Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
Traffic and Parking Regulations
I. Administrative Policy
In accordance with A. C. A.
25-17-307,
the Board of Trustees of the University of Central Arkansas has established
regulations for the operation and parking of motor vehicles on the UCA campus.
These regulations apply to all faculty, staff, students, and others utilizing
the land and streets owned or controlled by the University of Central Arkansas
and are effective beginning August 15, 2003. The University Police Department
is the jurisdictional law enforcement agency empowered under State statutes to
enforce all parking and traffic regulations of the University of Central
Arkansas and the State of Arkansas on all campus and university controlled
properties and those streets adjacent to campus properties.
1. Any appropriately licensed driver choosing
to park an automobile on campus or on other UCA owned or controlled properties
may do so, provided a parking permit is obtained and provided the driver
understands that the permit neither obligates the university to set aside a
space for every vehicle nor allows the driver to violate parking regulations.
2. The university reserves the
right to restrict the use of an automobile on university property if the owner
or driver has abused the privilege of operating a vehicle on campus.
3. The university assumes no responsibility
for a vehicle or its contents.
4.
Any motor vehicle parked on property owned or controlled by the university,
including metered parking, and under the control of a student, faculty member,
or staff member must properly display a valid UCA parking permit.
5. Failure to pay fines will result in the
blocking of pre-registration or the withholding of transcripts or pay and
refund checks.
6. A ticketed
vehicle continuing in violation may be ticketed again as long as the violation
continues. Overtime parking will be ticketed every two hours.
7. An illegally parked, but non-ticketed
vehicle, is not an indication that the regulation being violated is no longer
in effect.
I. "Traffic and Parking Regulations" - Board
Policy No. 421 Board Policy No. 421 sets forth the parking
and traffic regulations applicable to all faculty, staff and students. By
action of the Board in February of 2009, the fee structure for students changed
from a "parking fee" to an "access and security fee. " Board Policy No. 421
also establishes the fee that is charged to faculty and staff. However, the
amount of the fee to be charged for faculty and staff was not addressed at the
February 2009 meeting but needs to be addressed at this time.
The administration proposes that effective August 2010 the fee
for the annual parking fee for employees driving automobiles be increased from
$51.00 to $66.00; that the parking fee for the summer terms for employees
driving automobiles be increased from $25.00 to $33.00; and that the fee for
employees riding motorcycles be increased from $5.00 to $10.00.
The parking permit fees charged of employees have not been
increased in approximately 15 years. The increase in the permit fees is needed
to allow the University to keep up with the rising cost of providing parking
structures, safety and security measures, and the shuttle service.
Therefore, the President recommends to the Board of Trustees
the following resolution:
"BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of Trustees approves the
following revisions to Board Policy No. 421, 'Traffic and Parking Regulations'.
"
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS
8. Any person who is stopped by University
Police for a violation of a traffic or parking regulation is subject to either
a university or municipal citation as determined by the issuing officer.
9. Occupants of residence halls
are requested not to drive to class, the cafeteria, or other campus areas
between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
10. A traffic ticket or any other
communication from a University Police officer is an official university
notice. Recipients who do not respond to such a communication face disciplinary
and/or legal action.
11. The
Arkansas Crime Information Center furnishes the University Police Department
with information on the owners of vehicles not displaying a permit that receive
tickets. These tickets are then issued to the faculty/staff member or student
whose home address match those on the listing.
12. Use of any parking permit acquired
through fraudulent, or otherwise improper means, will be considered theft of
services from the University of Central Arkansas. Hanging permits will be
confiscated and parking privileges may be taken away.
II. Traffic and Parking Services Office
The University Police Department is located at the intersection
of W. J. Sowder and Marian Ross Streets. The Department's Traffic and Parking
Services Office is open for payment of traffic fines and purchase/distribution
of parking permits between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. All
registered students and employees may obtain their parking permit at the
University Police Department 24 hours a day except for registration and fee
payment days. Temporary parking permits and parking and traffic
information can also be obtained at the University Police Communications Center
24 hours a day. As a service to the university community, the
Department's lobby and communications center is never closed.
III. Student Parking Permits
1. Students who park vehicles on campus are
required to immediately obtain and display a parking permit. The parking permit
is a transferable polyethylene hanging permit registered in the name of the
student.
2. Students should obtain
their parking permit at the University Police Department or such other place
that may be designated on registration and university fee payment days.
3. The permit must hang on the
rearview mirror with the front side of the permit facing the windshield.
Failure to properly display the hanging permit will result in the issuance of a
citation.
4. All student permits
expire August 15, 2010. Continuing students must obtain a new permit each fall
semester.
5. Students who forget
to bring their hanging permit to campus must obtain a temporary parking permit
from the University Police Department prior to parking on university property.
Temporary permits are issued free of charge to students.
IV. Faculty and staff Parking Permits
1. Faculty and staff of the university who
park vehicles on campus are required to immediately purchase and display a
parking permit. Student employees are not eligible for staff parking. The
parking permit for all faculty and staff employees is a transferable
polyethylene hanging permit registered in the name of the employee.
2. Only one hanging permit may be issued to
each employee of the university. The permit should be transferred to any
vehicle the employee parks on the campus.
3. The permit must hang on the rearview
mirror with the front side of the permit facing the windshield. Failure to
properly display the hanging permit will result in the issuance of a citation.
4. Employees who forget to bring
their hanging permit to campus must obtain a one-day temporary parking permit
from the University Police Department prior to parking on university property.
One-day permits are issued free of charge for employees who possess a regular
parking permit.
5. Lost hanging
permits may be replaced by purchasing a new permit at the full annual fee.
Holders of permits are prohibited from selling or otherwise transferring their
permit to another faculty/staff member or student.
6. The hanging permit must be returned to the
University Police Department upon termination of employment with the University
of Central Arkansas.
7. A
temporary staff permit is available to temporary or extra-help employees whose
appointments are for a limited period of time. The fee for a one-month
temporary staff permit is $10.00. The fee paid for monthly temporary permits
may be used to off-set the cost of a regular employee parking permit should the
employee's appointment be extended.
8. Relatives of faculty or staff members are
not eligible for a faculty/staff permit and may not park in faculty/staff
parking areas unless they themselves are regular employees of UCA. Each parking
permit is valid only for use by the person to whom it is issued. Misuse of a
faculty/staff parking permit may result in loss of parking privileges for both
the faculty/staff member and the violator.
V. Disabled Parking
1. Disabled parking spaces are provided for
the benefit of physically challenged persons. These spaces are designated by
disabled signs and marked stalls. Unauthorized use of disabled spaces, to
include the loading/van access areas marked by striping, may result in fines as
well as towing and associated costs.
2. Physically challenged persons must obtain
a blue disabled permit and must furnish the University Police with proof of
issuance of a disabled permit or license plate by the Arkansas Department of
Finance and Administration. Such proof shall be the A Disabled Person's Access
to Parking Application Form@ issued by the state with the special plate or
placards.
3. Temporary disabled
permits will be issued only to persons who have obtained and displayed a
regular UCA permit. Upon obvious, visible disability a temporary disabled
permit will be issued for a period of 3 - 5 days. Temporary disabled permits
for a longer period of time, not to exceed 30 working days, will be issued only
with a letter from a physician stating a need for a disabled permit and the
length of time it is needed.
VI. Visitor Parking
1. Visitors are welcome and are encouraged to
obtain a visitor's permit at the University Police Department prior to parking
on campus. These permits will be issued after presentation of a valid driver's
license. A visitor who receives a citation for a violation of the UCA parking
rules, other than parking in a No Parking area or Disabled space, may bring or
mail the citation to the University Police Department and it will be voided.
Visitors may not park in a A No Parking® or A Disabled Parking® area.
Violation of A No Parking® or Disabled parking statutes will result in a
municipal citation with fines set by the Municipal Court. Municipal citations
cannot be dismissed by the University and failure to respond to these citations
will result in a warrant of arrest issued by the Municipal Court.
2. Visitors may park in designated visitor
parking lots on campus without first obtaining a visitor parking permit.
Between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday visitor parking is
provided only for persons who are not registered students or employees of the
university. Students or employees parking in visitor parking between those
hours, whether a student or staff parking permit is or is not displayed, will
be subject to citation. Students and Faculty/staff are not allowed to use a
visitors temporary permit. The temporary will be confiscated if used by an
unauthorized individual. Parking privileges may be taken away from those
involved. Faculty, staff and students may park in visitor parking between the
hours of 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. Monday B Friday and all day Saturday and
Sunday.
VII. Meter
Parking
1. Meter parking is designated for
short-term, convenience purposes. Holders of all types of UCA permits, except
disabled permits, are required to pay when parking at parking meters.
2. Unless otherwise indicated by
sign, all meter parking spaces are limited to two hours and enforced 8:00 AM to
4:30 PM Monday through Friday. Fifteen minute loading/unloading meters are
enforced 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
3. A UCA parking permit is required to park
at any meter parking space.
4.
Parking at a broken or non-functioning meter during the hours the meter is
enforced is a violation and may result in a citation.
VIII. Motorcycles
Motorcycles, mopeds and motorbikes are not permitted on campus
except in designated parking areas located on the perimeter of the campus.
Users must enter and depart the campus at the location nearest these parking
areas. Motorcycle permits are required to be placed where easily seen.
IX. Bicycles
Persons riding bicycles must obey all rules of the road
established for motor vehicles. Bicycles shall be parked in racks provided on
campus. Bicycles parked in access ways, on sidewalks, in areas which may
obstruct disabled access or in any other improper location will be subject to
citation and impoundment. Impounded bicycles may be claimed at the University
Police Department after all fines are paid.
X. Method of Payment
1. All parking permits may be obtained at the
University Police Department or at specially designated areas during fall,
spring and summer registration and fee payment.
2. Payroll deduction is available as a form
of permit fee payment for full-time faculty and staff. The annual fee will be
deducted in six equal installments beginning with the September paycheck for
all continuing employees. For those employees appointed after the start of the
Fall semester, the parking fee will be deducted in installments beginning with
the employee's first paycheck. Employees who terminate before the entire annual
fee is collected will have the remaining balance deducted from their final
paycheck.
3. Students who have
lost their hanging permit may obtain a replacement permit at a cost of $5.00.
4. Students may obtain replacement
permits at a cost of $2.00, provided proof of destruction of the original
permit is furnished to the University Police Department.
XI Permit Fees
1. Student Permits - The cost for student
parking permits is included in the security & access fee assessed for each
academic term. Students must obtain their hanging permit from the Police
Department Parking & Traffic Services office and display it in their
vehicle in order to avoid a citation or impoundment.
2. Faculty/staff Permits - The cost for
faculty/staff parking permits is $66.00 per academic year or $33.00 for the
summer terms only. Monthly faculty/staff permits are available for $10.00 per
month. The cost of the monthly permits may be applied toward the full fee
permit.
3. Motorcycle Permits -
The cost for motorcycle permits faculty/staff is $10.00. The cost of motorcycle
permits for students is included in the security and access fee.
4. Permit fees are subject to change without
notice.
XII. Parking Area
Assignments and Hours
Faculty/staff Parking - Areas marked A Yellow
Area@ with yellow signs, yellow lines, or yellow parking blocks are reserved
for faculty and staff vehicles displaying current yellow hanging permits.
Resident Parking (On Campus Residence Halls and
UCA Owned or Controlled Apartments and Houses other than Residence Halls) -
Areas marked A Resident Parking® with green signs, green lines, or green
parking blocks are reserved for student vehicles displaying current green UCA
hanging permits. Green decals are available only to students residing in campus
residence halls or UCA owned or controlled apartment complexes.
UCA Permit Parking - Areas marked AUCA Permit
Parking® with white signs, white lines, or white parking blocks are
reserved for student or faculty/staff vehicles displaying any current UCA
permits.
Disabled Parking - Areas marked for disabled
access are always reserved for vehicles
displaying current blue decals.
Visitor Parking - Areas marked for visitors are
reserved for persons who are not employees or students of the university.
Between 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, Visitor
areas, Faculty / staff areas, and UCA Permit Parking areas are interchangeable.
(Summer Hours are from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.) They are interchangeable all
day Saturday and Sunday. A current UCA decal must be displayed. Residence hall
parking, reserved spaces for residence hall directors, physicians, disabled
spaces, and all other parking spaces or parking lots as posted are not
interchangeable and are enforced 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
XIII. Driving Regulations
1. All traffic and motor vehicle laws of the
State of Arkansas are applicable on UCA property and will be enforced by
University Police officers. Violation of State traffic and motor vehicle laws
may subject the driver to a municipal citation with fines set by the Municipal
Court.
2. The campus speed limit
is fifteen (15) miles per hour, except where conditions indicate a slower speed
is necessary.
3. One-way street
driving regulations are to be observed at all times by all vehicles.
4. All STOP signs, YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY signs,
and all other regulatory or directional signs are to be observed.
5. Pedestrians in crosswalks shall have the
right-of-way.
6. It is a violation
of traffic regulations to avoid a speed bump.
7. It is the driver's responsibility to be
able to operate his or her vehicle safely. Anyone who operates a vehicle on
university property while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, narcotic
drugs, or opiates will be subject to arrest.
8. Failure to yield to a University Police
vehicle signaling a driver to pull over to stop (via the use of blue lights
and/or siren), failure to comply with a University Police officer's direction,
or failure to cooperate with a University Police officer while the officer is
performing his official duties, will subject the violator to arrest under
applicable State statutes.
XIV. Parking Regulations
1. It is the driver's responsibility to find
a legal, marked parking space and to park the entire vehicle within the space's
boundary lines. Other improperly parked vehicles in the area shall not
constitute an excuse for parking with any part of the vehicle over the line.
Severe weather is not a valid reason for violation of parking regulations. If a
vehicle experiences mechanical failure, it is the owner/driver's responsibility
to have the vehicle removed as soon as available services permit. Parking lots
may not be used for vehicle storage.
2. All parking spaces are defined by painted
lines or parking blocks. Vehicles must be parked within the painted lines or
parked in front of a parking block properly spaced for parking.
3. Where parallel parking is required,
vehicles must be parked with the right wheels to the curb.
4. Where diagonal and head-on parking are
required, vehicles should be parked with the front toward the curb and the rear
bumper toward the traffic lane.
5.
No parking is allowed next to red curbs, red parking blocks or in red or
candy-striped areas. These areas are reserved for emergency vehicle access or
to provide for fire code regulations compliance and/or pedestrian/traffic
safety. Unless specifically authorized by a uniformed police officer there are
no waiver periods for these areas.
6. No parking is allowed on the grass,
sidewalks, or in driveways or loading zones.
7. Double parking is a violation at all
times.
8. If a vehicle is parked
in violation, attended or unattended, the driver may be issued a citation.
9. Vehicles licensed by the
federal, state, county, or city government are exempt from permit requirements,
but subject to compliance with other traffic and parking regulations. Police
vehicles are exempt from certain traffic and parking regulations as provided in
State statutes.
I.
Personal Responsibility for Vehicles
1. The
person to whom a UCA parking permit is assigned is responsible for all
violations by that vehicle. If a permitted vehicle is loaned to another driver,
its proper operations remains the permit holder's responsibility.
2. If a vehicle without a permit is driven on
campus by a permit holder, a "Temporary Permit" must be obtained from the
University Police Department. Temporary parking permits are available 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week. Motorcycle permit holders are not eligible for temporary
permits. Students are allowed no more than four temporary parking permits per
semester unless special circumstances are approved by the Parking and Traffic
Services Office.
3. Parking
facilities may not be used until a current UCA parking permit is displayed on
the rearview mirror of the vehicle.
II. Towing and Impoundment of Vehicles
1. UCA reserves the right to tow and impound
from its property any parked vehicle that does not display a current parking
permit, is improperly parked in a space reserved for the disabled, is parked in
a restricted zone, or has unpaid parking tickets. Vehicles will be towed if
parked in such a way as to constitute a traffic or pedestrian hazard or impede
the access of service or emergency vehicles. Violations which could also result
in towing and possible impoundment include, but are not limited to, parking in
reserved parking spaces, parking in painted candy-striped or red areas, parking
in driveways, or double parking on the street or in parking lots.
2. UCA reserves the right to tow and impound
from its property any vehicle in violation of its traffic and parking
regulations until all towing fees and UCA traffic/parking violation charges
have been paid. Appeals Process
1.
A traffic citation may be appealed within 7 days of its issuance if the
recipient believes it was issued contrary to campus traffic regulations or in
error. Forms for appeals may be obtained from the University Police Department.
An appeal may not be granted after a ticket has been paid.
2. Administrative determinations by the
University of Central Arkansas may be appealed to the Conway District Court in
accordance with A. C. A.
25-17-307.
III. Fines for Violations
1. All fines must be paid within 30 days from
the date of issue. Fines for traffic and parking violations which are not paid
within 30 days from the date of issue of the citation for the violation(s) will
be adjusted to an amount equal to twice the amount of the original fine(s).
Failure to pay traffic and parking fines may result in the blocking of
pre-registration, or the withholding of pay and refund checks.
2. All fines are payable at the University
Police Department from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. If the
violator has their copy of the citation, payments will be accepted at the
University Police Communications Center after hours in the form of check, money
order, or credit/debit card for the exact amount of the fine only.
3. The following are the parking and traffic
violations and corresponding fines* established by the University of Central
Arkansas:
