UC IRVINE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES & PROCEDURES

Regulations Governing Conduct of Non-Affiliates in the Buildings and on the Grounds of the University of California

UC Policies Applying to Campus Activities, Organizations, and Students

Section 42.20, Posting of Noncommercial Materials
Section 105, Types of Student Discipline

UCI Campus Implementation, August, 1996
Section 42.20, Posting of Noncommercial Materials
Section 105, Types of Student Disciplinary Action

UCI Administrative Policies & Procedures
Section 900-10, Policy on Use and Scheduling of UCI Properties
Section 900-13, Policy on Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages
Section 900-14, Access Regulations for Employee Organizations
Section 900-22, ASUCI Marquee Posting Policy

A. Definitions: Noncommercial/commercial Literature

B. Posting and Distribution Regulations

1. University students, faculty, staff, registered campus organizations, and University units may post and exhibit noncommercial literature and printed materials only in approved locations, and may distribute such literature and materials only in areas open to the public generally.

2. Non-University persons and organizations may post literature and materials only for events/programs being held on the campus and only in areas designated for posting. Non-University persons may distribute such literature and materials only in areas open to the public generally (excluding housing policies). UCI Student Center & Event Services can provide additional information on posting policies.
   

3. Material relating to employee representation is governed by rules established in accordance with the Higher Education Employee/Employer Relations Act and Section 900-14.

4. All posting must adhere to University policy regarding alcohol (see Section 900-13).

5. All literature and printed materials, both those written in English and those written in another language, must clearly show the name of the sponsoring person or organization in English.

6. All literature and printed materials that refer to a specific event or date must be removed by the sponsoring individual or organization within 48 hours after the event or program.

7. All literature and printed materials that do not refer to a specific event or date must bear a removal date not to extend beyond the last day of the academic quarter.

8. Posting with glue is expressly prohibited.

9. Only one poster, flyer, or banner per event per posting area is allowed. A banner, or cluster of flyers or posters, may not exceed five feet in length and three feet in width. At any given time, no more than six banners may be posted on campus for a particular event.

10. Posting on top of or removing announcements that are current and legally posted will be considered violations of these regulations.

C. Approved Locations (see Section 42.20, Campus Implementation)

1. Posters, Flyers, and Announcements
• University general purpose bulletin boards
• Interior and exterior concrete surface of the Crawford Hall/West Peltason Drive overpass
• Interior concrete surface of Ring Mall Road pedestrian bridges: UCI Student Center/Humanities and Middle Earth/Engineering Lecture Hall
• Interior of the concrete railings in each of the lower plazas (i.e., that surface not exposed to Aldrich Park)
• Sites selected and controlled by School of the Arts
• Sites selected and conrolled by Housing Administrative Services

2. Banners
• Interior of the concrete railings in each of the lower plazas (i.e., that surface not exposed to Aldrich Park)
• General exterior posting areas within Housing
  
• Interior concrete surface of Ring Mall Road pedestrian bridges: Humanities Bridge and Engineering Bridge.
• Exterior overpass bridges must be reserved with UCI Student Center & Event Services, in accordance with other campus policies.

D. Prohibited Posting Surfaces and Distribution Areas

• Ground, paths, walkways, and construction fences
• Glass, wood, painted, or finished surfaces, which includes exterior walls of all buildings and structures
• Trash cans, benches, trees, shrubbery, and landscaping
• Inside classrooms, lecture halls, laboratories, and walls inside buildings
• Interior stairwells and stair railings
• Fixed poles, traffic control devices, guideposts, signposts, campus directional signs, historical markers.
• On automobiles
• Entrances to buildings
• The bridge connecting the campus with the University Center (requires City of Irvine approval)
• Surfaces of campus-approved artwork
• Exterior building surfaces not approved by Housing Administrative Services

E. Campus Marquees

Posting of events on campus marquees is coordinated by the following Student Affairs offices:

1. For the campus entrance marquees, located at Campus and East Peltason, Campus and West Peltason, and California and University, contact Student Center & Event Services at (949) 824-5252.
2. For the ASUCI Marquee, located on the Ring Mall Road, UCI Student Center, contact ASUCI at (949) 824-5547 (see Section 900-22).
3. For the Bren Events Center Marquee, located at West Peltason and Mesa, contact the Bren Events Center at (949) 824-5050.

F. Temporary Directional Signs

G. Sanctions

H. Exceptions

Building managers may grant exceptions to this policy to campus organizations whose written request has been approved by the Dean of Students.