Parking Regulations and Information

For the 2009-2010 Academic Year

All vehicles on campus are subject to the College's parking regulations. Vehicles owned/operated by all students, faculty, and staff are required to be registered with the College and obtain a CSS parking permit. St. Scholastica employees may obtain only a faculty/staff parking permit. St. Scholastica students may obtain only a student parking permit. Intentionally misrepresenting your vehicle by using a parking permit other than the one you are entitled to is a violation of the parking regulations.

Student Parking Registration and Permits
( 2009-2010 Academic Year)

Students requiring a CSS Parking Permit must complete the on-line Parking Permit Registration on the CSS Parking-Transportation web page - http://www.css.edu/Parking-Transportation.xml

The cost for a parking permit is $100 per academic year. The permit fee will be pro-rated for spring semester registrants. Your student account will be charged after successful completion of the on-line Parking Permit Registration. Student parking permits are delivered to CSS mailboxes after the registration process is completed.

Students are allowed only one vehicle on campus. This includes motorcycles/scooters.

All student vehicles parked on campus between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. are required to have a valid student parking permit displayed on the rearview mirror so the permit is clearly visible through the windshield with the permit number facing outward. Parking permits are required from the first day of classes until the last day of classes each semester. The fee paid is a registration fee and not a guarantee of a parking space.

Students living on campus will be required to park only in one of the designated overnight parking lots. These lots include Lots 1, 12, 15, 16, & 17. A special colored parking permit will be issued to on campus residents.

If your permit is lost or stolen, you can purchase a new permit from the Business Office during regular business hours. Permits cost $50 and can be purchased by cash, check or credit card. Please report lost or stolen permits to the Safety and Security Manager as soon as possible, a temporary permit will be issued for 48 hours. Unless reported to the Safety and Security Manager, you will be responsible for all citation fines issued to your permit number.

If you change vehicles or your license plate changes during the academic year, you must send updated vehicle information to the Safety and Security Manager via e-mail at: mturner@css.edu.

Faculty/Staff Parking Registration and Permits
(2009-2010 Academic Year)

All faculty and staff requiring a CSS Parking Permit must complete the on-line Parking Permit Registration on the CSS Parking-Transportation web page - http://www.css.edu/Parking-Transportation.xml

Faculty and staff that have outstanding parking citations will not be allowed to register for a parking permit until all fines are cleared.

The cost for a parking permit is $100.00 per academic year. All employees will pay for the permit through a payroll deduction. The deduction will be spread over 16 pay periods starting with the September 18, 2009 paycheck and continuing through the April 16, 2010 paycheck. Faculty/Staff permits will be mailed to the employee's home address on file in the Banner system. Please contact Human Resources to update your home address.

Employees will be issued only one permit to transfer between up to three registered vehicles. Additional permits may be purchased by cash, check or credit card in the Business Office for $100 per permit per academic year.

All faculty/staff vehicles parked on campus between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. are required to have a valid faculty/staff parking permit displayed on the rearview mirror so the permit is clearly visible through the windshield with the permit number facing outward. Parking permits are required from the first day of classes each year until the last day of classes. The fee paid is a registration fee and not a guarantee of a parking space. If your permit is lost or stolen, you can purchase a new permit from the Business Office during regular business hours. Please report lost or stolen permits to the Safety and Security Manager as soon as possible, a temporary permit will be issued for 48 hours. Unless reported to the Safety and Security Manager, you will be responsible for all citation fines issued to your permit number. If you change vehicles or your license plate changes during the academic year, you must send updated vehicle information to the Safety and Security Manager via e-mail at: mturner@css.edu.

Vehicle Registration and Permit Purchase Process

The Parking Permit Registration can be accessed on the CSS Parking-Transportation web page at: http://www.css.edu/Parking-Transportation.xml

To complete the registration, you will need your Network ID/GroupWise log-in and vehicle make, model, color, year, state, and license plate number.

Campus Parking

All students, faculty and staff are allowed to park only in the designated College parking lots. Please refer to the campus parking map for parking lot locations.

College Commuter Parking Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6A, 7, 8, 9, 13, and 14 require a 2009-2010 CSS parking permit Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

No parking is allowed in these lots seven (7) days a week between 2 a.m. - 7 a.m.

Designated College Overnight Parking

Designated overnight parking is permitted only in parking lots 1, 12, 15, 16 & 17. A current 2009-2010 CSS parking permit is required in these lots Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and seven (7) days a week between 2 a.m. and 7 a.m.

Commuter faculty, staff and students are allowed to park in a designated overnight lot in the event all the commuter parking lots are full or if they will be leaving their vehicle overnight for college business or events.

Visitor Parking in Lots 7, 9 and 10

Parking lot 7 - Fifteen spaces are available in front of Somers Hall

Parking lot 9 - Ten spaces are available along the stone wall located between Tower Hall and the Science Building. These spaces are designated only for visitors to the Admissions Department.

Parking lot 10 - Sixteen spaces are available in front of the Chapel/Library.

Visitor parking is enforced Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

No parking is allowed in these lots seven (7) days a week between 2 a.m. and 7 a.m.

Permits for the visitor parking spaces are required and available in the Admissions Office (room Tower 1101), Security office (room Tower 19), or at the Somers Hall Information Desk. Vehicles without a properly completed visitor permit will be issued a citation.

Faculty, staff and students may not use visitor parking from 7 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday.

Guest Overnight Parking

Guest overnight parking is permitted only in parking lots 1, 12, 15, 16 & 17.

A 2009-2010 guest overnight parking permit can be obtained at the front desk of Somers Hall and must be displayed on the dashboard of the vehicle. Vehicles without a properly completed permit will be issued a citation.

Holiday/Break Parking

Parking is permitted in any College designated parking lot during academic breaks and extended holiday breaks with the exception of visitor parking that will still be enforced Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The no overnight parking remains in effect seven (7) days a week between 2 a.m. and 7 a.m. in lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6A, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, and 14.

Handicapped Parking

Handicap parking is enforced 24 hour a day 7 days a week and requires a state handicap parking permit.

Five spaces are located at the entrance to the Burns Wellness Commons (Parking Lot 2)

Seven spaces are located at the entrance to the Mitchell Auditorium/Student Union (Parking Lot 3)

Three spaces are located at the front entrance to Somers Hall (Parking Lot 7)

Five spaces are located at the second floor level entrance of the Science Building (Parking Lot 8)

Three spaces are located at the entrance to the Library/Chapel (Parking Lot 10)

Two spaces are located in Parking Lot 9 near the third flood entrance to the Science Building .

Three spaces are located at the front entrance to Cedar Hall

Three spaces are located at the front entrance to Kerst Hall

Three Spaces are located at the front entrance to Scanlon Hall

Violations in the designated state handicap parking areas can not be appealed.

Temporary CSS Medical Need Parking

Five (5) spaces are located at the entrance of Parking Lot 3 outside of the Mitchell Auditorium/Student Union.

A Medical Need Parking Permit (MNPP) is a temporary parking permit for areas in which CSS faculty, staff or students are not normally eligible to park, but who have a need for access to reserved parking due to a short-term medical condition not covered under State Handicap Parking rules. Conditions that would make a person eligible for a CSS Medical Need Parking Permit include, but are not limited to: short-term physical rehabilitation, e.g., from surgery, injury, or chronic health condition; casts, crutches, or splints; pregnancy; and time-limited respiratory conditions, e.g., pneumonia or bronchitis.

To request a temporary CSS Medical Need Parking Permit, a Health Care Provider and Applicant Form must be presented to the Safety and Security Manager located in room Tower Hall 2624. The Health Care Provider and Applicant forms can be obtained from the Safety and Security Manger or from the CSS Transportation-Parking web page at: http://www.css.edu/Parking-Transportation.xml

Violations in the designated medical need parking area can not be appealed.

Motorcycle/Scooter Parking

In previous years, there have not been enough motorcycles/scooters on campus to implement a separate policy for motorcycles and motorized scooters; however, the growing number of these vehicles prompted the college to designate special areas this academic year for motorcycle/scooters parking.

Commuter students, faculty and staff - Motorcycles/scooters are not required to display a CSS parking permit but MUST park in one of the two designated motorcycle/scooter parking areas. Any motorcycle/scooter parked outside of these areas are subjected to ticketing and towing under the colleges parking regulations.

Designated commuter motorcycle/scooter parking areas:

Parking Lot 3 – a marked section of parking along the curbed area next to the 3rd floor entrance to Somers Hall to include the cross-hatched area and up to three additional parking spaces.

Parking Lot 13 – a marked section of parking to include the cross-hatched area on the east side of the parking lot and up to two additional parking spaces.

The designated commuter motorcycle/scooter parking areas will be seasonal and will be effective during the following times: Fall semester – September 1. 2009 to November 13, 2009 Spring semester – March 22, 2010 to May 13, 2010 The fall end and spring start dates may change due to weather conditions.

On-campus residential students – Students living on campus will be allowed to only parking their motorcycles/scooters in one of the designated overnight parking lots in a general parking space. We encourage riders to share parking spaces. Motorcycles/scooters are not required to display a CSS parking permit. Students are only allowed to have one vehicle on campus, so if you have a motorcycle/scooter on campus, you can not have another vehicle on campus.

At no time shall motorcycles/scooters be operated or parked on sidewalks, concrete areas, grass, or other landscape. Motorcycles/scooters are to ONLY be driven on asphalt roadways and parking lots.

DTA and Carpool

For information on the CSS Faculty/Staff Carpool and free DTA Upass programs, go to: http://www.css.edu/Parking-Transportation.xml

$2 Daily Parking Permits

Faculty, staff and students may purchase $2 daily parking passes from the Business Office (located on the 1st floor of Tower Hall room 1130), Port Information Desk (located at the ground floor Mitchell Auditorium entrance), Somers Hall main desk (located at the main entrance on the 1st floor), and the Wellness Center front desk. Daily parking passes are valid for one day only. Daily permits must be visibly displayed on the driver's side of the vehicle dashboard.

Roadway Parking

No parking is allowed on the campus roadways except for special events that have approval from the Safety and Security Manager.

Driving on the Grass

Driving on the grass is not allowed.

Parking Citations

Parking citations issued to students will be directly charged to the student's account.

Grades/transcripts will be held for students with unpaid accounts.

Faculty/staff need to pay for their parking citations at the Business Office located in room 1130 of Tower Hall. Payment can be made by cash, check, credit card or through payroll deduction. Forms for payroll deduction are located in the Business Office.

When a registered vehicle receives its sixth (6), and an unregistered vehicle receives its third (3) and any subsequent parking violation (even if past violations have been paid) during the academic year for violating the College's Parking Regulations, the vehicle will automatically be towed off campus. The charge for this towing and any storage fees will be at the owner's expense at the current rate charged by the towing company and can not be appealed.

Refer to the Fee Schedule for parking citation fine rates.

Parking Citation Appeals

A committee of students, faculty and staff will review written appeals for parking citations only on a monthly basis. To submit an appeal, you must fill out an on-line appeal form located on the CSS Parking-Transportation web page at: http://www.css.edu/Parking-Transportation.xml

Parking appeals need to be submitted to the Safety and Security Manager for submission to the Parking Appeals Committee. Citations can only be appealed if submitted within 14 days of citation date.

Citations for violations in the State Designated Handicap, CSS Medical Need, Monastery and Westwood/BHC parking areas can not be appealed.

Towing Policy

The College reserves the right to tow any vehicle in violation of the current parking policies. The College also reserves the right to tow any vehicle that is posing a threat to safety, the environment, or creating a nuisance noise, such as a vehicle security alarm, at any time. The charge for this towing and any storage fees will be at the owner's expense at the current rate charged by the towing company and can not be appealed.

Parking Lot Snow Removal

In order to provide snow removal to maintain effective and safe parking on campus, parking lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6A, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, and 14 must be cleared of all vehicles between 2 a.m. and 7 a.m. seven (7) days of the week. Unauthorized vehicles parked in the above lots overnight will be issued a parking citation and if necessary be towed off campus. The charge for this towing and storage will be at the owner's expense at the current rate charged by the towing company and can not be appealed. When snow removal is required from the designated permitted overnight parking lots 1, 12, 15, 16, and 17 residents will be given at least 12 hours notice about which alternate parking lot(s) to use. Any vehicles not removed from these lots will be towed in accordance with the above stated guidelines.

Parking at the St. Scholastica Monastery

The parking area along the stone wall in front of the Monastery is off limits to any vehicle other than those authorized by the Monastery Transportation office. A special Monastery parking permit is required to park in this lot.

Students/Faculty/Staff are not allowed to park in this lot without authorization from the Monastery. When a vehicle receives its second (2) and any subsequent parking violation (even if past violations have been paid) during the academic year for violations in this parking lot, the vehicle will automatically be towed off campus. The charge for this towing and any storage fees will be at the owner's expense at the current rate charged by the towing company and can not be appealed.

Parking at the Benedictine Health Center

The parking lot next to the Benedictine Health Center (Lot 11) is reserved for employees and guests of the Benedictine Health Center. A special permit is required to park in this lot.

Students/Faculty/Staff are not allowed to park in this lot without authorization from the Benedictine Health Center . When a vehicle receives its third (3) and any subsequent parking violation (even if past violations have been paid) during the academic year for violations in this parking lot, the vehicle will automatically be towed off campus. The charge for this towing and any storage fees will be at the owner's expense at the current rate charged by the towing company and can not be appealed.

Parking at Westwood

The parking lot next to Westwood (Lot 11) is reserved for employees, residents and guests of Westwood. A special permit is required to park in this lot.

Students/Faculty/Staff are not allowed to park in this lot without authorization from Westwood. When a vehicle receives its third (3) and any subsequent parking violation (even if past violations have been paid) during the academic year for violations in this parking lot, the vehicle will automatically be towed off campus. The charge for this towing and any storage fees will be at the owner's expense at the current rate charged by the towing company and can not be appealed

The College assumes no responsibility for any vehicle or its content while the vehicle is parked or operated on College property. All vehicle operators should lock or otherwise secure their vehicles when parked on campus.

Parking Citation Fine Rates:

No Parking Permit.....$25
Visitor Parking.....$25
Admissions Visitor Parking.....$25
No parking Zone.....$25
Restricted Parking ( 2 am-7 am ).....$25
State Handicap Zone.....$100

CSS Medical Need......$100
Parked off Pavement.....$25
Monastery Lot.....$25
Westwood Lot.....$25
BHC Lot.....$25
Parked on Roadway.....$25
Blocking Traffic.....$25
Reserved Parking.....$25
Driving on Grass.....$50 plus cost of repairs to grass