University of New Hampshire

Parking Regulations

 

Table of Contents

 

ARTICLE I      Purpose, Scope, and Authority…………………..……………….   3

            Section 1.         Purpose and Scope ………………………………………… 3

            Section 2.         Authority …………………………………………………..   3

 

ARTICLE II     General Definitions and Procedures…………..…………………   3-5

            Section 1.         Campus Resident ………………………………………….    3

            Section 2.         Car/Van Pool ………………………………………………  3

            Section 3.         Citation …………………………………………….………  3

            Section 4.         Commuter Student ………………………………………..     4

            Section 5.         Crosswalk ………………………………………………….  4

            Section 6.         Faculty ……………………………………………….…….  4

            Section 7.         Fire Lane …………………………………………………..   4

            Section 8.         Illegally Parked …………………….……………….……..    4

            Section 9.         Motorcycle/Moped Parking …….………………………….   4

            Section 10.       Overnight ………………………………………………….   4

            Section 11.       Owner ……………………………………………………..   4

            Section 12.       Parking ………….…………………………………………   4

            Section 13.       Parking Meter ……………………………………………..   5

            Section 14.       Parking Space ……………………………………………..   5

            Section 15.       Parking Violations Notice ……………………...…………     5

            Section 16.       Parking Violations Record ………………………………..     5

            Section 17.       Sidewalk …………………………………………………..   5

            Section 18.       Staff Employee ……………………………………………    5

            Section 19.       Student ……………………………………………………    5

            Section 20.       Vehicle ……………………………………………………    5

            Section 21.       Visitor …………………………………………………….    5

Section 22.       Way ……………………………………………………….   5

 

ARTICLE III   Duties of Transportation Services …………………………….      5-6

            Section 1.         General …………………………………………………..     5

            Section 2.         Restricted Parking/Closing of Parking Lots …………….          6

            Section 3.         Use of University Parking Lots ………………………….        6

            Section 4.         University Police Department ……………………………       6

 

ARTICLE IV   Registration…………...…………………………………………..  6-9

            Section 1.         Registration Requirement ………………………………….    6

            Section 2.         Parking Priorities ……………………………………..……   6

            Section 3.         Eligibility …………………………………………….…….    7

            Section 4.         Parking Fees ……………………………………………….  7-8

            Section 5.         Expiration of Parking Permit ………………………………     8

            Section 6.         Transferability ……………………………………………..    8

            Section 7.         Revocation of Parking Privileges or Permits ………………      8

            Section 8.         Lost/Stolen Permits ………………………………………..    8

            Section 9.         Failure to Register and Properly Display …………….…….     8-9

            Section 10.       Open Parking …………………………………………. …..  9

 

ARTICLE V    Permit Classifications…………………………………………….   9-14

            Section 1.         Commuter Permit ……………………………………….….  9

            Section 2.         Contractor Permits …………………………………………  9-10

            Section 3.         Durham Ambulance Corps Permit …………………………    10

            Section 4.         Emergency Services Permit …………………………….….    10

            Section 5.         Emeritus Permit …………………………………………….10

            Section 6.         Faculty/Staff Permits ………………………………………    10

            Section 7.         Forest Park Permit ………………………………………… 10-11

            Section 8.         Handicap Permit …………………………………………. .   11

            Section 9.         Motorcycle Permit ……………………………………….. .   11       

            Section 10.       Recreation Pass Permit …………………………………….   11

            Section 11.       Remote Facility Permits…………………………………….   12

Section 12.       Reserved Permits and Spaces.………………………………  12

Section 13.       Resident Permits……………………………………………   13

            Section 14.       Service Permit ……………………………………………..   13

            Section 15.       Temporary Permits …………………………………………  13-14

            Section 16.       Trustee Permit ……………………………………………..   14

            Section 17.       Vendor Permit ………….…………………………………..  14

            Section 18.       Visitor Permits ……………………………………………..   14

            Section 19.       Volunteer Permit……………………………………………   14

 

ARTICLE VI   Classification of Parking Lots………………………..…………...  15

            Section 1.         Faculty and Staff Parking Lots …………………………….    15

            Section 2.         Commuter Student Parking Lots …………………………..    15

            Section 3.         Resident Lots (Eligible Permits) …………………………...     15

            Section 4.         Mixed Use Lots (Eligible Permits) …………………………15

            Section 5.         Metered Lots/Lots with Metered Areas ………………….…15

            Section 6.         Carpool Lot …………………………………………………15

            Section 7.         Changes to Classification …………………………………..   16

 

ARTICLE VII Illegal Parking……………………………………………………..  16

            Section 1.         General …………………………………………………….. 16

            Section 2.         Abandoned or Unregistered Vehicles ………………………16

            Section 3.         Operating Condition of Motor Vehicles ……………………16

 

ARTICLE VIII Restrictions and Specialized Parking…………………………..     16-17

            Section 1.         Winter Parking Ban ………………………………………..   16-17

            Section 2.         Resident Halls—Special Provisions ……………………….     17

            Section 3.         Special Events Parking …………………………………….    17

 

ARTICLE IX Towing/Immobilization……………………………………………     17-18

            Section 1.         General …………………………………………………….  17-18

 

ARTICLE X Violations and Fines………………………………………………..    19-20

            Section 1.         Violation Categories and Fines …………………………….    19

            Section 2.         Miscellaneous ………………………………………………19-20

 

ARTICLE XI Appeals……………………………………………………………..   20-21

            Section 1.         Purpose …………………………………………………….. 20

            Section 2.         Who May Appeal …………………………………………..  20

            Section 3.         Appeals Process ……………………………………………  21

 

ARTICLE XII Disclaimers and Declarations…………………….………………   21-22

            Section 1.         Severability …………………………………………………21

            Section 2.         Liability……………………………………………………..  21

            Section 3.         Titles, Headings, Subheadings and Style of Print ………….      22  

            Section 4.         License ……………………………………………………...22

 

 

ARTICLE I                   Purpose, Scope, and Authority

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Section 1. Purpose and Scope

 

A.                 These regulations control motor vehicle parking on all property owned, leased, or used by the University of New Hampshire (UNH).  The act of parking a motor vehicle on University property is a privilege and implies acceptance by the owner and/or operator of the responsibility to see that the motor vehicle is parked in compliance with these regulations.

 

B.                 These regulations are designed to promote the orderly and safe movement of all motor vehicles, provide for pedestrian safety, ensure free and continuous access to buildings, structures, ways, lots, parking areas and spaces, roadways, as well as access to all facilities for public safety purposes.

 

Section 2. Authority

 

A.                 The President of the University of New Hampshire, with chief executive authority granted by the University System of New Hampshire Board of Trustees under authority of New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated, adopts these regulations as University policy. 

 

B.                 These Parking Regulations are effective immediately and will remain in force until the President of the University of New Hampshire approves subsequent amendments.

 

 

 

ARTICLE II        General Definitions and Procedures
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Section 1. Campus Resident  Any individual residing in University owned and operated housing facilities.

 

Section 2. Car/Van Pool  Any group, comprised of two or more individuals, who are eligible to purchase parking permits to utilize designated parking areas on the University of New Hampshire.

 

Section 3.  Citation  A notice, either a warning or ticket, upon which a Transportation Services or Police Department employee records an occurrence involving a parking regulation violation. 

 

Section 4.  Commuter Student  Any student residing in other than housing owned and operated by the University of New Hampshire in Durham.  For purposes of issuing parking permits, only commuter students living more than one (1) mile from campus are eligible to obtain a commuter parking permit.

 

Section 5.  Crosswalk  That part of a way at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalk of the opposite sides of the way measured from the curbs, or in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable way in an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing in lines or other markings on the surface. 

 

Section 6. Faculty  Faculty status shall be defined by the University System of New Hampshire policy manual, Section USY.V.C.6.5.6.

 

Section 7.  Fire Lane  Any paved area near a university building, or leading to a university building, and/or an area near a fire hydrant, marked by a sign and/or yellow pavement striping, indicating an area that must be kept free and clear of all obstructions to enable access by emergency vehicles.

 

Section 8. Illegally Parked  For the purpose of defining an illegally parked vehicle on the UNH campus, the following shall pertain:  Any vehicle not parked in a designated parking space, as described in Section 14, or in violation of the restrictions and limitations presented herein, will be considered to be parked illegally and be subject to enforcement as described herein.  Furthermore, any vehicle that has four or more outstanding fines beyond the appeal process period and parked on UNH property shall be considered illegally parked and also subject to the enforcement policy.  Any vehicle parked without a valid permit when one is required or parked at an expired parking meter is subject to enforcement.  Any vehicle belonging to an owner whose parking privileges have been revoked that is parked on UNH property shall be considered illegally parked and be subject to the enforcement policy. 

 

Section 9. Motorcycle/Moped Parking  Motorcycles and mopeds are restricted to parking in areas designated as motorcycle parking areas/spaces, and metered areas.

 

Section 10.  Overnight  For the purposes of parking, overnight describes parking for any length of time between midnight to 6 a.m., inclusive. 

 

Section 11.  Owner  For the purposes of enforcement, billing and collection of fines, the “owner” shall include vehicle operator, registrant, temporary parking permit holder, owner, and/ or student recording an association at the owner’s residence.  Furthermore, a UNH student, faculty or staff member hosting a visitor to campus may be held liable for any parking fines and violations issued on the vehicle(s) operated by their guest(s).  In all cases, the owner shall have full responsibility for adherence to these regulations, including liability for any fines and penalties imposed herein.

 

Section 12.  Parking  The standing of a vehicle, either occupied or not, unless obeying an officer, traffic sign or signal, or while actively making emergency repairs (operators of disabled vehicles should contact Transportation Services immediately to agree to terms for leaving/moving the vehicle). 

 

 

Section 13.  Parking Meter  A regulatory device that must be paid to obtain usage of a certain parking space for a prescribed period of time.  Parking meters are installed to provide parking for short periods of time, primarily to serve visitors to UNH.  Parking at meters is limited to one full cycle of the maximum time allowed on the meter.  Continual “feeding” of meters is prohibited.

 

Section 14.  Parking Space  A unit of space, duly marked (lines painted on a paved surface) for the purpose of providing space for one vehicle.  All vehicles parked on UNH property must park within a space.  A handicap parking space shall include any hash-marked "access-aisle" adjacent to the space, designed for maneuvering a wheelchair or other mobility device while entering or exiting a vehicle.

 

Section 15.  Parking Violations Notice  A “citation” or “ticket” upon which a Transportation Service or Police Department employee records a violation of a parking rule or regulation (non-moving violation) by the vehicle cited. 

 

Section 16.  Parking Violations Record  A copy of the citation or an electronically produced ticket will be placed on the violator’s vehicle.  Transportation Services will keep a record of all parking violations (see Article X).  The violation will be recorded and applied whether or not the violator’s copy is found or acknowledged by the owner.

 

Section 17.  Sidewalk  The paved area for pedestrian traffic alongside a vehicle roadway, or any pedestrian walkway.  

 

Section 18.  Staff Employees  Staff employee status shall be defined by the University System of New Hampshire policy manual, Section USY.V.C.6.5.1 through USY.V.6.5.5, inclusive.

 

Section 19.  Student  Student status shall be defined within the Student Rights, Rules and Responsibilities, Article I, Definitions, Paragraph 2.  Student employee status shall be defined by the University System of New Hampshire policy, Section USY.V.C.6.5.11.

 

Section 20. Vehicle  Any mechanical device in, upon, or by which any person or properties is or may be transported or drawn upon a way, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or track.

 

Section 21.  Visitor  For purposes of parking, any person, other than a student, employee, and contractor employed through a contract with UNH, or commercial vendor licensed to do business on campus, which parks a motor vehicle on UNH property shall be considered a visitor.  All visitors parking on UNH property must do so in accordance with these parking regulations.   Visitors must park in designated visitor areas (with permit), or at paid parking meters.  Visitors may also park in available spaces in lots where and when permit enforcement hours are not in effect.

 

Section 22. Way  For the purposes of this document, a way shall constitute any highway, street, avenue, road, alleyway, park or parking lot that has been designated for public use.

 

 

ARTICLE III      Duties of the Transportation Services
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Section 1. General  It will be the duty of Transportation Services to enforce, and establish procedures to enforce the provisions of these regulations, and make recommendations to amend the same.   To expedite special events or public safety concerns, this office may direct parking as the situation requires, notwithstanding the provisions of these regulations.

 

Section 2.  Restricted Parking/Closing of Parking Lots.

 

1. The Director of Transportation Services or designees are authorized to permit, limit, or prohibit parking on any parking lot, area, space, land, or parts thereof when in their discretion such action is necessary because of an existing condition or event (see Article VIII, section 3).  Prior notice of such circumstances will be posted.

 

2. The Director of Transportation or designees is authorized to close temporarily any parking.

 

Section 3.  Use of University Parking Lots  University parking lots are provided for the intended use of parking.  Permission for any other use, i.e. parades, vendors, races, fairs, displays, or other purposes must be obtained in writing from the Director of Transportation Services or designee, at least ten work days prior to the event.

 

Section 4.  University Police Department  The University Police Department, under the direction of the Chief of UNH Police, shall, in addition to the responsibilities of that office to enforce and control any moving traffic on university ways, is also authorized to issue citations to enforce the University parking regulations contained herein

 

ARTICLE IV       Registration
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Section 1.  Registration Requirement

 

1. All vehicles parking on University property Monday through Friday between the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., must obtain and display a lot-appropriate, valid parking permit, or be parked at paid parking meters.   Permits or paid meters are not required on official University holidays or weekends.  Excluded from these enforcement hours are resident lots, which require the displaying of a lot-appropriate valid permit at all times and reserved spaces: 24 hours per day, every day.  These requirements are in effect throughout the year. 

 

2. Annual permits or renewals will be issued for the academic year (September 1 through May 31) or the fiscal year (July 1 through June 30), depending on parking permit category, to eligible applicants based on space availability.  Such permit sales/renewals will be conducted by Transportation Services.

Section 2.  Parking Priorities

A.     Parking at UNH will follow a priority schedule that supports the missions of the University--teaching, research and public service. The priority is established as follows:

a.       Faculty/Staff

b.      Commuter Students (outside a one mile radius of Thompson Hall).

c.        Resident Students: Limited parking permits for campus resident students are issued according to a structured distribution process. Opportunities exist for priorities according to class rank, order of application arrival, etc., and are subject to deadlines and restrictions. No campus resident is entitled to a parking permit. (see Article V, Section 13).

d.      Visitors

Section 3. Eligibility

 

1. In addition to the permit eligibility requirements established within Article V, Transportation Services shall establish procedures for and limits to permit sales.

 

2. Each applicant for a parking permit must possess a valid driver’s license, a valid motor vehicle registration, a valid vehicle inspection sticker.

 

3. Parking vehicles on University property is limited to specifically designated areas and spaces and a valid parking permit appropriately affixed must be displayed in or on the vehicle.

 

4. Permission to operate a vehicle on University property is a privilege granted by the University and as such may be denied, removed, or suspended by the Director of Transportation Services or designee.

 

5. Qualified applicants may obtain a parking permit by completing the application form available from Transportation Services or using the on-line application service.  Unless specifically authorized, no person may obtain, hold or display more than one valid permit at a time.  Persons who falsify information to obtain a permit or display an altered, unauthorized, counterfeit, fraudulent, or unauthorized additional parking permit(s) will be subject to a fine, towing at owner’s expense, and/or impoundment of vehicle and revocation of their campus parking privileges. 

 

6. Persons whose eligibility to hold a particular category of permit changes or ends before the scheduled expiration of that permit are no longer eligible to hold or use said permit, and the permit is void.  In some cases, the permit may be exchanged for a different category of permit, on an availability status.  Those who use a permit for which they are no longer eligible are subject to a fine.

 

Section 4. Parking Fees  Parking fees are as follows:

1. Permit fees:

i.   Faculty/Staff	$50.00
ii.  Commuter Students	$50.00
iii. Fall/Spring Resident Student	$200.00 or $350.00
iv. Single Semester Resdient Student	$125.00 or $225.00
v.  Day Passes	$6.00 or $8.00
vi. General Contractors	$50.00
vii. Service, Vendor,  Remote Facility	$50.00
viii. Motorcycle	$10.00
ix.  Emergency Services	$50.00
x.  Volunteer	$50.00
xi. Hall Director Reserved	$450
xii. Reserved Parking (Presidential Approval)	$1,000

2. Permit fees will neither be prorated nor refunded for partial-term use.
3. Faculty, staff and students participating in summer sessions (May 30 to August 31) are required to purchase a permit at the following rates:

i. Summer Faculty/Staff	$35.00
ii. Summer Commuter	$35.00
iii. Summer Resident	$35.00

4. Motorcycle permits are issued on an annual basis, and are valid from July 1 to June 30.  The annual fee is $10.00.  Holders of valid faculty/staff or commuter permits may obtain a motorcycle permit at no charge, but may not bring both their motorcycle and their other passenger vehicles to campus at the same time.
5. Daily permits are sold to visitors and attendees of workshops, conferences, seminars, institutes, special events and short non-credit courses.  The rate is $10.00 per day per vehicle.  The fee may be arranged in advance, and paid by the attendee or by the department hosting the program.

 

Section 5.  Expiration of Parking Permit

 

1. Permits expire as printed or written on the permit, or upon an individual’s termination (of employment, enrollment, etc.) with the University.

 

2. Contractor permits expire at the conclusion of the construction project or on August 31st.  Vendor permits expire on August 31st or at the conclusion of a contracted vendor service.

 

Section 6.  Transferability  University parking permits are not transferable to other individuals.  The intended use of a parking permit is only for the person to whom the permit was issued. 

 

Section 7.  Revocation of Parking Privileges or Permits

 

1. University parking privileges and/or permits may be revoked or suspended by the Director of Transportation or designee for the following reasons:
1. Accumulation of four or more unpaid citations.
2. Chronic or habitual violations of parking regulations, regardless of payment status.
3. Possession or use of a stolen or lost permit, or the altering of a parking permit.
4. At the discretion of the Director of Transportation or designee for any just cause.

 

Section 8.  Lost/Stolen Permits

 

1. It is the responsibility of the permit holder to secure his/her permit.  Lost or stolen permits should be reported to Transportation Services immediately.  Depending on the circumstances, a temporary permit may be issued while efforts are made to recover the lost/stolen permit.  If the permit is not recovered, a replacement permit may be issued.  If the permit is recovered after the replacement is issued, it shall be returned to Transportation Services.

 

2. A fine will be assessed and possible legal and/or disciplinary action initiated to the user or registered owner of a vehicle displaying a permit that has been reported lost or stolen.

 

Section 9.  Failure to Register and Properly Display

 

1. Failure to apply for, obtain, and properly use and display a valid parking permit while parked on University property will subject the vehicle operator or registered owner to enforcement measures.  Such measures shall include the issuance of a citation and a fine and/or removal of the vehicle from University property. 

 

2. Decal-type permits must be affixed to the lower, driver-side portion of the vehicle’s front windshield.  Hang-tag type permits must be suspended from the inside rear-view mirror in the front windshield so that the permit number may be clearly seen from the outside.  If a vehicle doesn’t have a rear-view mirror, the hang-tag must be clearly displayed on the driver’s side dashboard.  Placard permits must be clearly displayed on the driver’s side dashboard.  Motorcycle permit stickers must be affixed to the front left wheel fork. 

 

Section 10.  Open Parking

 

1. There is no permit requirement in Faculty/Staff and Commuter lots or metered spaces after 6:00 p.m. and before 6:00 a.m. on weekdays, or all day on weekends or university holidays.  Continual, protracted or excessive overnight parking in these lots by non-campus residents is not permitted.

 

2. Exclusions to this policy:
1. When the lots or portions thereof are reserved and/or blocked off for a special event or circumstance.
2. During the winter parking ban, the period of open parking concludes immediately at midnight in all but lots specifically exempted under the winter parking ban policies (see Article VIII)
3. Resident parking lots, service spaces, handicap-accessible spaces, and reserved spaces have a permit requirement 24 hours a day, every day.
4. During other circumstances at the discretion of the Director of Transportation Services.

 

 

ARTICLE V        Permit Classifications
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Section 1.  Commuter Permit

 

1. Commuter Permits are restricted to UNH commuter students residing one (1) mile or more from the UNH Durham campus, and are valid only in lots designated for commuter parking.  UNH Manchester commuter permits are valid in Lot A and West Edge Lot only.  City of Manchester-issued permits are not valid anywhere at UNH Durham.
    
2. Graduate Assistant (“GA”) permits are issued to graduate students with a qualifying Assistantship or Fellowship, as determined by the UNH Graduate School.  GA permits are valid for up to twelve months, but otherwise are used the same as Commuter permits.
    
3. After-midnight parking for commuter and GA permit holders during the Winter Parking Ban limits parking to designated overnight parking lots (see Article VIII, Section 1).

 

Section 2.  Contractor Permits

 

1. Contractor permits are limited to general contractors and subcontractors who are doing business with the University.

 

2. Contractors are responsible for the purchase, issuance and instructions for use of these permits to their subcontractors.

 

3. Contractor permits are valid only inside construction sites and specifically designated parking areas.  These parking areas may be established in any campus parking area, based on availability, at the discretion of Director of Transportation Services.

 

4. Contractor permits will not be issued to University employees or others who possess, or are eligible to possess another category of parking permit as herein defined.

 

5. After-midnight parking for vehicles with displayed contractor permits during the winter parking ban is limited to within construction sites or in areas authorized by the Director of Transportation Services.

 

Section 3.  Durham Ambulance Corps Permit   Ambulance service permits are issued to the Durham Ambulance Corp and are valid only at the Ambulance Building during actual emergencies. 

 

Section 4.  Emergency Services Permit

 

1. Emergency Services permits are limited to emergency services personnel employed by the Durham Fire Department, University Police Department, and the Emergency Dispatch Center.

 

2. These permits are valid in the Emergency Lot (behind Zais Hall), the parking lot assigned to Fire personnel (adjacent to the Ambulance building), and the lot assigned to the Police Department.  These permits may also be used in standard Faculty/Staff spaces.

 

3. After-midnight parking for vehicles with Emergency Services permits during the winter ban limits parking to designated overnight lots and Emergency Services areas (see Article VIII, Section 1). 

 

Section 5.  Emeritus Permit  Emeritus permits may be issued to faculty upon whom the USNH Board of Trustees has officially conferred Emeritus status, or selected staff upon approval of the President.  This permit is valid in all faculty/staff parking lots, and may be used to park at parking meters without charge.

 

Section 6.  Faculty/Staff Permits

 

1. Faculty/Staff permits are restricted to UNH Faculty and Staff members.

 

2. These permits are valid in designated Faculty/Staff parking areas only (see Article VI).

 

3. After-midnight parking for Faculty/Staff permit holders during the Winter Parking Ban limits parking to designated overnight lots (see Article VIII, Section 1).  Qualified holders of “Third Shift” faculty/staff permits are entitled to limited exemption to the Winter Parking Ban. 

 

4. Tenants of University Family Housing are not eligible to obtain a Faculty/Staff parking permit.

 

5. UNH Manchester Faculty/Staff permits are valid in Lot A and West Edge Lot only.  City of Manchester-issued permits are not valid anywhere at UNH Durham.

 

Section 7:  Forest Park Permit

A.     Forest Park permits are limited to Forest Park tenants only.  Each Forest Park apartment is assigned one parking space, with a corresponding number of the assigned apartment.  This permit or the associated parking space may not be loaned, sold or leased to anyone other than the assigned Forest Park tenant.

 

B.     These permits are only valid in the specifically designated parking space.  The permit requirement for these spaces is 24 hours a day, every day.

 

C.     Forest Park permits are not valid in the Forest Park visitor spaces.

 

D.     The Forest Park permit is the property of UNH, and must be returned to the Forest Park office when the tenant moves out. 

 

Section 8.  Handicap Permit

 

A.     The University of New Hampshire does not issue handicap parking permits.  State-issued handicap plates and/or placards are required in all UNH handicap-accessible spaces. 

 

B.     The use of a state-issued handicap plate or placard in University lots or spaces must be accompanied by a University-issued permit, e.g. faculty/staff permit, commuter sticker, visitor hang-tag, etc.  In designated handicap accessible spaces, the accompanying permit may be any valid permit.  In standard, non-accessible spaces, the accompanying valid permit must be appropriate for that lot.

 

C.     Holders of state-issued handicap plates or placards may park at unreserved parking meters for free up to the maximum number of hours the meter, if fully paid, would allow.  The person to whom the plate/placard is issued must be in the car when it is being parked.

 

D.     After-midnight parking with handicap plates/placards during the winter ban periods is limited to designated overnight lots and handicap-accessible spaces (see Article VIII, Section 1).

 

Section 9.  Motorcycle Permit

 

A.     Motorcycle permits are issued to any eligible faculty/staff or commuter student.  Non-freshman campus residents may purchase a motorcycle permit, but will not be entitled to a permit for any other vehicle.

 

B.     These permits are valid in designated Motorcycle parking spaces and areas.  These permits are not valid at parking meters. Motorcycles may park in metered parking spaces by payment of the required parking meter fee and according to the regulation of metered spaces (see Article II, Section 13). Motorcycles may not park in standard parking spaces designed for other passenger vehicles.

 

C.     After-midnight parking for motorcycles during the winter parking ban limits parking to designated overnight lots (see Article VIII, Section 1).

 

Section 10.  Recreation Pass Permit

 

A.        “Rec Pass” permits are issued to holders of current Recreation Passes (issued by the Department of Recreational Sports) who are not UNH students or employees.

 

B.        Recreation Pass Permits are valid only in Lot A.

Section 11.  Remote Facility Permit

 

A.     Remote Facility Permits may be issued to off-campus offices, departments, and other units affiliated to the University of New Hampshire, for infrequent travel to campus on university business.

B.     These permits may be shared among eligible employees of the unit to which the permit is assigned. 

C.     Unless approved by the Director of Transportation or designee, only one Remote Facility permit shall be assigned to any off campus unit.

D.     These permits are valid in any Faculty/Staff parking areas only (See Article VI).

E.      Overnight parking for Remote Facility permit holders during the Winter Parking Ban limits parking to designated overnight lots (see Article VIII, Section 1).

 

Section 12.  Reserved Permits and Spaces

 

A.     General  All reserved spaces required a reserved parking permit twenty four (24) hours a day, every day.

 

B.     Residence Hall Directors

 

1. Residence  Hall Directors permits are only valid in reserved Hall Director spaces, and  are available only to Residence Hall Directors and Assistant Hall Directors.  Resident Assistants are not eligible for reserved parking. 

2. These reserved permits and parking spaces may not be used by anyone other than the permit holder to who the reserved permit/space was issued. 

 

C.  Presidentially Approved

1. Reserved parking permits and spaces may be issued to employees by prior approval from the President of the University.

2. All approved reserved parking applicants shall pay the appropriate permit fee and     shall be assigned a reserved parking space at a location designated by the Director of Transportation Services.  Reserved parking fees may not be paid for by use of University funds and must be paid for by personal funds of the applicant.

3. Reserved parking permits are only valid for parking in the reserved parking space assigned to the permit holder.

 

D.  Departmental

1. Department Chairs and Directors may apply to the Director of Transportation Services for a reserved parking space for departmental use.  Departmental Reserved Parking is limited by space availability.

2. All approved departmental reserved parking applicants shall pay the appropriate reserved space fee and shall be assigned a reserved parking space at a location designated by the Director of Transportation Services.  Reserved parking fees may be paid by use of University funds.

 

Section 13.  Resident Permits

 

A.     Resident permits are restricted to eligible students residing in campus housing.