Public Safety

Parking Information

Excerpt from College Catalog:
Parking - Each student enrolled at the college who drives an automobile to the campus must obtain a parking permit at the time of registration. There is no charge for this permit, and the parking fee is included in the Student Services Fee.

Two lighted parking areas for 1,000 cars are located behind the Student Center. An additional parking lot is located in front of the Warehouse Building, adjacent to the Allied Health, Community Services, Classroom Building. Faculty, staff, and visitor parking area are marked. Security personnel are employed to assist with parking and traffic safety. Traffic regulations are detailed in the Student Handbook and must be obeyed by all motorists.

Excerpt from Student Handbook:
Parking
Each enrolled day and evening student who plans to park his/her vehicle on campus must obtain a parking permit at the time of registration. There is no charge for up to three permits. The parking permits must be placed fully visible on either the left side of the rear bumper or the left side of the rear window of one’s vehicle. Lost, misplaced, or additional permits may be purchased for $1 each from the Cashier in the Business Office in the Administration Building. During both day and evening classes, students are expected to park their vehicles in parking lots designated “STUDENT PARKING.” Students parking their vehicles in any other parking spaces are subject to receiving fines and/or other penalties.

Traffic Citations and Fines and/or Other Penalties

1. Parking Violations - For the first citation, the fine will be $10. For each successive citation, the fine will increase $5, e.g., second citation - $15, third citation - $20, fourth citation - $25, etc. Fines for parking space designated for disabled persons will range from $100 to $500. Citations will be issued for the following:
   1. Failure to register vehicle and/or display a current parking permit.
   2. Parking in parking areas/spaces designated for vehicles of
      *faculty, staff or President
      *visitors
      *disabled persons
      *service staff
   3. Parking a vehicle to prohibit use of
      *emergency vehicle lanes (yellow curbs)
      *crosswalks
      *curb-cuts (blue curbs)
   4. Parking in areas which are posted “Reserved” or “No Parking.”
   5. Improper parking
      * failure to park between the lines marking a parking space
      * “back-in” type of parking (driving through one space into another)
2. Moving Vehicle violations - For the first citation, the fine will be $25. For each successive citation, the fine will increase $5, e.g., second citation - $30, third citation - $35, fourth citation - $40, etc.
   Citations will be issued for the following:
   1. Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs
   2. Reckless driving
   3. Speeding
   4. Failure to obey stop or yield signs
   5. Improper change of lanes
   6. Driving the wrong way on a one-way street

Vehicles parked in unauthorized areas will be subject to removal at owner’s expense

Within five days (excluding weekends and holidays) of receiving a traffic citation, students must pay the applicable fine to the Cashier in the Business Office in the Administration Building. Course grades and credits will not be released to a student and/or any requesting agency until the student has satisfied this financial obligation to the College. In addition to being fined, a student who receives more than four citations for parking and/or commits a moving vehicle violation may have the case referred to the Vice President for Student Affairs for consideration as a violation of the Student Code of Conduct.

Appeals Procedure
If a student believes there are extenuating circumstances associated with a particular traffic citation, he/she should contact the Business Office’s Cashier (Administration Building) to appeal the citation to the Student Parking Committee.

Students may direct questions and/or suggestions about parking regulations to the Vice President for Business and Financial Services in the Administration Building.