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Police report shows elevated parking citations near John Carroll University; ingress reopening may ease pressure
Summary
Police presented citation and complaint data showing increases in parking enforcement on streets adjacent to John Carroll University since the Belvoir lot closed in 2022; the university plans to reopen an ingress/egress point that will add campus parking.
The University Heights safety committee received a police report showing increased parking citations and resident complaints on streets adjacent to John Carroll University after the campus closed the Belvoir parking lot in August 2022.
Police Chief Rogers told the committee that, for the streets near John Carroll (listed in the memo as Washington, Glendon, Claver, South Belvoir, Silsbee, Fairmont, Loyola, Brownlee, Leila Monte and Carroll Boulevard), officers had issued 1,063 parking citations through September 2025 in that area, compared with 642 citations for the same January–September period in 2024 and 619 in 2023. Rogers also said the department recorded 60 parking complaints from residents in the John Carroll area through September 2025; by comparison the department logged 209 such complaints in 2024, 65 in 2023, 59 in 2022 and 29 in 2021.
Rogers said the department had towed 16 vehicles through September 2025 in that area, compared with one tow in the 2021 baseline year before the Belvoir lot closure.
Rogers told the committee he met with John Carroll Police Chief Dabrico, who confirmed that an ingress/egress point on Belvoir will reopen shortly; Rogers said the reopening will provide an additional 60 to 70 parking spaces near the new field house and additional spaces freed by completed construction projects on campus. Rogers said he and John Carroll’s police would encourage parking on campus and use of campus shuttles for events and students.
“We will keep assigning officers to do parking details there,” Rogers said, noting the department would continue enforcing existing parking rules while monitoring the effect of the campus changes.
Council members asked about staffing and enforcement patterns. Rogers said the department is down one officer from its budgeted headcount and currently has one officer in training; field training and academy schedules affect when additional officers can be assigned to traffic or parking enforcement. Council members suggested outreach to athletic programs and coaches to encourage parking compliance for student-athletes.
Rogers and councilmembers said the reopening of the campus ingress and added spaces will be monitored to see whether it reduces off-campus parking pressure.
