COMMUNITY COLLEGES

OF SPOKANE

A valid CCS parking permit is:

(1) An unexpired student or employee parking permit registered and properly displayed; or

(2) A visitor or special parking permit authorized by the ((appropriate vice-president)) chief administration officer or designee, and properly displayed; or

(3) An invited guest or vendor parking permit issued by the sponsoring department and authorized by the ((appropriate vice-president)) chief administration officer or designee, and properly displayed.

Parking permits are the property of CCS and may be recalled by the ((appropriate vice-president)) chief administration officer or designee for any of the following reasons:

(1) When the purpose for which the permit was issued changes or no longer exists; or

(2) When a permit is used for an unregistered vehicle or by an unauthorized individual; or

(3) Falsification on a parking permit application; or

(4) Continued violations of parking regulations; or

(5) Counterfeiting or altering a parking permit.

When a student parking permit has been recalled pursuant to WAC 132Q-20-090, or has been refused in accordance with WAC 132Q-20-100, or when a fine or penalty has been levied against a violator of the rules set forth in this chapter, such action by the ((appropriate vice-president)) chief administration officer or designee, may be appealed pursuant to WAC 132Q-108-050. Employees of Community Colleges of Spokane shall appeal permit revocations, refusals to grant permits, and fines or penalties levied for violations to the ((appropriate vice-president)) chief administration officer whose decision on the matter is final.

The parking spaces available on campus shall be designated and allocated by the ((appropriate vice-president)) chief administration officer or designee, in such a manner that best achieves the objectives of the rules in this chapter.

(1) Faculty, staff, student, and visitor spaces are designated for their use; and

(2) Parking spaces for the exclusive use by persons of disability are designated;

(3) A CCS parking permit along with an official state disabled parking permit allows the permit holder to park in any designated employee or disabled parking space;

(4) Other special use spaces may be designated; and

(5) Parking at metered parking requires payment.

Parking permits are required to park at CCS facilities between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The rules and regulations pertaining to the use of certain parking permits in specific areas are contained in WAC 132Q-20-130. Students and employees may park in any of the spaces or stalls designated in WAC 132Q-20-140 ((except visitor's areas)) on a first-come, first-served basis after 3:30 p.m. Custodial and authorized employees may park on campus from 10:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m., and are required to follow regular parking regulations and obtain parking permits.

Overnight parking is prohibited except when approval is granted by the ((appropriate vice-president)) chief administration officer or designee.

The ((appropriate vice-president)) chief administration officer or designee is authorized to erect signs, barricades and other structures and to paint marks or other directions upon the entry ways and streets on campus and upon the various parking lots owned, leased or operated by the colleges. Such signs, barricades, structures, markings, and directions, shall be made and placed to best achieve the objectives stated in WAC 132Q-20-010 and the rules and regulations contained in this chapter.

Drivers of vehicles shall observe and obey the signs, barricades, structures, markings and directions erected pursuant to this section. Drivers shall also comply with the directions given them by the campus patrol in the control and regulation of traffic.

No vehicle shall be operated on the campuses at a speed in excess of the posted speed limit or such slower speed as is reasonable and prudent in the circumstances. No person operating a vehicle of any type shall at any time use the campus parking lots for testing, racing, or other unauthorized activities unless authorized by the ((appropriate vice-president)) chief administration officer or designee.

When special occasions create additional and/or heavy traffic and during emergencies, the ((appropriate vice-president)) chief administration officer or designee, is authorized to impose additional traffic and parking regulations and restrictions to achieve the objectives specified in WAC 132Q-20-010.

(1) All two-wheeled vehicles powered by a motor shall park in a space designated for motorcycles only.

(2) Only vehicles authorized by the ((appropriate vice-president)) chief administration officer or designee may be driven or ridden on campus sidewalks.

(3) Skateboards and roller blades/skates are not permitted on campus.

The operator of any vehicle involved in an accident on campus resulting in injury to or death of any person or total of claimed damage to either or both vehicles exceeding the reporting threshold for property damage accidents pursuant to state patrol WAC 446-85-010, shall immediately report the accident to the ((appropriate vice-president)) chief administration officer or designee, and shall within twenty-four hours after such accident, file a state of Washington motor vehicle accident report if required.

(1) Enforcement of the parking rules is continuous throughout the year.

(2) The ((appropriate vice-president)) chief administration officer or designee shall be responsible for the enforcement of the rules contained in this chapter.

(1) Fines may be levied by the ((appropriate vice-president)) chief administration officer or designee for all violations of the rules contained in this chapter. A current schedule of fines is available from the campus safety office.

(2) Violators have the right to due process and may appeal to the college parking appeals board created in WAC 132Q-20-265, whose decision is final.

(3) Vehicles parked on any campus in violation of any of the rules contained in this chapter, may be impounded or detained by use of mechanical devices at the discretion of the campus safety office. If a vehicle is impounded, it may be taken to such place for storage as the ((appropriate vice-president)) chief administration officer or designee selects. The expenses of such impounding and storage shall be the sole responsibility of the owner or operator of the vehicle. CCS shall not be liable for loss or damage of any kind resulting from such impounding and storage.

(4) At the discretion of the ((appropriate vice-president)) chief administration officer or designee, an accumulation of traffic violations by a student may be cause for disciplinary action, pursuant to chapter 132Q-30 WAC. In the case of students, failure to pay fines shall be grounds for the college, in addition to disciplinary action, to deny admission to CCS, registration, official transcripts, graduation or other administrative action. Failure to pay fines may result in the refusal to issue a permit.

(5) For students and employees, refusal to pay a fine still existing after exhaustion of the appellate process shall be grounds for disciplinary action.

(1) ((Each college)) CCS shall establish a parking appeals board consisting of no less than ((three)) seven members ((appointed by the president)). The appeals board membership shall ((be evenly balanced among faculty, students and classified staff)) consist of one faculty, one student and one classified staff from each college as appointed by that college's president, as well as one noncampus employee appointed by the chancellor.

(2) The parking appeals boards shall use criteria on which to fairly judge appeals including, but not limited to:

(a) Did an institutional error occur?

(b) Were there extenuating circumstances that caused the error to occur?

(c) Did the person make a good faith effort to comply with the parking rules?