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Parking management in Fort Collins
From Fort Collins across Northern Colorado, we manage apartment and HOA parking end to end — permits, signage, enforcement, billing and resident support — so your team can focus on residents.
Full-service parking for Fort Collins communities
Northern Colorado parking pressure concentrates on midweek and weekend evenings. We tailor patrol schedules to each property's pattern rather than a one-size-fits-all route.
Permit programs
Resident, guest and reserved permits set up for your community, with online and QR-code sign-up.
Active enforcement
Trained officers patrol on a schedule that matches Fort Collins's problem hours, backed by license-plate recognition.
Signage & towing
Compliant signage installed before enforcement, plus fire-lane and repeat-violator towing coordination.
Billing handled
Automated resident billing and renewals through Stripe — we collect, or bill the property.
Resident support
Local, US-based phone and text support so your leasing office stops fielding parking complaints.
Monthly reporting
A clear monthly report per property: permits, citations, revenue and enforcement activity.
Parking challenges specific to Fort Collins and Northern Colorado
CSU semester cycles and the August surge
Colorado State University enrolls more than 33,000 students, most of them resetting their living and parking situations every August and May. Apartment communities near campus need a permit program that can turn over quickly — not one that treats annual renewals as a back-office task. We've built a semester-cycle workflow specifically for CSU-adjacent properties that handles the August surge without flooding your leasing office with permit requests.
Old Town spillover and event-driven abuse
Old Town Fort Collins draws regional foot traffic for restaurants, concerts and events throughout the year. Apartment and HOA lots within a few blocks routinely fill with non-residents on evenings and event days. Our evening patrol windows are specifically designed around this — we know the Old Town event calendar and schedule around it rather than running fixed routes on a timer.
Northern Colorado is not one market
Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley, Windsor and Timnath each have distinct parking dynamics. In Greeley, affordable multifamily communities with high vehicle-per-unit ratios need consistent guest-permit enforcement. In Windsor and Timnath, newer HOA communities with strict covenants need a documented escalation process that protects the board from resident disputes. We tailor the program to the specific community rather than applying a one-size template. Tell us about your property →
Serving Fort Collins & nearby
We manage apartment and HOA parking across Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley, Windsor and Timnath. Outside our crews' range? The OpenParking software works anywhere in the US.
What managers say
"Through this successful partnership we have increased both guest satisfaction and incremental revenues."
"Our residents have given only positive feedback. The team goes above and beyond their normal scope of work."
"Professionalism, attention to detail and organization. They continue to be referred out."
Fort Collins parking questions
Yes. 5280 Parking provides full-service parking permit management and enforcement for apartment communities and HOAs in Fort Collins and surrounding areas, including Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley, Windsor and Timnath.
Pricing is custom based on your property size and the scope of enforcement and permit services, on a month-to-month basis. Prefer to run it yourself? OpenParking software starts at $50/month.
Typically within a few weeks — the main dependency is signage installation, which we handle. Contact us to scope your timeline.
Yes — this is one of the most common requests from Fort Collins operators. We've built a permit workflow for semester-cycle resets that handles August and May turnover automatically. Residents get a renewal notice, old permits expire, and new ones are issued without a backlog at your leasing desk. Tell us about your community to get a timeline.
Yes. Our Northern Colorado coverage includes Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley, Windsor and Timnath. Each market has different parking dynamics — Greeley properties need consistent guest-permit enforcement for high vehicle-per-unit ratios, while Windsor and Timnath HOAs need documented escalation processes. We customize each program rather than applying a standard template.
Also serving across Colorado
5280 Parking operates throughout the Front Range. See our other service areas: Denver • Colorado Springs • Aurora • Boulder
Get a free parking assessment in Fort Collins
Tell us about your community and we will build a tailored program and quote.