The University of Houston uses a pay-by-phone system for visitor parking spaces located in ungated parking lots across campus, as well as certain areas within the Welcome Center North Garage.

There is signage at each of the locations explaining how to pay to park in these visitor spaces, which are clearly marked with orange striping. 

These spaces have to be paid for through the pay-by-phone system.

• Do not pay until you have parked. You must pay before exiting your vehicle, and you must be parked in an orange parking space. Make sure the transaction is completed before leaving your vehicle.
• To pay, customers should disconnect the Wi-Fi connection on their smart phone.
• Payment instructions are posted on signage at the pay-by-phone locations.
• Payment is non-refundable.
• If the service is not working and you are unable to pay, you should instead utilize the visitor parking sections of the East Garage, Stadium Garage or Elgin Street Garage. If the service is not working and you remain in the pay-by-phone space without paying, you are at risk of being issued a citation.

License Plate Must Face the Drive Lane

• You must park your vehicle so that a properly displayed license plate is visible from the drive lane.
• The license plate must be displayed according to manufacturer specifications.
• A license plate placed on a dashboard or affixed to the front or back windshields is not considered to be displayed according to manufacturer specifications.
• If a vehicle does not have a front license plate, or the front license plate is affixed to the windshield or dashboard, then the front end of the vehicle should not face the drive lane.
• A drive lane is the driving path directly adjacent to where a vehicle enters a parking space.
• If a license plate is attached to the vehicle according to manufacturer specifications, but does not directly abut the drive lane, then it is not considered to be visible from the drive lane.