New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter V - State University of New York › Subchapter C - Administration and Operation of State-operated Institutions of State University of New York › Article 3 - Vehicular and Pedestrian Traffic and Parking › Part 561 - State University Of New York At Albany › Section 561.1 - Purpose, scope, and authority

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
					 These regulations have been established in order to control motor vehicle
					 traffic and parking on the State University of New York at Albany campus. The
					 act of parking or driving a motor vehicle on campus is a privilege and
					 constitutes acceptance by the owner and/or operator of the responsibility to
					 see that his/her vehicle is neither parked nor operated in violation of these
					 regulations or any regulations of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic
					 Law.
(b) These regulations apply to
					 the use and operation of all motor vehicles, as described by the New York State
					 Vehicle and Traffic Law, upon all properties owned or leased by the State
					 University of New York at Albany. The regulations apply to all operators of
					 motor vehicles on university property, including faculty, staff, students and
					 visitors.
(c) Section 362 of the
					 Education Law authorizes the State University to develop its own rules
					 regarding traffic and parking, not inconsistent with the New York State Vehicle
					 and Traffic Law. This section provides that punishments for violations of any
					 such campus-created rule be administered by the institution. Violations of
					 provisions of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law, made applicable to
					 the campus, shall be adjudicated by the magistrate's court having territorial
					 jurisdiction on campus (Albany Traffic Court or Guilderland Justice of the
					 Peace Court [sic] as the case may be). Under companion legislation (L. 1972,
					 ch. 383), peace officers appointed by State University, shall enforce both the
					 campus parking regulations and applicable State vehicle and traffic
					 statutes.
(d) Section 362 of the
					 Education Law, authorizes the Board of Trustees of the State University of New
					 York to provide for the regulation of vehicular traffic and parking upon
					 property under the supervision and control of the State University. The purpose
					 of this section is to provide for the safety and convenience of students,
					 faculty, employees and visitors upon the grounds of the State
					 University.
(e) Section
					 560.2 
					 of the trustees' regulation provides for the application of the Vehicle and
					 Traffic Law to all State-operated institutions.
(f) Pursuant to section
					 560.3 
					 of the trustees' resolution pertaining to the regulations governing vehicular
					 traffic and parking:
(1) No person shall
					 drive a vehicle on university streets, roads or highways at a speed greater
					 than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the
					 actual and potential hazards then existing, but in no event shall a person
					 drive a vehicle in excess of 30 miles per hour unless a different speed is
					 authorized and indicated by the university.
(2) No person shall park a vehicle on the
					 premises of the university in such manner as to interfere with the use of a
					 fire hydrant, fire lane, or other emergency zone, create any other hazard or
					 unreasonably interfere with the free and proper use of a roadway or pedestrian
					 way.