WAC 132N-156-550   Illegal parking.  No person shall stop, place, or park a vehicle at any place where official signs, curbs, or pavement markings prohibit parking, or within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant, or at any place for which the vehicle does not have a valid parking permit. Any vehicle not parked in a parking stall shall be considered illegally parked.

     Drivers who are instructed by a security officer to either move an illegally parked vehicle or not to park in violation of this section, and refuse, will have their vehicle immediately impounded or immobilized.

     Security officers may issue citations resulting in fines if the vehicle is found in the commission of any of the following parking violations:

     (1) Parking in a faculty/staff parking zone without a valid permit.

     (2) Parking a disabled or inoperable vehicle on campus in excess of twenty-four hours without appropriate permission.

     (3) Parking any vehicle in such a manner as to obstruct, impede, hinder, or prevent the use of another parking space. This violation includes, but is not limited to, parking over the line, parking an oversized vehicle in a space too small, allowing part of a vehicle to protrude into another space, and parking too close to another vehicle.

     (4) Parking in a space not designated for parking.

     (5) Parking in an area not authorized.

     (6) Blocking vehicular or pedestrian traffic.

     (7) Parking within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant.

     (8) Parking in a fire lane, sidewalk, or intracampus avenue.

     (9) Parking in a "No Parking" zone.

     (10) Parking on the grass.

     (11) Parking overnight without security office permission and/or permit.

     (12) Parking of a bicycle illegally.

     (13) Parking in physically disabled persons parking zone without an authorized parking permit.

     (14) Use of a vehicle for habitation without permission.

     (15) Illegal use of or failure to display permit.

     (16) Creating a safety hazard in the opinion of the security officer.

     (17) Allowing a vehicle alarm to sound, repeatedly or for an extended period of time (false alarm).

     All parking citations carry a twenty-dollar fine, with the exception of physically disabled persons parking violations which carry a fifty-dollar fine.

     Illegally parked vehicles which require removal will be done so at the owner's or operator's expense.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 28B.50 RCW. 00-20-034, § 132N-156-550, filed 9/28/00, effective 10/29/00; 97-23-018, § 132N-156-550, filed 11/10/97, effective 12/11/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.50.140(10) and chapters 28B.50 and 28B.10 RCW. 93-20-080, § 132N-156-550, filed 10/4/93, effective 11/4/93; 91-21-022, § 132N-156-550, filed 10/7/91, effective 11/7/91. Statutory Authority: Chapters 28B.50 and 28B.10 RCW. 87-19-103 (Order 87-02, Resolution No. 87-02), § 132N-156-550, filed 9/18/87.]