Parking Restrictions

A. District Court – The campus is located within Campbell County, Kentucky. Violation of State Traffic Statutes subject violators to criminal prosecution. Individuals involved in moving and other violations of traffic statutes/ordinances may be required to appear in the Campbell County District Court. Examples of such violations include, but are not limited to:

1. Exceeding the posted speed limit.
2. Reckless or careless operation.
3. Placing illegal equipment on a motor vehicle.
4. Failure to observe traffic signs and/or signals.
5. Disturbing the peace.
6. Illegally parking in a designated handicapped parking space.

B. University Penalties – Penalties for violating University parking and traffic regulations include, but are not limited to:

1. Fines.
2. Suspension of campus driving and parking privileges.
3. Disciplinary probation.
4. Suspension from the University.

C. Establishment of Fines and Issuance of Citations – Parking and traffic citation fines are recommended by the University Transportation Committee and established by the Board of Regents. University parking and traffic citations are issued by DPS Cadets (student parking enforcement officers) and University Police Officers.

D. Campus Traffic Violations:

1. The speed limit on campus is 20 miles per hour unless otherwise posted. Operators of all motor vehicles must observe this speed limit.
2. Driving any motor vehicle, including motorcycles, on the grass, sidewalks, walkways, and shoulders of roads is prohibited.
3. Maintenance, contractor, service, and delivery vehicles are prohibited from driving on sidewalks and grass areas unless specifically authorized to do so by the Assistant Vice President, Facilities Management, Director, Physical Plant, and/or Director, Department of Public Safety.
4. All traffic signs, signals, and/or instructions from a police officer are to be observed at all times.(Instructions from a police officer take precedence over signs and signals.)
5. Pedestrians have the right-of-way at all crosswalks.
6. All streets on campus are designated as no-passing. Passing of moving motor vehicle going in the same direction on a campus street is a moving traffic violation.

E. Parking Permit Violations and Fines:

1. Anyone possessing a permit that has been reported as lost or stolen, or that has been counterfeited and/or altered, can be referred to the Dean of Students for disciplinary action and/or charged with violation of Kentucky Revised Statutes 516.070 – Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument, 3rd Degree.
2. Anyone reproducing or counterfeiting, and/or attempting to reproduce or counterfeit any University parking permit can be subject to penalties prescribed by the Kentucky Revised Statues.
3. Failure to obtain the current academic year parking permit: $35.00 (If and individual receives this citation and was issued a current parking permit or obtains a parking permit the citation will be voided. This is limited to the initial citation if more than one is received.)
4. Improper display of parking permit – placed other that on rear-view mirror or incorrect location on windshield: $35.00.
5. Altering, defacing, counterfeiting, or duplicating parking permit in any manner: $100.00. (Additionally, the parking permit will be confiscated and the person who obtained the permit will be required to pay for a new permit at the full price. Students will also be required to appear before the Dean of Students.)

F. Traffic Violations and the fine for each are:

1. Driving in excess of the speed limit: $50.00-per offense and referral to the Dean of Students with third and all subsequent offenses.
2. Failure to stop for a stop sign, red traffic light (signal), barricade gate (tailgating), or flashing red light (signal): $50.00-per offense and referral to the Dean of Students with third and all subsequent offenses.
3. All other moving violations: $50.00-per offense and referral to the Dean of Students with third and subsequent offenses.

G. Parking Regulations and Fine Schedule:

1. Each parked vehicle must be positioned so that its tires do not rest upon nor cross over the lines that designate the parking space it occupies.
2. Motor vehicles must not be parked in areas not designated for parking. These include sidewalks, grassy areas, shoulders of streets, areas of parking lots not lined as spaces, and areas in gravel lots that do not have concrete bumper blocks.
3. Motor vehicles must not be parked in such a way that they block crosswalks, sidewalks, service drives, loading zones, handicapped access areas, or legally parked vehicles. Vehicles in violation of this regulation may not only receive a parking citation, but may also be towed at the operator’s expense.