Citations

Parking Citations and Fines

1. Violation of any provision of the University Parking and Traffic Regulations will result in the issuance of a citation.
2. Citations should be paid as soon as possible. Unpaid fines could result in a hold placed on the student’s account.
3. Parking regulations apply equally to students, faculty, and staff. Parking citations issued to faculty that are unpaid after thirty days will be referred to the appropriate dean or, in the case of staff, to the immediate supervisor.

Payment of Fines

Fines should be paid immediately at the Office of Student Accounts, 2nd floor, Palmer Hall or on-line through Banner Self-Service. Failure to pay fines will result in holds placed on student accounts, which will cause restrictions upon registration.

The lack of familiarity with these regulations does not constitute a valid defense for failure to comply.

Ticket Appeal Procedures

• Any student, staff, or faculty person receiving a citation for a parking violation has the right to appeal.
• To appeal, a person must fill out and submit an Appeal Form on-line within ten (10) school days of the citation date. Appeals made beyond that limit will not be heard.
• Students will be notified through their UM email account of the hearing date and time.  There may be some delay in this notification if a hearing has not been set. Call the Student Affairs Office at 205-665-6020 with questions regarding hearings.
• Fines must be paid even if the ticket is being appealed.  Failure to pay will forfeit the right to appeal.  If the appeal is upheld, the money will be replaced in your student account.

Excessive Violations

Excessive Violations and Immobilization/Towing of Vehicles

Students who accumulate five (5) or more parking citations a semester will be subject to disciplinary action. A wheel-lock device (boot) may be applied to the student’s vehicle at any time during that semester after five parking citations have been issued. In order to have the boot removed, you must pay $25.00 boot removal fee and all tickets have to be paid at the Office of Student Accounts; bring the cashier’s receipt to the University Police Department. After a boot has been applied and removed in that semester, you are not allowed another parking citation. If you are ticketed again in that semester, you will appear before the University Conduct Council and/or your parking privileges will be revoked. Any ticket issued thereafter will result in your vehicle being towed at the owner’s/driver’s expense.

Vehicles parked on campus without a parking permit, which cannot be identified that have been ticketed multiple times, will be subject to towing and impoundment, or a wheel lock may be applied for identification purposes. Before the wheel lock is removed, the responsible person must pay the unpaid citations and purchase a parking permit.

When a wheel locking device is applied to a vehicle and remains on the vehicle for more than 24 hours, the vehicle can be towed and impoundment at the owner’s/driver’s expense.

The University is not liable for any damage to vehicles occurring during towing, impoundment, or when immobilized through the use of a wheel lock.