Parking Rules and Regulations
Western
Connecticut State University,
acting by virtue of powers vested by the Board of Trustees through
Section 10a-92 of the Connecticut General Statutes and the
Connecticut State Traffic Commission, establishes traffic and
parking rules, regulations, and fines to control the use of all
motor vehicles on university property.
These rules and regulations facilitate control of vehicle parking
and traffic on campus and are legally enforceable by the officers of
the university police department, as provided in Section 10a-142 of
the Connecticut General Statutes. In addition, all applicable
statutes of the motor vehicle section of the Connecticut General
Statutes apply to all owners and/or operators of motor vehicles on
university property.
The university reserves the right to amend, supplement, revise,
alter, rescind, or add to these rules and regulations by press
release to The Echo and the WestConn Report.
Western Connecticut State University assumes no responsibility for
the care and/or protection of a vehicle or its contents at any time
while it is parked or operated on campus. For protection, vehicles
should be properly secured at all times.
Parking
Permits
Every university employee and
student who parks a motor vehicle on university property must obtain
and display a permit.
Parking permits may be obtained from the WESTCONNECT Card office (ID & parking permit office) located in the basement of Old Main. (http://www.wcsu.edu/westconnect/)
Parking permits are assigned to an individual, in the case of staff and faculty; for students, permits are assigned to the vehicle. Students are allowed to register only one vehicle on campus. Fines associated with the permit are the responsibility of the permit holder. Lost or stolen permits should be immediately reported to the University Police.
Traffic
and Parking Regulations
Posted
speed limits will be enforced. Where no limit is posted, speed will
be limited to that which is reasonable and proper for existing
traffic and weather conditions and for surface conditions on roads
and in parking lots.
Pedestrians shall have the right of way at all times on university property.
No person shall park a vehicle on university property unless a current parking permit is properly displayed in/on the vehicle or the vehicle is registered with the university police.
Commuter
students parking at the Midtown campus must
park in the Fifth Avenue parking garage. A valid
WestConnect ID card is required in order to access and exit the Fifth
Avenue Garage, via the automatic gates. The card must be presented
at the card reader to both enter and exit.
Commuter students parking at
the Westside campus must park in student parking lots (Westside
Classroom Building-north, O'Neill Center-west), or on University
Boulevard, Access Road and Sand Road.
Midtown campus resident
students must park in the White Street Garage.
Westside campus residents
must park in the lots designated for Pinney or Grasso Halls or
in the Centennial Hall garage.
For students residing at Brookview Commons, WCSU will issue yellow commuter parking stickers and will provide free shuttle bus transportation to both Midtown and Westside campuses.
Similar to regular commuter students, Brookview residents will have parking privileges at specific locations on the Westside campus. However, there will be no parking privileges at any locations on the Midtown campus, including the Fifth Avenue parking garage, during the hours of restriction, (Monday thru Thursday, 6am-5pm).
Any student vehicle parked in
any other place on either campus will be subject to ticketing and/or
towing at its owner's expense. Student parking areas are
clearly designated with posted signs.
Visitor parking is only
allowed in the Old Main Visitor Parking Lot, the front lot at University
Hall and on the Westside Campus on University Boulevard. Students, staff and faculty are not permitted to park in
designated visitor parking areas.
Faculty and staff must park
in designated faculty/staff lots. All
vehicles parked on campus shall be within designated parking spaces
as marked.
Parking is prohibited in the following areas: in driveways, on walkways and grassed areas, within yellow-lined areas (excluding parking garage interiors), in service and loading areas or any area where official signs or markings indicate Restricted or No Parking.
No overnight parking (11 p.m. to 6 a.m.) is permitted in any of the Midtown campus surface lots (i.e., the faculty/staff lot off Fifth Avenue; the White Hall/Fairfield Hall lot off White Street; University Hall lots, front and back; Haas Library Lot, the Visitors Lot at Old Main and the Newbury Hall lot off Roberts Avenue).
Overnight parking is available at the Midtown campus parking garage on White Street and the Centennial Hall Garage at Westside, on all levels except the roof. Please note that the Fifth Avenue garage closes at midnight and there is no overnight parking allowed.
The Fifth Avenue garage will be open daily from 6 a.m. -12 midnight.
When the Fifth Avenue garage is full, overflow commuter student parking will be available in the White Street garage, rather than the Patriot Garage.
The commuter student only restriction in the Fifth Avenue garage will be released on weekends and after 5 pm on weekdays.
The responsibility of finding a legal parking space rests with the motor vehicle operator. Lack of space is not considered a valid excuse for violation of these regulations. Parking on campus is limited and cannot be guaranteed.
The university reserves the right to tow any vehicle that is illegally parked. Owners of towed vehicles will be required to pay all costs involved in the removing, impounding, and storing of such vehicles. In addition to the impounding fees, a parking violation fine will be assessed.
Three or more parking violations may result in the violator being called before the campus judicial board and/or losing his or her parking privileges on university property.
No person shall remove, destroy, or tamper with a parking violation notice which has been issued. No person shall use a fictitious or counterfeit permit or give false information in the application for a permit. No person shall fail to surrender to the university police, upon demand, any Western Connecticut State University parking permit.
Staff, faculty, and students must assume responsibility for informing their guests of the university's parking regulations. Temporary and visitor permits may be obtained from the WestConnect Card office (ID & parking permit office) in the basement of Old Main. Parking in the Old Main Visitor's Lot is limited to One hour. If the visitor knows that they will be more than one hour, they must obtain a Visitor Pass from the WestConnect Office and place it on the dashboard of their vehicle.
No person shall destroy or in any way deface any sign or traffic control device.
Standard traffic regulations and definitions, as enacted into the motor vehicle laws of the state of Connecticut, will be rigidly enforced on university property at all times because of high volume of vehicular and pedestrian traffic. If necessary, violations of any rule or regulation noted in this document will be pursued by the university in the appropriate court of law.
Violation
Fines and Appeals
Violators
shall be fined for each violation indicated on the ticket. Fines
range between $15.00, $20.00 and $25.00 (depending upon the violation) and must be paid upon
issuance at the cashier's office on the 1st floor of Old Main,
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Violators are
also subject to state infractions (tickets, which carry a minimum fine of
$75.00.)
Failure to pay parking fines may result in one or more of the following:
1. Denial of permission to register for classes
2. Withholding of academic transcript records or grades
3. Revocation of parking privileges on campus
4. Disciplinary action
5. Sanctions by the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles
6. Legal action
Appeals of parking tickets issued shall be made to the Parking Violation Appeal Committee. Appeal forms must be completed and filed within 5 business days (Monday - Friday) from the date the ticket was issued. Forms may be picked up at the WESTCONNECT Card office (ID & parking permit office) in the basement of Old Main, the Public Safety office in the Westside Classroom Building, the University Police Department, or the Cashier's Office in Old Main.
If
the Parking Violation Appeal Committee grants an appeal, the
information will be forwarded
to the Cashier's Office and the ticket will be voided. Anyone who
appeals a ticket
will be notified in writing of the committee's decision. The
Committee's decision is final and cannot be amended once a decision
has been made.
Temporary Parking Restrictions 2007-2008
Monday through Thursday 7 am to 5 pm : Resident students must park their vehicles in the designated parking areas on the campus of residence. After 5 pm, resident students may park their vehicles on either campus provided they park in a student designated lot or area.
Brookview Commons Residents are not allowed to park on the midtown campus during the restricted hours of 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Thursday. A Shuttle Bus Stop has been posted near the main entrance to Brookview Commons and the buses will stop on each run from campus to campus.
Snow Restrictions: Faculty, Staff and students must move their vehicles from all surface lots including University Boulevard during snow storms. This restriction if for the facilitation of the snow removal process. Failure to move vehicles from these areas may result in towing.
SPECIAL EVENTS PARKING ON THE WESTSIDE CAMPUS:
Parking priority will be given to faculty, staff and students attending classes at the Westside Classroom Building when special events are scheduled there.
When an event is scheduled on the Westside campus and classes are in session, the Facilities Utilization and Promotion (FUP) director will notify the Office of the Ancell School of Business Dean in advance of the event. The dean's office will advise the FUP and the Police Department of the number of students and faculty/staff expected to attend.
The Police Department will then identify adequate parking in the Faculty and Staff Lot and the Student Lot for the period of time the event(s) are in progress.
The Police Department will also place around campus temporary signage in appropriate locations to advise motorists of event parking.
The FUP will coordinate parking with the client and/or the
appropriate university official and offer to arrange for golf carts or
other transportation at the expense of the client.
