Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3341 - Bowling Green State University › Chapter 3341-6 - Compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Standards › Section 3341-6-34 - Parking regulations

Current through all regulations passed
			 and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Policy statement
			 and purpose
The general assembly of the state of
				Ohio has granted the board of trustees the authority to create parking and
				traffic regulations to control the use of all vehicles on university property.
				This policy having been duly approved is legally enforceable by the duly
				appointed enforcement officers of the university. All applicable statutes of
				Title 45 "Motor Vehicles" of theRevised Code shall
				apply to all owners and/or operators of motor vehicles on university
				property.
(B)
								Policy
Parking services is a university
				auxiliary service. Generated income shall be used for the operation of parking
				services, enforcement of regulations, the maintenance and improvement of
				existing parking areas and the construction of additional parking
				areas.
(1)
									The manager of parking services is responsible for the
			 registration and parking of vehicles on property owned or leased in whole or in
			 part by Bowling Green state university. The manager of parking services is
			 authorized to set forth parking services rules and regulations which will be
			 published online and accessible to the public. All persons on university
			 property must comply with all provisions of the parking services rules and
			 regulations and any lawful order of any duly appointed enforcement officer of
			 the university.
(2)
									Parking permits are and shall remain the property of
			 Bowling Green state university.
(3)
									A duly appointed
			 enforcement officer of the university may have a vehicle removed if found
			 parked in violation of any of the parking services rules and regulations.
			 Vehicles may be towed or booted for unpaid tickets even though legally parked
			 at the time.
(4)
									Parking services is authorized to install parking
			 control signs on university property as it deems necessary. No person while
			 operating a motor vehicle on university property shall fail to comply with the
			 provisions of officially-posted parking signs, markings or traffic control
			 signs unless otherwise directed by a duly appointed enforcement officer of the
			 university.
(5)
									No person while operating a motor vehicle on university
			 property shall drive onto prohibited areas nor shall they park or remain
			 stationary in areas prohibited by the parking services rules and
			 regulations.
(6)
									Registration for parking
(a)
										The vehicles of
			 all employees, students, vendors, contractors and visitors of the university
			 must display valid parking permits obtained through parking services while
			 parked on campus during enforcement hours.
(b)
										All parking
			 permits must be displayed as directed by parking services.
(c)
										Parking permits
			 are only valid on vehicles that are operable and display a current license
			 plate registration.
(d)
										Bowling Green state university parking permits may only
			 be sold by and purchased from parking services or their authorized agents
			 exclusively and cannot be resold.
(e)
										Employees who
			 park their vehicles on university property during enforcement hours, other than
			 in an area designated as a free parking area, will be charged for their parking
			 permit according to the type of permit they choose. Employees covered by a
			 collective bargaining agreement will be charged for their parking permit in
			 accordance with the terms of the bargaining agreement.
(f)
										University
			 students will be charged for their parking permit in accordance with
			 established rates and the type of permit they choose.
(g)
										Vendors,
			 contractors and visitors to campus will be charged for parking permits in
			 accordance with established rates and the type of permit they
			 choose.
(7)
									Responsibility. Any ticket issued against a valid
			 permit displayed on a vehicle parked in violation of these regulations will be
			 the responsibility of the registered permit holder, unless the permit was
			 previously reported lost or stolen. If the vehicle does not display a valid
			 permit and the operator is not known, the ticket will be the responsibility of
			 the vehicle owner.
(8)
									Misuse of parking permits.
(a)
										No person shall
			 make, possess or display an altered or counterfeit permit.
(b)
										No person shall
			 possess or display a stolen or found permit or give said permit to another
			 person knowing that the permit was reported lost or stolen.
(c)
										No person shall
			 knowingly give false information in application for a permit or in the
			 reporting of a lost or stolen permit.
(d)
										No person shall
			 use a permit for any purpose other than that for which it was
			 intended.
(e)
										No person shall purchase or furnish a permit to another
			 person who is not authorized to have that permit.
(f)
										No person shall
			 fail to surrender any permit to parking services on demand.
(9)
									
			 Parking privilege suspensions and fines.
(a)
										Fines will be
			 assessed for parking violations as indicated in the parking services rules and
			 regulations set forth by the manger of parking services.
(b)
										Parking ticket
			 appeals must be submitted according to the procedures identified in the parking
			 services rules and regulations set forth by the manager of parking services.
			 All appeals will be reviewed by parking services or an appeals committee
			 established by the manger of parking services. Once a decision has been made
			 regarding the appeal, the individual will be notified.
(c)
										If the fine for
			 the parking ticket is not paid or appealed within the appropriate timeframe,
			 one or more of the following actions may be taken:
(i)
											Application for
			 renewal of parking permit may be denied.
(ii)
											Vehicle may be
			 towed or booted at the expense of the violator/owner.
(iii)
											Transcript of
			 academic records may be withheld.
(iv)
											Permission to
			 register for classes may be denied.
(v)
											Parking
			 privileges may be suspended until all past fines are paid, and vehicle towed or
			 booted immediately if found parked on university property.
(d)
										In
			 addition to being assessed fines or having parking privileges suspended,
			 persons violating any of the parking rules and regulations set forth herein may
			 be charged under applicable state statutes and/or may be referred to student
			 conduct or the appropriate vice president.
(10)
									Validity of
			 regulations. If any provision of this policy or any provision of the parking
			 services rules and regulations set forth by the manager of parking services, or
			 any parts thereof, shall for any reason be held to be illegal, invalid or
			 unenforceable, such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect
			 any other provision and the remaining provisions shall be construed and
			 enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision did not exist
			 and each of the remaining provisions shall continue to be effective and
			 operative to the full extent permitted by law.
(11)
									Temporary
			 modifications. The director of public safety is granted the authority and
			 responsibility for temporarily modifying certain provisions of this policy
			 under extraordinary or unusual circumstances when such modification is in the
			 best interest of the university.
Date: July 1, 2014