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Parking regulations are enforced year-round, including breaks. Park only in areas designated by your permit. No warning tickets are given. The following parking practices are specifically prohibited:

• Parking an unregistered vehicle anywhere on the Meredith Campus.
• Student parking on the Front Drive.
• Double parking.
• Parking on lawns, grass, landscaped areas, sidewalks, or other areas not set aside for parking.
• Parking in such a manner as to block traffic, parked vehicles, or roadways.
• Parking in fire lanes, loading areas, emergency areas marked as NO PARKING ZONES, including areas marked with diagonal yellow lines.
• Parking in a handicap space without displaying a handicap placard or tag.
• Parking in an area designated for registration decals other than the one displayed (for example, students parking in a reserved spot or parking in visitors鈥� area with a Meredith decal).
• Parking is prohibited in the circle in front of Johnson Hall (Fire Lane). Exceptions will be allowed on move-in or move-out days as long as a driver remains with the vehicle at all times. Unattended vehicles will be ticketed and may be towed.
• Parking is prohibited in the circle in front of Wainwright (Fire Lane).聽 Unattended vehicles will be ticketed and may be towed.
• Apartment residents are not allowed to park on main campus. Residence Hall students are not permitted to park in the Oaks parking lot.

• Parking fines are normally $50.
• Fines for parking in handicapped or fire lanes are $100.
• Auto-boot and towing fines are $100. Unregistered cars will be auto-booted and will not be released until all fines are paid. (An auto-boot is a device that clamps to the wheel of a car. Attempts to move a car with an auto-boot will result in serious damage to the car.)

• If you are parked in a reserved or handicap space without the proper permits, your vehicle is subject to ticketing and towing.
• Parking regulations remain in force at all hours.
• If you need to unload your vehicle during any time moving in and out of the residence halls, even for a few minutes, contact Campus Police at 919-760-8888 for permission.
• All vehicles parked on campus in any space without a parking permit are subject to be towed at owner鈥檚 expense.
• Parking rules and regulations are enforced all year, at all times.

If the conduct of any student or employee establishes a continuing pattern of violations or disregard of parking regulations, then Executive Leadership Team (ELT) may temporarily suspend him or her from enrollment, employment, or parking privileges pending a hearing.

A vehicle will be towed at the owner鈥檚 expense:

• When parked in a reserved parking space without a permit that matches that space.
• When illegally parked in an emergency space or when blocking an emergency road.
• When the vehicle has received five or more parking violations and has been immobilized (booted) for the duration of 48 hours.
• When illegally parked in an emergency space or when blocking an emergency road.
• When a vehicle has been parked illegally for more than 10 days, or is determined to be 鈥渄erelict鈥� under N.C. General Statute 20-137.7. The Chief of Police is authorized to dispose of such vehicles as prescribed by N.C. General Statute 20-137.6 to 20-137.14.
• Vehicles will be towed if they parked in a way that would impede the operation of the college or are creating a safety hazard.

Vehicles may be immobilized (booted) for any of the following reasons:

• Non-payment of accrued fines, to include five or more unpaid citations.
• Display of a lost, stolen, or revoked permit.
• Unsatisfactory payment for a permit. Removal of the boot requires a payment of $100.00 in addition to payment of all accrued fines and other fees.

Wheel boots may be removed only by a member of the Campus Police Department upon payment of the boot removal fee and all outstanding fines. All payments must be made in the Accounting Office, Johnson Hall during business hours Monday through Friday.

It is unlawful for any person to produce any facsimile or reproduction of a permit, sticker, decal or other device indicating eligibility to park on campus. It is unlawful to steal or obtain a permit by fraud, deceit or trickery, willful misrepresentation of facts, purchase or gift from another. It is unlawful for any person in lawful possession of a parking permit to alter, give, sell, transfer or attempt to transfer a permit to another person or to place on a vehicle other than that for which it is registered. Violation of the provision is a misdemeanor.

Faculty, staff, students and visitors have the right to appeal a campus parking citation issued for violation of the colleges parking and traffic regulations. Appeals must be submitted within fifteen days of the violation. Please review the 糖心Vlog Traffic and Parking regulations before writing your appeal to ensure that your appeal is legitimate and to ensure that you are familiar with the regulations(s) for which you were cited.聽Appeal forms are available on-line.

The Appeal Board is made up of faculty, staff and students. Once the appeal has been heard and a decision made, notice is sent to the appellant informing him or her of the decision by e-mail. If you fail to comply with the appeal guidelines, your appeal will not be honored.

To file an appeal it must be within 15 days from the day of receiving the citation. To file an appeal please complete the聽parking appeal form, which can be obtained on line or at the Campus Police/Security Building.