Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A)
Disabled vehicles obstructing traffic.
(1)
University law
enforcement officers or traffic control officers are hereby authorized to
remove a vehicle from a street or roadway to the nearest place of safety when a
vehicle upon a street or roadway is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction
to traffic and the person in charge of the vehicle is unable to provide for its
custody or removal.
(2)
When a vehicle, left unattended upon a street or
roadway, has been removed, and the officer knows or is able to ascertain from
the registration records in the vehicle the name and address of the owner
thereof, the university shall immediately give or cause to be given notice to
such owner of the facts of the removal, the reasons therefor, and the place to
which such vehicle has been relocated.
(3)
Whenever an
officer removes a motor vehicle from a street or roadway under this rule and
does not know and is not able to ascertain the name of the owner, or for any
other reason is unable to give notice to the owner as hereinbefore provided,
and if the vehicle is not returned to the owner within a period of thirty days,
then the university shall immediately cause the vehicle to be turned over to
the sheriff's department for disposition in accordance with state law
applicable to abandoned vehicles. (See section
4513.60
of the Revised
Code.)
(B)
Other reasons for impounding. In addition to other
powers of enforcement, each of the university and, to the extent the following
occur within a parking area subject to the concession agreement, the parking
operator is hereby authorized and directed to impound any vehicle and hold the
same in custody, if such vehicle is:
(1)
On a
sidewalk;
(2)
Within an intersection;
(3)
On a
crosswalk;
(4)
Within thirty feet of, and upon the approach to, any
flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control device;
(5)
In any area where
such standing or parking would obstruct construction, traffic, or prevent
university services from being conducted;
(6)
Parked within ten
feet of a fire hydrant;
(7)
Parked in such a way as to block a driveway or a
service entrance, create a hazard to public safety or impede construction or
maintenance requirements;
(8)
Parked in an area for which "No Parking--Tow-Away Area"
or other restrictive signs or traffic control devices are
erected;
(9)
Subject to unpaid or unsettled notices of violation
issued against it in the aggregate amount of one hundred fifty dollars or more;
or
(10)
An unauthorized vehicle parked in a space or area
reserved for persons with disabilities.
(C)
An unauthorized
vehicle parked in a space or area reserved for persons with
disabilities.
(D)
Entering an impounded vehicle. A university law
enforcement officer or traffic control officer has the right to enter an
impounded vehicle if a lost, stolen, altered, reproduced, forged, or revoked
permit is in use, or a state issued disability parking placard is displayed
which is not assigned to the driver of said vehicle.
(E)
Charges and
assessments. Any vehicle impounded may be subject to towing and storage charges
and all outstanding assessments as established in accordance with the
concession agreement.
Replaces: 3335-21-07
