A. To provide the greatest benefit from these facilities, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning enacted regulations that will be strictly enforced by the University Police Department. Thorough understanding of these regulations is important, because violations will result in needless expense and inconvenience to the student.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 37-105-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning does hereby enact the following traffic rules and regulations for the control, direction, parking, and general regulation of traffic and vehicles on the campus and streets of The University of Mississippi situated in Lafayette County, Mississippi, to wit:

A.1 General

(a) The University of Mississippi assumes no responsibility for the care and/or protection of any vehicle or its contents at any time it is operated or parked on the campus.
(b) For the purpose of these regulations, the term "vehicle" includes all automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, golf carts, and any other vehicles operating on land.
(c) For the purpose of these regulations the "restricted area" of the campus is defined as any designated parking area for faculty and staff or assigned decal types.
(d) For the purpose of these regulations, the term "decal" is used interchangeably with the term "hangtag."
(e) For the purpose of these regulations, the term "visitor" includes all individuals who are not affiliated with the University as a student enrolled in classes, staff, faculty, vendor, or any other person who does not use University facilities (i.e., J.D. Williams Library or Turner Center Fitness Club members) on a regular basis.
(f) Penalties/fines are subject to change on an annual basis. (Current fines can be found on the University Police Department's web site www.olemiss.edu/depts/u_police.)
(g) All faculty, staff, and students, full- or part-time, operating motor vehicles on campus must familiarize themselves with the traffic rules and regulations of the University. Lack of knowledge of the provisions of these rules and regulations will not be accepted as a defense for violations. These rules and regulations attempt to cover all instances of parking and traffic control in specific detail. However, interpretation of the intent of these rules and regulations will be the responsibility of University Traffic Parking Services. Specific questions may be directed to University Traffic Parking Services, 915-7235, or e-mail: parking@olemiss.edu.

A.2 Vehicle Registration

(a) Each faculty, staff, and student, full or part-time, who operates a motor vehicle (including motorcycle/ motorbike) on University property, regularly or occasionally, is required to register the vehicle with Traffic Parking Services of the University Police Department within 48 hours of the time the vehicle is brought on campus. It is possible to register a new vehicle with no tag or having a temporary tag. Failure to comply with this rule could result in vehicle immobilization. If said vehicle is immobilized, the person responsible for the vehicle is required to go to the Traffic Parking Services Office and register the vehicle appropriately. The cost of decals is charged to the person's bursar account. Tickets received prior to vehicle immobilization will be charged to the person's bursar account.
(b.1) Faculty and staff who fail to register their vehicle(s) by August 15 of the current academic year will be assessed a $10 late fee. If a faculty or staff member purchase a new vehicle after the August 15 deadline, he/she has 48 hours to register the vehicle after it has been brought on campus, or he/she could be assessed a $10 late fee.
(b.2) Any student, full or part-time, who fails to register their vehicle within 48 hours of the time the vehicle is brought on campus will be assessed a $10 late fee.
(b.3) Parking and traffic violation records are applicable from August 15 of the current year to August 15 of the following year. Failure to renew parking registration at the beginning of the fall semester will result in continuance of previous year's records.
(c) Any faculty, staff, or student temporarily using another vehicle must, within 48 hours of the time the vehicle is brought on campus, register the vehicle with Traffic Parking Services, which will issue a temporary hangtag, price to be determined by the length of time it is needed. Failure to comply with this rule could result in vehicle immobilization [see section A.2(a)].
(d) If a vehicle is sold, traded, wrecked, windshield replaced, or decal number damaged to the point it is not readable, or decal types changed, the remaining piece(s) of the current decal should be carefully scraped off and presented to Traffic Parking Services for number and verification of expiration. A minimal replacement cost for a current decal will be assessed.
(e) Decal fees are NONREFUNDABLE.
(f) Any boat or trailer kept on the campus for more than 48 hours must be registered in the same manner as a vehicle. Failure to comply could result in immobilization [see section A.2(a)].
(g) Every person who operates a motor vehicle on the campus will be required to have adequate liability insurance coverage, or the vehicle cannot be registered.
(h.1) Every person who registers a motor vehicle on the campus must furnish true and correct information on the vehicle registration format. Those who fail to comply or intentionally give false information are subject to a fine of $50, loss of parking privileges, and/or judicial review. Student decal classification is determined by residence.
(h.2) Students must present their Ole Miss ID card when they come to UPD to pick-up their decal.
(i) New license plate (tag) information obtained for motor vehicles already registered with Traffic Parking Services shall be reported to Traffic Parking Services within 48 hours of the time the vehicle with the new plate is brought on campus. Penalty: $50.
(j) No faculty or staff person shall register any vehicle and obtain a decal for any full- or part-time student. Failure to comply with this rule could result in vehicle immobilization. Penalty: $50.
(k) No person who has registered a vehicle and received a decal shall affix or permit any other person to affix such decal to any vehicle other than the vehicle for which the decal was issued. Penalty: $50.
(l) The person in whose name a vehicle is registered with Traffic Parking Services shall be held responsible for all parking violations received by that vehicle.
(m) Students who need special parking accommodations due to mobility problems may receive a 30-day temporary hangtag from UPD that will enable them to park in faculty/staff parking areas after first obtaining an authorization slip from Student Health. If the need for special parking exceeds 30 days, students should contact a county tax collector to receive a temporary (less than six months) handicap windshield placard that will enable them to park in handicap and other parking spaces on campus. All vehicles must be properly registered for the current academic year and must exhibit the appropriate decal.
(n) Persons needing handicap permits should acquire them from the state. All handicap permits shall be state issued. The handicap permit must be displayed in a manner to assure the expiration date is visible. Anyone with a handicap permit may park in any legal parking space on The University of Mississippi campus, including handicap spaces.
(o) The University reserves the right to remove, impound, or immobilize illegally parked or abandoned vehicles or bicycles or any vehicle on campus without a decal, with an unauthorized or altered decal, with no license plate, or any vehicle or bicycle parked in such a way as to constitute a hazard to the smooth flow of either pedestrian or vehicular traffic. The owner shall be responsible for all costs involved in removing, impounding, immobilizing, and storing of such vehicles or bicycles. Neither the University nor its representatives will be liable for any damage that occurs during removal, impoundment, or immobilization thereof. Once a wrecker service has been dispatched to campus, the owner shall be responsible for wrecker service fees regardless of whether the vehicle is towed. Immobilization fee: $50. UPD personnel are authorized to remove a boot from a vehicle; all other persons are unauthorized to do so. If an unauthorized person removes a boot from a vehicle, the person is subject to a $100 fine. If the boot is damaged, destroyed, or stolen due to its unauthorized removal, the responsible party will be required to pay to the UPD the current replacement value of the boot and will be subject to criminal prosecution and/or judicial review. Tow fee is to be determined by the wrecker service. Altered/Fraudulent Hang Tag/Decal Penalty: $50.
(p) A student's decal is not valid until it is permanently and properly affixed on the outside lower corner of the rear window on the driver's side of the vehicle. Exceptions include convertibles, vehicles with rear window that lowers into a tailgate, vehicles with rear windows covered by louvers, pickup trucks with a camper shell, etc. In such cases, the decal shall be valid when properly and permanently affixed on the lower outside corner of the front windshield on the passenger side. In all cases, the decal must be clearly visible and not obstructed from view. (Taping to the windshield is not sufficient.) Penalty: $20.
(q) A student who changes place of residence within the academic year must obtain and affix an appropriate decal for the new residence within 48 hours after address has changed. Failure to comply could result in immobilization.
(r) No vehicle shall display more than one current University of Mississippi parking decal at any time. Penalty: $20.
(s) Lost or stolen decals should be reported to the Traffic Parking Services Office within 48 hours. Failure to comply could result in vehicle immobilization. Replacement cost of decal(s) will be determined by the Traffic Parking Services Office.
(t) Students who have multiple vehicles must register each vehicle at full price. See section A.2(d) for exception.
(u) Privatized employees (i.e., Aramark, Barnes & Noble, fraternity and sorority personnel, etc.) will be issued one special hangtag at the same price as a faculty/staff decal, which must be paid for at the time of registration. These employees will be responsible for any personal parking fines. Failure to pay their fines could result in vehicle immobilization.

A.3 General Regulations, Penalties on Driving and Parking

(a) The responsibility for finding a legal parking space rests with the motor vehicle operator. Lack of space or unfamiliarity with the parking areas is not considered a valid excuse for any parking violation.
(b.1) The University Circle will be closed to vehicular traffic/parking on weekdays from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. except for visitors, vendors, and handicapped. Faculty, staff and students who park unauthorized on the Circle during these restricted hours will be in violation and subject to issuance of a parking ticket for "parking in restricted area".
Parking in the following areas from 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on weekdays is restricted to faculty, staff, and visitors. The restricted area shall include all streets and parking lots within the boundary of Fraternity Row/All American Drive and University Avenue, Grove Loop and Student Union Drive, Cross Street and the parking lot on the east side of Meek, Cross Street and Dormitory Row North, Library Loop and Dormitory West, and Bishop Hall Parking Lot and Chapel Lane. Also the parking lots of West Magnolia Lot, Howry, George, Farley, Lamar, Turner Complex, Alumni House, Power Plant, Natural Products, National Food Service Management Institute, National Center for Physical Acoustics, Physical Plant, Student Health, Barnard, Isom, Somerville, Honors College, Rebel Drive from Powers Hall to Guess Hall, Scruggs Hall parking east of building, Track & Field Building lot, west and south parking areas of the Indoor Practice Facility, any other lots designated by the color-coded maps, and any other area not herein described but where signs are posted.
(b.2) All other parking violations (i.e., yellow curb, unauthorized handicap, etc.) are enforced and subject to citation 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
(c.1) Faculty and staff decals must be properly displayed on the passenger's side of the front windshield and permanently affixed. (Taping of decals will not be sufficient.) Penalty: $20.
(c.2) Faculty and staff hangtags must be properly displayed from the rearview mirror. Penalty: first offense: $15, second offense: $25, third offense and subsequent offenses: $40.
(c.3) Misuse, fraudulent use, or alteration of a faculty/staff hangtag/decal (i.e., displayed on an unregistered vehicle or displayed on a student's car) could result in fine, immobilization, or both. Penalty: $50.
(c.4) Possession and or use of a stolen or lost faculty/staff or student hangtag or decal will result in the violator's paying reimbursement cost of the decal/hangtag, a fine of $50, and immobilization fees, and judicial review.
(c.5) Illegal use or altering of state-issued handicap placard will result in violator's being fined $100 and/or subject to judicial review.
(d) All state laws governing movement, operation, and parking of vehicles shall apply on University property.
(e) Operators of motor vehicles are not to park in excess of times posted on timed parking areas. Penalty: $5 for the first 30 minutes and $5 for each subsequent 30 minutes.
(f) Bicyclists shall follow state and local regulations governing movement and operation of bicycles. Penalty: $10.
(g) Pedestrians in crosswalks shall be given the right-of-way at all times. Penalty: $50.
(h) Unnecessary noise from vehicles such as horns, mufflers, loud music, or any other noisemaking device is prohibited at all times. Penalty: $25.
(i) All accidents involving moving or parked vehicles that occur on University property shall be reported immediately to the University Police Department.
(j) Any area on the University campus that has been closed off by the use of barricades or other traffic control devices either placed or authorized by the University Police Department shall not be entered by any vehicle unless so authorized. Penalty: $25.
(k.1) Riding or parking a bicycle on lawns, pedestrian paths, or sidewalks is prohibited except for access to bicycle racks or authorized bike parking areas. Penalty $25.
(k.2) Motorcycles/motorbikes are to be parked in a regular parking place as with regular motorized vehicles and relegated to designated parking zones restrictions like other regular motorized vehicles. They are not to be parked in areas designated for bicycles/bicycle racks; they are also prohibited from being driven or parked on lawns, pedestrian paths, and sidewalks. Penalty: $25.
(l.1) All students between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays are required to park in designated parking areas outside of the restricted area. Penalty: first offense: $15, second offense: $25, third offense and subsequent offenses: $45.
(l.2) Faculty/staff shall not park in a residence hall parking area designated exclusively for students between 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. weekdays; except Student Housing custodial staff. Penalty: first offense: $15, second offense: $25, third offense and subsequent offenses: $45.
(m) Vehicles are not to be parked where curbing is painted yellow, on campus lawns, in posted no-parking zones, or at places where sidewalks intersect streets. Penalty: $25.
(n) Motorcycles, motorbikes, or bicycles are not to be parked in buildings, near doorways, or entrances to buildings. Penalty: $25.
(o) Bicycles, motorcycles/motorbikes/or similar types of cycles are not to be secured to handrails or parked on handicap ramps. Failure to comply with this rule could result in impoundment of said vehicle, fine, or both. Neither the University nor its representatives will be liable for any damage that occurs during removal or impoundment thereof. Penalty: $100.
(p) Operating any vehicle, motorcycle, motorbike, or bicycle during hours of darkness without proper headlights, taillights, and/or reflectors is forbidden. Penalty: $25.
(q) Every person operating a bicycle shall obey all traffic-control signs or devices and rules of the road applicable to motor-powered vehicles under Mississippi state laws and other rules as stated in these regulations.
(r) All operators of motorcycles, motorbikes, or similar types of cycles and all passengers of said vehicles as well as all operators of bicycles are required to wear helmets while the vehicle is in operation. Penalty: $25.
(s) All operators of any type of motor vehicle or bicycle shall yield right-of-way to emergency vehicles. Penalty: $50.
(t) Operators of all motor vehicles must have in their possession a valid operator's license. Penalty: $25.
(u) All operators of any motor vehicles must have a valid, up-to-date license plate (tag) on vehicle in plain view. Penalty: $25.
(v) Operators of any motor vehicle or bicycle may not follow emergency vehicles while en route to an emergency. Penalty: $25.
(w) Operators of any motor vehicle or bicycle must come to a complete stop at all stop signs or stop signals. Penalty: $50.
(x) Operators of any motor vehicle or bicycle must yield to through traffic. Penalty: $50.
(y) Operators of any motor vehicle or bicycle may not drive or ride across a fire hose. Penalty: $25.
(z) No unauthorized motor vehicle or bicycle may park in a posted handicapped parking place or block or obstruct access to such a parking place. Penalty: $100. Persons, who so block, obstruct, or park unauthorized in a posted handicapped parking place are also subject to towing charges.
(aa) Operators of motor vehicles or bicycles may not park or stop so as to block or obstruct a handicap entrance on a sidewalk, street, or into any building. Penalty: $100.
(bb) Operators of motor vehicles shall not park in any manner so as to block or hamper movement to any:
(1) Fireplug, fire hydrant, or fire lane - Penalty: $50.
(2) Dumpster - Penalty: $35.
(3) Traffic Flow - Penalty: $35.
(4) Driveway - Penalty: $25.
(5) Other Vehicle - Penalty: $25.
(6) Crosswalk - Penalty: $50.
(cc) The speed limit is restricted to 18 miles per hour on all streets unless otherwise posted. Penalty:
(1) up to 10 mph above limit - $25.
(2) 11 mph to 25 mph above limit - $50.
(3) over 25 mph above limit - $100.
(4) reckless/careless driving - $100.
(dd) No operator of any motor vehicle shall operate said vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Penalty: prosecution through Lafayette County Justice Court.
(ee) No persons shall park in posted residential areas-Faculty Row, Alumni Drive, or University Village any time unless they are residents, on official business, or visitors of residents. Penalty: first offense: $15, second offense: $25, third offense and subsequent offenses: $45.
(ff) No operator of any motor vehicle shall park a vehicle with the left wheels to the curb unless on a one-way street where flow of traffic allows vehicle to be faced in that direction. Penalty: $25.
(gg) The operator of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard to the speed of such vehicle and the traffic upon the condition of the highway. Penalty: $25.
(hh) No operator of any vehicle shall turn such vehicle on the right side of the roadway unless a traffic lane is provided for such movement. Penalty: $25.
(ii) No operator shall overtake or pass any other vehicle on the right side of the roadway unless a traffic lane is provided for such movement. Penalty: $25.
(jj) No operator of a vehicle shall overtake or pass another vehicle to the left side of the roadway when a distinctive center line is marked directing that traffic keep to the right. Penalty: $25.
(kk) No unauthorized vehicles are to be parked in areas or parking places designated as tow-away zones. Penalty: $50 plus the cost of the wrecker service. Once a wrecker service has been dispatched to campus, the owner shall be responsible for wrecker service fees regardless of whether the vehicle is towed. Tow fee is to be determined by the wrecker service.
(ll) Operator of any vehicle shall not violate markings, signs, barriers, or other devices indicating specific lanes or streets in which traffic shall move in one direction only. Penalty: $50.
(mm) Operator of any motor vehicle or bicycle may not park or stop so as to park upon or block any sidewalk. Penalty: $25.
(nn) No operator of a motor vehicle may drive in such a manner as to indicate failure to maintain control of said vehicle. Penalty: $50.
(oo) No operator shall utilize any traffic lane on a roadway for any other than its designated use. Penalty: $25.
(pp) University personnel who drive University vehicles are expected to obey all traffic rules and regulations. Any University vehicle illegally parked may be cited for the offense and the subject department held responsible for the traffic fines.
(qq) No person shall park a vehicle within 30 feet upon the approach to a stop sign. Penalty: $25.
(rr) No faculty, staff, or student may advise a person to park illegally. Penalty: $25.
(ss) Littering. Penalty: $25.
(tt) Golf carts, utility vehicles, and all-terrain vehicles can be driven on campus only if they are owned and operated by University departments. Such vehicles that are privately owned by students, employees of the University, or visitors are prohibited from use on campus. Failure to comply with this rule could result in impoundment of the vehicle, fine, or both. Neither the University nor its representatives will be liable for any damage that occurs during removal or impoundment thereof.
(uu) Golf carts, utility vehicles, and all-terrain vehicles are not to be driven or parked in walkways, on the grass, or on sidewalks. They should be parked in designated areas. Exceptions will be made for vehicles that are actively being used in work projects on campus [to include activities related to commencement exercises].
(vv) Golf carts, utility vehicles, and all-terrain vehicles are to be operated with headlights and taillights during hours of darkness.

A.4 Hearing Procedure

(a) When any person is accused of violating any of The University of Mississippi parking/driving regulations:
(a.1) Such persons shall be entitled to a hearing before a Board of Traffic Appeals for the hearing of such cases. Student cases are to be heard by the Student Board of Traffic Appeals, members of which are appointed by the ASB President. Dates, times, and location for students to appeal are set by the Student Appeals Board and made available by the Dean of Students Judicial Office (www.olemiss.edu/depts/dos,662-915-7248, Union Room 401). Faculty/staff cases are to be heard by the Faculty/Staff Board of Traffic Appeals. The chancellor appoints this board. Dates, times, and location for faculty/staff appeals are available at UPD's Parking Services Office (Kinard Hall Wing C, 662-915-7235).
(a.2) Such persons shall further be entitled to receive notice in writing at least three days prior to the hearing and such notice shall set forth charges with sufficient particularity and clarity to enable the accused to prepare a reasonable defense.
(a.3) Such persons shall further be entitled to know the names of witnesses who are directly responsible for having reported the alleged violation to the Board of Traffic Appeals; or if there be no such witnesses, to be fully informed of the manner in which the violation came to the attention of such board.
(a.4) If a faculty/staff member or student chooses to appeal a ticket, he/she must submit an appeals form to the respective appeals board.
For student appeals, the appeal form is available online at the Dean of Students Judicial Office website www.olemiss.edu/depts/dos, or hand-written forms are available in the Dean of Students Judicial Office in the Union Room 401 or at UPD's Parking Services Office in Kinard Hall between 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. weekdays.
For faculty/staff appeals, the appeal form is available at UPD's Parking Services Office.
Whether submitting the appeal to the student board or the faculty/staff board, the appeal must be submitted no later than noon of the court date specified on the ticket. Once the appeal form has been properly submitted, one can appear in person before the appeals board or have the appeals board consider only the written/online appeal.
An appeal cannot be made to either board after the court date specified on the face of the ticket.
(a.5) Such person shall be further entitled to present a defense to said Board of Traffic Appeals and shall have the right to present evidence and a reasonable number of defense witnesses and shall be given the opportunity to hear and question adverse witnesses.
(a.6) Such person shall be further entitled, if the person so chooses, to be accompanied and represented by legal counsel or by law adviser provided; however, in all hearings before the Board of Traffic Appeals, the normal rules of procedure of such board shall be followed; but in no case shall the board consider any matter not introduced in evidence at the hearing.
(b) The failure of any person to appear and contest an action upon delivery of notice in writing of the time and place to appear for an administrative hearing shall be considered to have waived the right to such a hearing.
(c) A traffic ticket issued by the University Police Department, The University of Mississippi, shall be an official University notice of such administrative hearing.
(d) The findings of the Student Board of Traffic Appeals shall be final.
(e) The findings of the Faculty/Staff Board of Traffic Appeals shall be final.
(f) In case of persistent or flagrant violations and in cases involving the giving of false information, the UPD associate director or captain of support services may recommend to the proper University official that disciplinary action be taken against the offender.
(g) The penalty assessed to a student by the Student Appeals Board is to be paid at the Bursar's Office. Penalties assessed to faculty and staff by the Faculty/Staff Appeals Board are paid through payroll deduction.
(h) All discrepancies of bills should be cleared up within the 30-day period after the first bursar bill has been generated. Failure to comply could result in charges being due and payable. This will affect present and former faculty, staff, and students.

II. UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICE

The University Police Department (UPD) is in Kinard Hall in Wing C. UPD is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, year-round. The telephone number is (662)915-7234 or (662)915-4911 for emergency calls.
UPD's Parking Services Office hours are 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The telephone number is (662)915-7235; e-mail: parking@olemiss.edu. All business pertaining to vehicle registration, parking tickets, and immobilizations must be directed to this office during working hours.

III. PUBLICATION

The rules and regulations herein promulgated shall become effective only after notice of the enactment of them has been published in three consecutive weekly issues of the college newspaper and in a newspaper published and having general circulation in the county of municipality where the institution to which the rules and regulations pertain is located, and such notice shall state where the full text of such rules and regulation may be found on file. And, in addition, such rules and regulations shall be posted on five bulletin boards at such institution for a period of four weeks after their promulgation. The Board of Trustees, Institutions of Higher Learning, and State of Mississippi enact these rules and regulations