GENERAL PROVISIONS

0240-09-03-.02 GENERAL PROVISIONS.

(1) Tennessee Tech will regulate the use and/or parking of all Motor Vehicles on the campus in accordance with this rule and any applicable policy, regulation, ordinance, or statute.

(2) All employees and students must register Motor Vehicle(s) and purchase a parking permit in order to park on Tennessee Tech property. All visitors must request a parking permit. Motor Vehicles that are parked on campus without a current parking permit may be issued a parking citation for the violation.

(3) Parking citations are the responsibility of

(a) The registered owner of the parking permit and the user of the parking permit; or

(b) The registered owner of the vehicle in cases where no permit has been issued.

(4) Moving violations will be charged to the operator of the Motor Vehicle at the time of the violation.

(5) No individual is allowed to give, transfer, furnish, or sell a Tennessee Tech parking permit to another individual.

(6) Motor Vehicles are to be parked within two (2) marked lines and not protruding into another marked space. Violations of this type may result in a citation being issued.

(7) Non-operative vehicles will not be permitted to remain on campus beyond seven (7) days without written approval from Tennessee Tech.

(8) Trailers and boats cannot be parked on campus without prior written approval from Tennessee Tech.

(9) Motor Vehicles or other means of conveyance parked in such a way as to create a traffic hazard, including, but not limited to, blocking dumpsters, wheelchair ramps, sidewalks,

crosswalks, and other parked vehicles may be cited for illegal parking and/or may be towed or impounded at the owner’s expense.

(10) Motor Vehicles not displaying a parking permit during zoned parking enforcement may be restrained by Tennessee Tech with a wheel lock in order to identify the owner/operator of the Motor Vehicle during the times of zoned parking.

(11) Repeated Citations

(a) Repeated and/or flagrant parking violations may result in the Motor Vehicle being towed at the owner’s expense.

(b) Tennessee Tech may revoke an individual’s parking privileges for repeated and flagrant parking violations.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 49-8-101(a)(2)(A) and 49-8-203(a)(1)(D). Administrative History: Original rules filed September 1, 2017; effective November 30, 2017. Amendments filed April 24, 2020; effective July 23, 2020.