
Some BYU Young Single Adult ward bishops reported they and church attendees have received parking tickets because of the lack of BYU parking spaces available on Sunday.
Frank Eubank is the bishop over the Provo 248th YSA ward and said he has struggled to find parking near the law building where they meet. By the time the afternoon wards show up for Church, the parking lot is generally full.
Parking has been especially limited in this area of campus ever since the music building was built right next door a few years ago.
During the Fall Semester 2024, Eubank and several others parked on a strip of the parking lot on the north side of the Music Building without an issue, Eubank said. At the beginning of the Winter Semester 2025, they were informed by BYU parking police that the area is a fire lane.

“The issue is this: it’s not marked, there’s no signs, there’s no painted lines anywhere and so it invites people to park because there is plenty of space to do that,” Eubank said.
He also said many who parked in this area last semester were given tickets at the beginning of the new semester.
The BYU Director of Parking, Rich Christianson, said the reason church attendees were not getting parking tickets last semester is due to the lack of students willing to work on Sundays.
“It’s not 'turn a blind eye,' it’s just trying to get people out there to enforce it,” he said.
Eubank said many are frustrated about having to pay for their ticket.
Anyone who receives a ticket from BYU parking has the opportunity to challenge it, Christianson said.
Christianson himself is assigned to serve in a YSA ward on Sundays and said there is parking elsewhere on campus, but it might require a little more walking than usual.
Eubank said he and other bishops are frustrated for more than just themselves.
“As a bishop, we’re more concerned about people coming to church,” Eubank said. “There have been Sundays where people come, they circle, they look, there’s no place to park, it’s cold and they go home.”
Eubank said losing around 20 spots from the fire lane has only increased these parking issues for their ward members that live about a mile and a half from campus.
“I don’t know that there is another solution readily, because without building a parking structure…it continues to be this growing problem,” Eubank said.

BYU parking is doing the best they can, but everyone still needs to park legally in a parking stall, Christianson said.
“The rules apply on Sundays just like they do everyday,” he said.
Bishops who serve in other buildings on campus have not had the same issues.
Sheffield Lloyd serves as bishop over the 35th Provo YSA ward in the Thomas L. Martin Building. He has had no issues parking in the parking garage under the Life Sciences Building where they have designated parking for church leaders on Sundays, he said.
He said he has appreciated having this designated parking that allows him to be on time whenever he is needed.
BYU recently obtained Wasatch Elementary and Christianson said he is hopeful there will be more student and faculty parking there once it is converted to a campus building. When the Arts Building is finished, there will also be more parking in that area.
“We’re getting that parking, it’s just painful sometimes to go through that construction process where things get kinda tight,” Christianson said.
A map of BYU parking can be found here, and the link to appeal a citation can be found here.