VEHICLE AND PARKING INFORMATION

• Roadway speed limit is 20 mph.
• Parking lot speed limit is 15 mph.
• Drivers must yield to pedestrians in roadways and crosswalks.
• Persons operating vehicles on university property must have a valid and current driver’s license, current state registration for the vehicle being operated, and proof of vehicle insurance.
• Vehicle accidents should be reported to Campus Safety. Vehicle accidents with injuries should be reported by calling 911 as well as Campus Safety.

Permits

• Vehicles may be registered via the website at permitsales.net/sau.
• Pricing of registration is listed below in Registration Fee Schedule 1.1 – All purchases must be made with either credit card or applied to student account.
• Registration is to be completed by the vehicle driver/operator within three business days from the time the vehicle is first parked on university property.
• After registration, a permit decal will either be mailed to the driver.
• Decals are placed on the inside of the driver’s side, lower corner of the windshield. No portion of the decal is to be obstructed or covered.
• Decals may be moved to another vehicle and more than one vehicle may be registered to one permit. It is the responsibility of the vehicle driver/operator to display the permit on the vehicle being parked on campus. Contact Campus Safety to register multiple vehicles.
• Motorcycles, trailers, and motorized scooters over 50cc are to be registered, but do not need to display the decal. The permit does not need to be displayed on the vehicle. 
• Free temporary parking permits are available for use on a vehicle being operated on campus for up to two weeks to assist in situations where the operator may have a borrowed vehicle.
• Registration is to be completed by the vehicle driver/operator within three (3) business days from the time the vehicle is first parked on university property.
• After registration a permit decal will be mailed to the driver/operator.
• Decals are to be placed on the inside of the driver's side, lower corner of the windshield. No portion of the decal is to be obstructed or covered.
• Decals may be moved to another vehicle and more than one vehicle may be registered to one permit. It is the responsibility of the vehicle driver/operator to display the permit on the vehicle being parked on campus. Contact Campus Safety if you need to register more than one (1) vehicle. 
• Free temporary parking permits are available for use on a vehicle being operated on campus for up to two (2) weeks to assist in situations where the operation may have a borrowed vehicle. 
• Persons requiring special parking privileges may apply for a parking exception at the Campus Safety Office during regular business hours. 

Registration fees:

• Undergraduate students -
  • $45 per semester (fall and winter)
  • $15 summer
• Graduate student - $15 per semester (fall and winter)
• Guests and Visitors - $0
• Faculty/Staff/Volunteers - $0

Parking

• Vehicles are restricted to parking lots and areas corresponding with the color-coded permit decal except during open parking hours. All students and employees must park in a lot correlating to their parking decal, in accordance with posted signage in marked spaces or parking areas.
• During open parking hours, Monday thru Thursday 5:30pm - 2am, and Friday 12pm - 2am the following Monday. All currently registered vehicles may be parked in any lot except for the visitor parking lots in front of Wright Hall. Individually reserved spaces are not included in the open parking hours unless otherwise indicated on the signage. 
• Storage of vehicles on campus is by permission only.
• Parking private vehicles, for the sole purpose of advertising them for sale, is prohibited.
• Vehicles must be in drivable condition, displaying current state registration 
• Motorcycles may park in regular vehicle parking spaces or in the triangular parking aisle end areas hashed with white or yellow paint. The motorcycle must not obstruct the free flow of traffic. 

Violations of this policy are documented by issuance of citations to the registered driver of the vehicle in violation. Citations are the responsibility of the person who registered the vehicle even if the registered person has lent the vehicle to another person. Each parking violation will be cited independently and must be paid or appealed separately. Citations must be paid or appealed within 14 days of issuance or the amount will double and be billed to the registered driver.

Appealed citations are reviewed and adjudicated by the university Traffic Appeals Committee. Traffic Appeals Committee decisions are final. Any amounts due once an appeal has been rejected or the amount due has been reduced must be paid within 14 days of the decision.

Amounts and Types of Fines

$15.00 - All parking citation fines unless otherwise listed
$208.75 - Unauthorized parking in handicap parking spaces
$50.00 -  Parking in a fire lane
$45.00 - Failure to register vehicle
$45.00 - Wheel restraint fee
$250.00 - Unauthorized removal of wheel restraint


Fix-it citations: For the citation types listed above, if corrections are made before ticket due date expires, and the corrections are verified by Campus Safety, the person to whom the ticket was issued may request the ticket to be dismissed.

• Expired state registration
• Failure to correct vehicle information
• Failure to display parking permit
• Failure to display parking permit correctly

Wheel Restraints: A wheel restraining device may be applied to vehicles for one or more of the following reasons:

• Issuance of the second (2nd) Failure to Register Vehicle citations in one semester or summer period
• Issuance of the fifth (5th) and all subsequent citations in one semester or summer period, which has not been dismissed or appeal approved.

To have a wheel restraint removed, all citations associated with the application must be paid or appealed and the vehicle registered. Removing a wheel restraint without authorization will result in a $250.00 citation.

Towing. Vehicles may be towed off campus at owner's expense and risk for one r more of the following reasons:

• Vehicle is abandoned on University property
• Vehicles left for purpose of advertising for sale on University property
• Vehicle left for storage on University property with authorization
• Obstructing the normal usage of a drive, driveway, road, or roadway
• Parked on sidewalk, no-parking area, or grass that is not a designated parking area
• Parked in a fire lane
• Unauthorized parking in a handicap parking space