PDFWAC 132N-156-550

Illegal parking.

No person shall stop, place, or park a vehicle at any place where official signs, curbs, or pavement markings prohibit parking, or within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, or at any place for which the vehicle does not have a valid parking permit. Any vehicle not parked in a parking stall shall be considered illegally parked.
Drivers who are instructed by a security personnel to move an illegally parked vehicle, and refuse, will have their vehicle immediately impounded or immobilized.
Under the authority granted by RCW 28B.50.140(10), security personnel may issue a citation for parking violations that include the following and any other offenses provided in chapter 46.61 RCW as amended:
(1) Parking in a faculty/staff parking zone without a valid permit.
(2) Parking a disabled or inoperable vehicle on campus in excess of 24 hours without appropriate permission.
(3) Parking any vehicle in such a manner as to obstruct, impede, hinder, or prevent the use of another parking space. This violation includes, but is not limited to, parking over the line, parking an oversized vehicle in a space too small, allowing part of a vehicle to protrude into another space, and parking too close to another vehicle.
(4) Parking in a space not designated for parking.
(5) Parking in an area not authorized.
(6) Blocking vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
(7) Parking within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
(8) Parking in a fire lane, sidewalk, or intracampus avenue.
(9) Parking in a "No Parking" zone.
(10) Parking on the grass.
(11) Parking overnight without authorization.
(12) Parking of a bicycle illegally.
(13) Parking in accessible parking zone without an authorized parking permit.
(14) Use of a vehicle for habitation without permission.
(15) Illegal use of or failure to display permit.
(16) Creating a safety hazard in the opinion of security personnel.
(17) Allowing a vehicle alarm to sound, repeatedly or for an extended period of time (false alarm).
(18) Parking in a metered parking spot without payment of the meter fee stated on the meter during the posted time limits.
(19) Parking in an area designated as an "Electric Vehicle Charging Station" while not actively charging an electric vehicle.
Illegally parked vehicles which require removal will be done so at the owner's or operator's expense.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.50.140. WSR 21-23-041, § 132N-156-550, filed 11/9/21, effective 12/10/21; WSR 17-22-093, § 132N-156-550, filed 10/30/17, effective 11/30/17. Statutory Authority: Chapter 28B.50 RCW. WSR 00-20-034, § 132N-156-550, filed 9/28/00, effective 10/29/00; WSR 97-23-018, § 132N-156-550, filed 11/10/97, effective 12/11/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.50.140(10) and chapters 28B.50 and 28B.10 RCW. WSR 93-20-080, § 132N-156-550, filed 10/4/93, effective 11/4/93; WSR 91-21-022, § 132N-156-550, filed 10/7/91, effective 11/7/91. Statutory Authority: Chapters 28B.50 and 28B.10 RCW. WSR 87-19-103 (Order 87-02, Resolution No. 87-02), § 132N-156-550, filed 9/18/87.]