Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3339 - Miami University
Chapter 3339-18 - Motor Vehicle Regulations
Section 3339-18-01 - Motor vehicle permits
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
The university and the city of Oxford are compact and interdependent, with most locations accessible to pedestrians. Miami university discourages students from bringing cars to Oxford. Students who desire transportation will find that transit services provided by the Butler county regional transit authority provide an efficient alternative to a personal vehicle.
Miami university is not responsible for damage to or theft from motor vehicles or bicycles parked, stored, or operated on university property. Miami university is not responsible for damage to motor vehicles or bicycles and locks incurred during impoundment or immobilization. Note: See rule 3339-16-03 of the Administrative Code for regulations pertaining to bicycles.
This rule applies to the use of motor vehicles in university parking areas, defined in these regulations as streets bordering the Oxford campus, streets through the Oxford campus, Oxford campus parking lots, university parking garages and drives. Parking and transportation services may modify restrictions in any area at any time in the course of managing the university's parking resources.
(A) Permit required
A permit is required at all times to park in a university parking lot or on a university drive, except as noted in this rule. No permit is required for daytime parking in the garages or at parking meters in pay-to-park areas; fees for facility use must be paid. A permit is required to park on city streets that run through or adjoin campus from seven a.m. to six p.m., Monday through Friday. At other times a permit is not required to park on city streets that run through or adjoin campus.
Miami university uses license plate recognition (LPR) technology to assign parking privileges to motor vehicles. Vehicle license plates must be properly registered or a vehicle will not be recognized as having permission to park on campus. Physical parking permits are not distributed for use on the Oxford campus. Vehicles must be parked so that an unobstructed view of the vehicle's license plate is visible to the drive aisle so that vehicle-mounted LPR cameras can read license plates.
(B) Permit eligibility
First-year students are not permitted to bring a car to campus without express university authorization (exceptions listed in this rule). Sophomores, juniors, and seniors are permitted to bring a car, but are required to register the vehicle with the university and obtain a parking permit.
Currently enrolled Miami students re not eligible to purchase or use red parking permissions intended for faculty, staff and visitors. However, Miami reserves the right to issue a permit at any level at its discretion.
(C) How to apply for a permit
Students, faculty, and staff may apply for a permit and obtain a copy of the parking map through parking and transportation services website or in person at parking and transportation services. Each semester, for seven calendar days after the start of classes, students may park in the Ditmer, Chestnut fields, or west Millett parking areas without a permit. Visitors may apply for a permit in person or online; vendors and contractors may apply for a permit in person at parking and transportation services. Some offices on campus may offer one-day visitor parking permits (see paragraph (I) of this rule).
Students may not register vehicles belonging to other students unless they are siblings who are also Miami students. Students may register only one vehicle; to change vehicles the first vehicle must be removed from the parking account before adding another.
Faculty, staff, visitors, vendors, and contractors may not register vehicles belonging to students who are not immediate family members. Employees and visitors may register up to four vehicles to use the same permission; only one vehicle is permitted to park on campus at any time for each permission.
Permit colors correspond to specific parking areas indicated on the parking map.
(D) Exceptional transportation needs
Parking and transportation services recognizes that in some instances, there exist exceptional transportation needs for students who do not otherwise qualify to have a motor vehicle on campus or for an elevated level of parking privilege. To make an application based on an exceptional transportation need, students must provide a statement of need at the time of application along with any supporting documentation which will justify the request. If the conditions which permit the exceptional transportation need to be granted change or no longer exist, it is the responsibility of the student to notify parking and transportation services of the change.
(E) Permit revocation
Obtaining a permit by providing false information or violating this rule's restrictions will result in revocation of the permit with forfeiture of the permit fee. Unauthorized transfer of a permit to another vehicle will result in revocation of the permit with forfeiture of the permit fee.
The permit holder shall notify parking and transportation services of any change in the conditions under which the permit holder qualified for the permit and surrender the permit to obtain an exchange. Failure to report a change in qualifying conditions is a violation of this rule and will result in revocation of the permit with forfeiture of the permit fee. Parking and transportation services will work with individuals who need a parking privilege in the event their circumstances change.
(F) Duration of permits
Student permits: valid from the first day of class in the fall semester through Monday following May commencement.
Faculty, staff and graduate assistant permits: valid from July first through June thirtieth each year.
Fall semester permit: valid from the first day of the fall semester through the first day of the spring semester.
Spring semester permit: valid from the first day after final examination week of the fall semester to the Monday following May commencement.
Summer term permit: from the Monday following May commencement to the first day of the fall semester.
One-week temporary yellow west millett lot permit: up to seven calendar days from date of issue.
One-day temporary red permit: expires at eleven fifty-nine p.m. on the date of issue. Intended for visitors to campus and may not be purchased or utilized by currently enrolled students.
(G) Special circumstances
Ordinarily, all permits are accepted in most areas of the Ditmer, west Millett, and Chestnut fields parking lots. However, on dates of home football games, all student cars must be removed from the west Millett lot. Other special events may require removing vehicles from the west Millett lot or other parking areas on campus as needed. Advance notice will be provided by parking and transportation services at least seventy-two hours in advance of such a need. Students may park in other student holding lots (Ditmer, and Chesnut fields) on campus all day on those dates. Student vehicles may return to the west Millet parking lot on the day following a home football game. On home football game weekends, a permit is not required from twelve p.m. Friday to seven a.m. the following Monday.
Students or employees who require a parking privilege that is not granted by their parking permit, including the use of service drives or loading areas, must call parking and transportation services for permission prior to parking on campus. Telephone call (during office hours), voice mail, and email are all acceptable means of notification. The vehicle must have a valid parking permit in order to use this privilege. Students or employees with extenuating circumstances may receive permission to park on campus up to four times in the semester. If a parking citation is issued during the time of the log-in after permission has been granted, the student must call or present the citation on the date of issue or the next business day to request cancellation of the citation. Log-in privileges will not exceed twenty minutes in duration.
Please advise parking and transportation services or the Miami university police if your vehicle becomes disabled while parked on campus. Permit holders will be allowed twenty-four hours to have the vehicle removed from a restricted lot and will be responsible for citations issued to the vehicle in that lot after that time.
Only one vehicle may exit a parking garage per cycle of the garage gates. It is a violation of the Miami parking policy for a second vehicle to tailgate another vehicle out of the parking garage. The second vehicle is subject to a citation in the amount of the cost for a full-day stay in the garage. Security cameras and the garage systems note the time of tailgating occurrences. If one experiences a problem exiting the garage they should press the twenty-four hour intercom button to speak with a remote attendant.
Miami reserves the right to tow a vehicle in certain limited circumstances when the vehicle is parked in such a way as to prevent or disrupt significant university operations. These circumstances may include relocating an illegally-parked vehicles which hinders traffic, blocks access to fire-hydrants/fire-roads, manholes or tunnel access, or other circumstances. Additionally, these circumstances may include towing a legally-parked vehicle if the vehicle is hindering access by emergency vehicles or maintenance or construction equipment. The university will make reasonable efforts to contact the drivers to have them move the vehicle prior to towing. If the driver is unable to be reached and/or move the vehicle in a timely fashion, the vehicle will be towed and more information will be provided by calling parking services at 513-529-2224.
Use of vehicle hazard flashers or stopping and standing does not permit a vehicle to park in violation of posted restrictions and this rule. Violators may receive a parking citation even if hazard flashers are in use.
(H) Motorcycles, motorized scooters and mopeds
All motorcycles, motorized scooters and mopeds must be properly registered with the bureau of motor vehicles, have a valid university parking permit and park in a legal parking space. Only two motorcycles, motorized scooters or mopeds may occupy one vehicle parking space. Motorcycles, motorized scooters and mopeds found in violation may be cited or impounded. Motorcycles, motorized scooters or mopeds may not park in bike racks, on sidewalks or in locations not marked as designated parking spaces.
(I) Handicap accessible parking
Handicap accessible parking is available throughout the campus. A valid Miami parking permit and a state-issued disability placard are required in order to park in a handicap accessible parking space in a campus parking lot or street adjacent to or running through the campus. Students with a Miami parking permit and a state-issued disability placard may park in any available handicap accessible parking space, regardless of the restriction on the remainder of the parking lot or area. Drivers must submit a photo of their state-issued ADA placard to Miami parking services office.
(J) Departmental visitor parking permits
Departments and offices on campus may request an account from parking and transportation services to issue visitor parking permits to their guests and university visitors subject to the following conditions:
Violations of the conditions of use listed in this paragraph may result in revocation of departmental permit account. Accuracy of the information recorded is essential to ensuring that guest vehicles are properly registered. Departments will be responsible for any fines that result from improperly registered vehicles.
(K) Contractor/vendor parking permits
All contractor vehicles (excluding cranes, dump trucks, front-end loaders, etc.) are to have a valid parking permit issued from parking and transportation services while parked on campus outside of a designated construction site.
Contractor/vendor parking registration forms may be obtained from and submitted to parking and transportation services.
