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UC IRVINE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES & PROCEDURES


PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT AND PROPERTIES
Parking and Transportation Services
Sec. 904-10: Parking Definitions, Laws, and Enforcement

Responsible Office: Parking and Transportation Services
Revised:
September 2005
 


References / Resources Contact: Parking and Transportation Services at (949) 824-7486

A. Definitions

  1. Academic Senate Parking Oversight Committee - A committee established by the Academic Senate to review and make recommendations on parking policies, practices, and regulations.

  2. Affiliate - A person who is a student or an employee of UCI or who is related to or resides at the same residence with a UCI student or employee.

  3. Employee - A compensated individual with an appointment of at least 50% time who is not a student, or a teaching assistant who receives compensation.

    1. Faculty - An employee of the University who is represented through the Academic Personnel Office.

    2. Staff - An employee of the University who is represented through the Human Resources (Staff) Office.

    3. Teaching Assistant - A graduate student who assists in the instruction of a class and receives compensation.

    4. Temporary Employee - An employee who is employed through the Campus Temporary Services Office or who is employed at less than 50% time.

  4. Event Patron - A non-affiliated individual who attends an event held at the UCI campus.

  5. General Parking - All parking stalls in general and mixed use parking lots that are not marked by a sign, parking meter, and/or other restrictive designation painted on the ground.

  6. Parking Citation - A notice to the vehicle owner/operator of failure to comply with UCI parking regulations or the California Vehicle Code. A penalty is attached to each violation notice.

  7. Parking Permit - A non-transferable decal, printed card or tag, or other authorization issued for a specific period of time by authority of the UCI Parking and Transportation Services Department which represents permission to park. A parking permit is valid only when issued to an eligible person who has complied with all terms of issuance prescribed by the University and when the permit is properly displayed.

  8. Preferred/Reserved Parking - Spaces set aside in certain parking areas specifically for preferred/reserved permit holders.

  9. Resident Parking - Spaces set aside for the use of residential permit holders.

  10. Student - Any person who is registered for classes at UCI on either a part-time or full-time basis and who is not a full-time employee of UCI. Students employed part-time (less than 50%) by UCI are considered students, not employees.

  11. Vehicle - Any motorized device by which a person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway (includes: motorcycles, mopeds, scooters, motorized bicycles, and motorized skateboards).

    1. Motorcycle - Any two-wheeled motorized device, including mopeds and scooters, which meets the requirements of Sections 400 and 405 of the California Vehicle Code.

    2. University Vehicle - A vehicle owned and operated by the University. All University vehicles must display a license plate bearing a diamond "E" insignia or "California Exempt" designation and University of California decal.

  12. Visitor - Any person coming to the campus who is not an employee, student, affiliate, or event patron.

B. Regulations

A person operating a vehicle on UCI property is required to comply with the California Vehicle Code. The vehicle operator must obey all posted traffic controls, signs and signals, and the directions of any UCI Parking or Police representative.

C. Enforcement Practices and Hours

The UCI Parking Policy and Regulations and Traffic Regulations, the California Vehicle Code, and the ordinances of the City of Irvine are in effect and enforced on the UCI campus at all times. Citations are issued according to the printed and posted regulations as appropriate. The frequency with which parking citations are issued is dependent on the nature of the violation and time control restrictions of the parking zone.

D. Overnight Parking

Overnight parking is prohibited unless previously authorized by Parking and Transportation. Only vehicles displaying student resident permits may park overnight.

Camping or residing in a motor vehicle on University property is prohibited unless authorized by Parking and Transportation, Police, and Environmental Health and Safety.


E. Areas Where Parking Is Prohibited

Parking is prohibited in any area not specifically marked as a parking space. This includes, but is not limited to, planted and natural landscapes, sidewalks, pedestrian malls, service and loading docks, service drives, roadsides, driveways and parking lot drive aisles, streets and other traffic ways, pedestrian crossings, ramps for disabled access, cross-hatched areas, bus zones, red, yellow, white, and unmarked curbs, posted no parking zones, and barricaded or closed lots and roads.

F. Parking Restrictions


G. Disabled Parking






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