All vehicles parking on campus must park with their license plate facing the driving lane! No back-in or pull-through parking for vehicles with only a rear license plate.

Visitor Parking Information

Visitors must have a UMKC parking permit or pay for a metered parking spot while parked on campus. UMKC no longer has free weekend parking; there is no free parking on campus at any time.

Paid Parking at UMKC:

• Metered parking
• Permit parking
• Accessible parking 
• Special events parking

Parking options

KC Streetcar Parking

Parking is $1.25 per hour on the AMP Park app, available on the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store. Allowing push notifications from the app will let the app send a reminder 15 minutes before the meter time expires, in case you need to add additional parking time.

Where to Park:

Oak Street Garage

Located at 5050 Oak Street, the garage offers metered spaces on the ground level.

Colonial Shops

The Colonial Shops are located on 51st Street between Brookside Boulevard and Oak Street. You may park in metered spaces in the north lot. One-hour parking to the west and between the businesses is designated for Colonial Shops customers only.

Cherry Street Garage (5009 Oak St)

Park in designated metered spaces on the ground level.

KC Streetcar

Update Your Vehicle

Step-by-step instructions for updating your virtual parking permit with a different vehicle:

Updating the Vehicle on Your Permit 

Lot Closures

November

• November 4: 60 spaces reserved in Lot 32W until about 11:30 AM
• November 5: 30 spaces reserved in Lot 32W until about 10:15 AM
• November 7: 25 spaces reserved in Lot 4 all day
• November 17: All of Lot 12 and 15 spaces in Lot 14 reserved all day
• November 24: 30 spaces reserved in Lot 32W until about 10:15 AM

December

• December 1: 60 spaces reserved in Lot 32W until about 11:30 AM
• December 3: 20 spaces reserved in Lot 32W until about 10:00 AM