Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 573 - SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY › Division 50 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING USE OF VEHICLES › Section 573-050-0025 - Vehicle Permits, Parking Areas and Fee Schedule

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) All vehicles parked on the University
			 campus are required to display a valid SOU permit when the posted signs require
			 a permit. Faculty/Staff lots are posted yellow; Student Commuter lots are
			 posted green; Resident Student lots are posted red. Parking Services can be
			 contacted for the location where other types of permits may be obtained.
			 Failure to display a permit may result in the issuance of a parking citation.
			 Faculty/Staff hangtags, commuter decals, and resident decals can be purchased
			 on the SOU parking website only. Once ordered, decals/hangtag permits are to be
			 picked up at enrollment services in Britt Hall the following business day.
			 Permits will not be mailed to personal addresses, or via campus mail services.
			 Visitor/Guest Permits may be purchased 24 hours a day at any of the parking
			 meters. All permits are valid for the current academic year only, unless
			 otherwise designated by Parking Services at the time of issuance; there are no
			 open-ended permits. Permit is defined as any Parking Services sanctioned or
			 issued permit. Examples include: decal, hangtag, guest, metered, temporary,
			 courtesy*, media, or other placard or device issued or developed by Parking
			 Services as needed to facilitate parking of vehicles on Southern Oregon
			 University property. *(A courtesy permit refers to a Retiree, VIP, or a
			 Volunteer.) Any misuse of these parking permits may cause them to be revoked.
(2) Parking permits and
			 faculty/staff hangtags are serialized for use on specific vehicle(s) with a
			 license plate designated by the purchaser at the time of purchase. Permits
			 (decals) must be affixed outside to left-rear bumper, left-rear body, left-rear
			 window, or rear-side window behind driver of the vehicle where visible. The
			 adhesive on the back of the permit must be the attaching mechanism. Hangtags
			 are to be hung from the rear-view mirror; serialized numbers facing out.
			 Parking Services (at the Enrollment Services Center in Britt Hall) must be
			 informed of changes in vehicles; re-registering the hangtags to the appropriate
			 vehicle(s). A maximum of three vehicles may be registered to one hangtag. Those
			 three vehicles must be registered to the owner or his/her spouse. Hangtags are
			 not to be shared with others. If a vehicle is disposed of, the permit must be
			 removed and returned to Parking Services.
(3) Parking permits may be purchased for the
			 time period designated on the decals; generally, the academic year. The
			 academic year begins and ends in September. Parking permits purchased during
			 the winter, spring, or summer terms are at a proportionately reduced rate.
(4) Faculty/Staff (yellow) parking
			 permits (or hangtags) will be sold to classified employees, graduate
			 assistants, temporary employees who are half-time or more, and faculty.
			 Faculty/staff employees working .50 FTE or less will be eligible for a permit
			 at a reduced rate of one-half the cost of the permit. Hangtags are issued for a
			 three-year period. Faculty/staff hangtags are considered the first permit. They
			 are not to be sold as a second permit. Vehicles displaying a Faculty/Staff
			 permit (yellow) (or hangtag) are authorized to park in designated Faculty/Staff
			 (yellow) parking areas or Student parking areas (red parking areas or green
			 parking areas).
(5) Student
			 Commuter parking (green) permits will be sold to students who live off campus
			 and wish to bring vehicles on campus. Vehicles displaying a Student Commuter
			 permit are authorized to park in designated Student Commuter (green) parking
			 areas.
(6) Residence Hall (red)
			 parking permits will be sold to students living in campus residence halls.
			 Vehicles displaying a Residence Hall permit are authorized to park in
			 designated Residence Hall (red) parking areas.
(7) Second parking permits may be purchased
			 for an additional vehicle if more than one vehicle will be brought to campus.
			 The purchaser must also be the registered owner of the vehicle. Only one permit
			 (the original or second permit) is valid in permit-required lots at a time. If
			 both first and second permits of one person are parked in permit-required lots
			 at the same time, both vehicles will be cited for improper permits. A second
			 permit may not be purchased for a car if the first permit is for a vehicle used
			 in a Residence Hall Parking area, a motorcycle, moped, or scooter.
(8) A replacement permit may be obtained for
			 a damaged, unreadable permit or for a replacement vehicle. The replacement
			 vehicle must be registered to the same owner as the original vehicle. The
			 permit which is being replaced will be considered void and should be returned
			 to Parking Services (at the Enrollment Services Center in Britt Hall) There is
			 no charge for lost, stolen, or destroyed permits; however, it must be reported
			 to CPS if there is evidence of possible theft.
(9) Hourly, daily, and weekly permits for
			 visitors/guests are to be purchased at a parking meter. Parking Services will
			 no longer issue department guest pass booklets, however departments can finish
			 out the guest pass books they currently have. Departments will now use meter
			 codes. Departments that wish to pay for their visitor parking will receive the
			 code to give to their guests. When entered at one of the parking meters, it
			 will then print out a parking permit with no charge. At the end of the month
			 the parking manager will pull a report of how many times that code was used,
			 and then charge the department. The codes will expire at the end of the month,
			 and a new code will be issued for the next month. The department is responsible
			 for giving out their meter code to guests, and are therefore responsible for
			 any misuse. The department is required to pay the fees based on the amount of
			 times the code was used. At any point the department can request to have their
			 code deactivated. Meter codes may also be programmed to be limited in number of
			 uses, based on departmental needs. Guest permits may not be used in timed or
			 visitor pay meter lots. Guest permits will not be valid if issued to University
			 employees, faculty, students, buses, or vehicles displaying a valid parking
			 permit. For those departments still issuing their guest passes: Guest permits
			 will not be valid and a citation may be issued for failure to display permit if
			 any of the following information is illegible or omitted:
(a) Both license number and make or color of
			 vehicle;
(b) Date that permit is
			 valid;
(c) Name and telephone
			 extension of departmental personnel issuing the permit.
(d) Must be written in ink.