AASU TRAFFIC & PARKING REGULATIONS
ENFORCED YEAR ROUND

(Revised Spring, 2006)

1. State and local traffic laws apply as traffic regulations on Armstrong Atlantic State University campus.



2. Registration of Vehicles Operating on Campus



• All vehicles driven on the Armstrong Atlantic State Campus must display the proper AASU decal.
• Decals expire on August 31st and cost $50 for a full academic year, $25 for Spring and Summer, or $15 for Summer only. To obtain a decal, students must first submit a Parking Decal Application to the Business Office. After payment has been processed by the Business office, a parking decal may be picked up at the University Police Office by submitting a Vehicle Registration form.
• Decals show an expiration date. The University will notify vehicle operators to pick up a new decal. Expired decals will result in the issuance of a parking citation.
• Vehicle operators must obtain decals within five (5) days of the first day of classes of the first term they are enrolled at the University.
• Anyone obtaining another vehicle during the course of the term must have this vehicle registered immediately or risk being ticketed for violation.
• Student vehicle operators are authorized to use student decals for their vehicles. University employees are authorized to use faculty-staff decals for their vehicles.
• Students with State issued Handicapped decals may park in blue spaces reserved and marked Handicapped.
• Graduate students enrolled in the Graduate Program are subject to all parking and traffic regulations.



3. Non-Decal Regulations



• A non-decal vehicle is subject to tow away and an administrative fine of $25.00.
• Visitors, who are not students, should obtain a temporary parking permit from University Police Department and display the permit by hanging it from the rearview mirror and park in yellow spaces marked, “Faculty” or white spaces marked “Student”. Visitors on campus may use spaces marked “Visitor” in front of the Administrative Building on Burnett Boulevard. Decal vehicles parked in these spaces will be ticketed. Visitors may also park in Parking Lots 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7.



4. Parking Regulations



• Parking spaces are marked as follows for vehicles with decals
• Yellow- Reserved spaces marked “Faculty” for AASU faculty, staff and administration.
• White- Reserved spaces marked “Student” for enrolled AASU students whose vehicles display an AASU decal.
• Vehicles with Compass Point decals must park in Compass Point parking lots.



5. General Parking Regulations



• Parking is not permitted at RED curbs. These areas are fire lanes and loading zones and must be kept clear.
• Vehicles are not permitted on the grass or sidewalks.
• Vehicles may not be backed into parking spaces.
• The area along the WHITE curb in front of the Administrative Building is designated 20 minute parking.
• Parking is not permitted at solid YELLOW lines, curbs, or yellow zones.
  * Parking is not permitted in spaces marked "POLICE PARKING."
• All persons are expected to park their vehicles in the appropriate spaces.
• A vehicle meeting the University decal regulations which is parked in an unauthorized space on University streets or on campus grounds will be issued a ticket, which carries a fine (Section IV).
• Faculty / Staff spaces are on reserve status between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m Monday thru Friday. After 4:30 p.m. Faculty / Staff spaces are on open parking status except where posted near the Science Building and University Hall.



6. Traffic Enforcement



• Violators of regulations with decals will be issued tickets by Parking Services. All fines must be paid to the Cashier in the Administrative Building with seven (7) days of the violation or an appeal must be made (See Section V) The tickets range from $15.00 to $45.00 depending on the violation.
• Any vehicle parked in red curb areas or in handicapped reserved spaces is subject to tow away in addition to the fine for the violation.
• Fines are assessed to vehicle operators, but the person in whose name a vehicle is registered is held responsible for proper operation of the vehicle on campus and is held equally responsible for payment of any fines regardless of who operates the vehicle on campus.
• Students who have unpaid fines or charges at the end of the term will not be allowed to pre-register or register for the succeeding term and the grades for the term in which the violation(s) occurred will be withheld. Transcripts will not be released from the Registrar's Office until all accounts have been cleared and encumbrances for fines paid.
• Vehicles parked in Handicapped reserved spaces are subject to a $45.00 to $500.00 fine.
• Vehicle Towing Policy. Decal vehicles involved in certain offenses (as specified elsewhere) and vehicles without decals, which are parked in unauthorized spaces on campus streets or grounds, are subject to being towed. A towing charge plus the regular fine will be assessed the vehicle operator. Students who are towed must pay the towing charge to the towing company before claiming their vehicle.
• Students who accumulate six (6) or more unpaid tickets are subject to tow away.
• Tickets may not be appealed after seven (7) days have elapsed.
• Tickets not paid after seven (7) days will be assessed a late fee.



7. Traffic Ticket Appeal



• A student court Traffic Committee is provided for persons wishing to appeal traffic tickets. He/she may pick up a traffic appeal form from the Director of Student Activities Office at the Memorial College Center. When the form is completed, it should be forwarded to the Office of Student Activities. A ticket must be appealed within seven (7) days of violation. The Traffic Committee meets as necessary.
• If a student's or employee's appeal is turned down, he/she has three (3) days from the day of the notification of the decision to pay the fine.