson Hall.
Visitors will be permitted to utilize metered spots or the Sunset Avenue Parking Garage.
Overnight guests will be permitted to park at no cost in the I Lot or at the posted daily rate in the Sunset Avenue Parking Garage (possible restrictions during events). Visitors or guests not staying overnight should use the parking garage.
Guest, visitor, and temporary parking passes can be obtained at the Parking Services Office (4702 Sunset Drive, Suite 500, Indianapolis, IN 46208, see hours below) or from the University Police Department Communications Office located at 525 W. Hampton Drive, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Contractor Eligibility
Proof of employment doing contractual business with the University will be required to obtain a parking pass. There is a fee for this tag set at $50 for the year or $25 per semester.
You will be issued a temporary hangtag. Contractors will only be allowed to park in the Hinkle Lot or Sunset Avenue Parking Garage.
The temporary/guest hangtag will expire on the day noted on the hangtag. If you plan to stay on campus longer that your hangtag allows, you must either purchase a new hangtag. Changing the date on our temporary hangtag renders the tag fraudulent and will result in ticketing and possible towing.