Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-16 - University Property › Section 3339-16-07 - Law and order

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Use of public
			 areas of buildings and grounds
The buildings, grounds, and other
				property of Miami university campuses are dedicated to the educational mission
				of the university. Use of the buildings, grounds, and other property of the
				university is reserved for the direct and indirect support of the teaching,
				research, and service missions; of the university's administrative functions;
				and of students' campus-life activities. The university may prohibit or
				otherwise restrict access to or use of its buildings, grounds, and other
				property as may be necessary to provide for the orderly conduct of the
				university's teaching, research, and service missions; of the university's
				administrative functions; and of students' campus-life activities. Visitors are
				free to walk through our campuses; however, authorization is required from the
				university or from a recognized student organization to make speeches or
				presentations, to erect displays, to engage in any commercial activity, or to
				conduct similar activities on university-owned or university-controlled
				property.
(B)
								Law and order
(1)
									The university
			 has an obligation to assure the safety of faculty, staff, students and guests,
			 the protection of its property, and the continuity of its educational process.
			 Pursuant to section 3345.21 of the Revised Code, the
			 board of trustees hereby declares that all persons, including university
			 faculty, staff, students, and visitors are prohibited from engaging or
			 participating in, or aiding and abetting any of the following actions on any
			 campus of Miami university, even when engaged in expressive activity:
(a)
										Obstruction or
			 disruption of teaching, research, administration, disciplinary proceedings, or
			 any other university activities, including its public safety or service
			 functions;
(b)
										Threatening to or engaging in conduct or creating a
			 condition that presents a risk of physical harm to the offender or another or
			 to the property of another;
(c)
										Theft or damage
			 to property of the university or any other person;
(d)
										Unauthorized
			 entry to or unauthorized use of university property or
			 facilities;
(e)
										Violation of university rules and policies including
			 those regulations concerning the use of university facilities, or concerning
			 the time, place, and manner of public expression;
(f)
										violation of
			 rules governing residence in university-owned or university-controlled
			 property;
(g)
										disorderly conduct;
(h)
										use, offer for
			 sale, sale, distribution, possession, or manufacture of any controlled
			 substance or drug, except as expressly permitted by law;
(i)
										failure to comply
			 with orders or directives of university officials or university police or any
			 other law enforcement officers or emergency personnel acting in performance of
			 their duties;
(j)
										obstruction of the free flow of pedestrian or vehicular
			 traffic; and
(k)
										possession or use of firearms, explosives, dangerous
			 weapons, or chemicals in violation of law or university policy.