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BYU-Idaho
students and employees are warned that their vehicles could be banned from
campus if they receive seven parking citations within a year’s period
of time.
Under
a new parking policy that is now being enforced, students and employees
will receive a warning upon their fifth parking citation. This warning will
be in the form of a letter that is placed with the citation and also a
letter that is mailed to the address of the permit holder.
Upon
the seventh citation within a 12-month period, the vehicle in question will
be booted and a $25 boot fee assessed. To have the boot removed,
paperwork must be signed at Parking Services, located at Kimball 150.
Parking privileges on campus will also be revoked for a one-year period,
pending the outcome of an optional appeals process.
“In the past we have never had
a cap. Fines have been sufficient to curb behavior. But we are beginning to
see some students and employees getting lots of citations. Instead of
raising fees to solve this problem, we decided to go with a cap,”
explains Dean Cloward, a member of the parking
committee.
Patrolling
of parking lots is also being stepped up. In the past, parking lots have
only been patrolled from 7 a.m. to
4 p.m. on school days, at night
and briefly on weekends. While permits are required for most parking 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on school days, the parking
lots are now being patrolled around the clock for violations not related to
permits, including improper parking in red or yellow curb areas,
handicapped stalls, loading zones and service areas.
Overnight
parking is also prohibited, except in Biddulph or
Pioneer lots that are open to vehicles with A and D permits or by special
permit. Vehicles in all other parking areas will be ticketed between the
hours of 1 and 4 a.m. daily.
“We
are finding more and more abuses with people parking in loading zones and
emergency vehicle access lanes,” Cloward
says. “Sunday is a particularly busy day for such parking violations.”
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