Parking Regulations
- All VSU parking regulations apply to everyone (employees, students, and visitors) who
are properly and legally registered with the Department of Parking & Transportation and the
University. Vehicles that are unidentified (meaning they have no VSU permit, vehicle tag number, or vehicle identification number) are subject
to be towed at any time at the owners expense.
- All motor vehicles must properly display a current parking permit to
park on campus at all times (Monday-Friday). Any non-registered or unidentified vehicle
with 5 or more unpaid parking citations for no permit will be removed from
campus at the owner's expense.
Any registered vehicle with 10 or more unpaid parking citations will be removed from campus at the owner's expense, even if parked correctly.
- Vehicles must be parked in spaces authorized for the respective
individual. The responsibility for locating an authorized parking
space rests with the operator of the vehicle. Lack of a parking
space will not be considered an excuse for violating any parking
regulations.
- Parking on lawns, landscaped areas, sidewalks, curbs, end caps, or other areas
not specifically designated by signs or curb markings as parking
areas is a violation and the vehicle will be towed. The absence of a "NO
PARKING" sign does not denote parking is permitted.
- Visitor spaces are provided for persons not affiliated with
the University. Faculty, staff, and students may not utilize visitor
spaces until open parking begins at 5:30 p.m. Visitors are
subject to the same rules and regulations as the campus community. Campus members
are responsible for the actions of their visitors and should advise them in which
areas they are allowed to park in. Visitors must have a permit at all times. Weekend Parking (Friday after 3:00pm, Saturday and Sunday – No Permit Required). Individuals are allowed to park in any available Visitor, Reserved, Staff, Student or Timed (for more than the allotted time) space on VSU campus.
- All motor vehicles will be parked on campus in such a manner
as not to impede vehicle and/or pedestrian traffic or in a manner
which creates a hazard.
Any vehicle parked in the parking decks that exceeds the length of the space where the lines that outline the space ends and interferes with the 2 way flow of traffic may be cited for impeding traffic. Also,
vehicles parked in the parking decks that overhang the line that is painted on the ground and also posted on a sign may be cited.
- Parking spaces designated for Service Vehicles are for use
by VSU authorized vehicles and/or construction vehicles. Any other type of vehicle
parked in a service vehicle space without the proper permit will be towed.
- Vehicles parked in spaces designated as Timed Parking cannot
exceed the posted time limit.
- Vehicles cannot be moved from one timed parking space to another
in order to circumvent the time restrictions.
- Curbs are designated as no parking zones. No vehicles are allowed
to park on curbs or areas designated as Fire Lanes. (Lack of curb marking
or signs does not designate these areas as parking areas.) A vehicle is eligible to be
cited if any part of the vehicle is located on the yellow or red markings.
Additionally, blue markings indicate accessible parking and routes for individuals with disabilities. Accessible parking is limited to individuals
who meet eligibility by displaying a disabled parking permit or decal. Accessible routes are outlined by the use of blue lines. Vehicles are prohibited
from blocking accessible routes.
- Any motor vehicle operated on the VSU campus must yield to
the directions of any Public Safety Officer, Parking & Transportation representative, or designee when directing
traffic.
- No motor vehicle may exceed the speed limit of 15 MPH on campus.
- Areas designated as loading docks, loading areas and/or disabled
ramps will not be obstructed by motor vehicles.
- Recreational vehicles, motor homes, campers, etc., are not
authorized to utilize more than one parking space on campus and
may not be used as living or sleeping quarters while parked on
campus (without the expressed permission of the Parking &
Transportation Department).
- Vehicles that are illegally parked can be cited every 2 hours for the same offense.