{"id":75325,"date":"2023-10-18T09:55:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T14:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=75325"},"modified":"2023-10-18T09:55:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T14:55:08","slug":"zone-violations-most-common-parking-citation-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=75325","title":{"rendered":"Zone violations most common parking citation on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By ALICIA FEYERHERM<\/strong>
Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Driving through campus, it is easy to spot the bright pink parking permits hanging from the rear-view mirrors of cars. These thin plastic tags, however, can cause a lot of trouble for drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between August 1, 2022 and July 31, 2023, the University Police Department issued 4,814 citation violations. Over 3000 of those citations came from Zone and Staff parking violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students living on campus are only allowed to purchase Zone 2 parking permits. Zone 2 includes parking around all residential buildings as well as the Gross Memorial Coliseum parking lot and the Lewis Field Stadium parking lot. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Students living off-campus may purchase a Zone 2 permit for $13, or for an additional $12, they can purchase a Zone 1 parking permit. Zone 1 includes the parking lots of all the academic buildings as well as the parking stalls surrounding the quad. Zone 1 permits are also valid in Zone 2 areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the last five years, Zone 1 parking citations have accounted for at least 40 percent of the total citations each year.<\/p>\n\n\n

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University Police Chief Terry Pierce says he understands the appeal for residential students to park in Zone 1, but warns against it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlways be willing to walk a little further to avoid a parking ticket,\u201d Pierce said. \u201cA lot of students want to get right up next to where they\u2019re going to and end up with a ticket because they didn\u2019t want to walk another two blocks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the construction in front of Forsyth Library this summer, some parking spots that previously were Zone 2 spots are now Staff parking spots. Pierce said students have adjusted to that change and he is not aware of any significant increase in violations in that area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in general, students have had issues with parking in Staff spots. Senior Anna Brull received her first parking warning of her Fort Hays career for parking in a Staff stall earlier this month. The stall in question was part of the Tiger Village parking lot, and the painting on the curb was fading. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New staff stalls outside of Forsyth Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Faded marking on staff stall in residential lot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cHow are you supposed to know not to park there if the paint is faded?\u201d Brull said. \u201cI didn\u2019t even know there was Staff parking here since it\u2019s a residential building.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similar concerns were brought up during the Student Government Association meeting on October 5. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had so many students talk to me about parking spots,\u201d Senator Noah Erichsen said. \u201cThere\u2019s several spots that people have gotten ticketed for being in Staff parking, but the markings on the curb were barely legible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pierce said the Parking Committee has discussed repainting parking lines and restricted stall markings. He said repainting typically happens over summer break when there are fewer parked cars to work around. Student Government Association Vice President Emma Day said she would bring up repainting Staff markings at the next Parking Committee meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n

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All in all, parking citation totals have remained relatively consistent over the past five years. The COVID-19 pandemic along with lower enrollment numbers accounted for a slight drop in citations, but last year, citations were back to almost pre-pandemic levels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJust remember your common parking rules,\u201d Pierce said. \u201cParking on campus isn\u2019t any different than parking anywhere else except for the zones and permits. Don\u2019t park in front of a fire hydrant and don\u2019t park in a handicap spot unless you have the proper permit.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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