Parking and Transportation

Rules and Regulations

 

Pursuant to the provisions of the Traffic Regulations passed by the Board of Curators of the University of Missouri, the following rules and regulations relating to the operation of motor vehicles and bicycles on UMSL property by students, faculty, staff and visitors and disciplinary actions for violations thereof are hereby adopted.

I. Registration of Motor Vehicles

  1. All students, faculty, staff, and alumni who wish to park a motor vehicle on UMSL property are required to have a valid current UMSL decal or permit.
  2. All parking decals or permits shall be obtained and used in accordance with the regulations prescribed.
  3. The parking decal or permit must be applied to the lower left outside rear window, driver's side of standard automobiles. For convertibles, and trucks apply to outside front windshield, lower right-hand corner, passenger's side. The parking decal must be permanently applied to the vehicle within 24 hours after being issued and shall be kept and displayed upon the motor vehicle for which it is issued at all times. Unless the parking decal is properly and permanently attached, the vehicle shall not be considered a registered vehicle.
  4. When a Vehicle has been registered and another vehicle is acquired, the new vehicle must be promptly registered.
  5. A replacement fee of $10 is charged for replacement decals or permits.  However that fee may be waived if a portion of the old decal or proof of the transfer of a vehicle can be provided.
  6. Student parking decals or permits shall be issued for each Fall, Winter and Summer. Faculty and staff parking decals or permits shall be issued on an annual basis. Parking decals or permits shall expire at the conclusion of the term thereof or when a student withdraws from school or an employee ceases to serve UMSL, whichever shall come first.
  7. Student semester parking permits shall be obtained at the Cashier's Office, 285 Millennium Student Center.

II. Parking Decals or Permits

  1. No motor vehicle may be parked on UMSL property unless a parking decal or permit for parking on such area has been obtained and is properly displayed on the motor vehicle. Police, fire and ambulance vehicles and any other vehicle(s) providing emergency service to the campus are excempt from this requirement.
  2. A parking decal or permit shall be defined as a privilege purchased by the driver to park a vehicle in designated parking areas during certain hours on a space available basis, and not a contract between the University of Missouri and permittee providing space in any designated parking area.
  3. Students, Faculty and staff with disabilities who require access to handicapped parking may park in any designated parking location as long as they display the state issued permit and a valid UMSL parking permit. Visitors who require handicap parking must first obtain a daily permit to park on UMSL property.  Temporary Handicap permits are available through the Cashiers Office, Parking and Transportaion at 7700 Florissant Road or through University Health and Wellness in the MSC.
  4. The right is reserved at any time to revoke any parking decal or permit, or to reassign any registered vehicle to another parking area, or to alter the hours and days of restricted permit parking on any parking area.
  5. Residential lots and University Meadows require a special decal or permit.
  6. Students, faculty, and staff who have decals or permits but are unable to use the car on which it is applied may apply for a temporary parking decal or permit at the Parking and Transportation Office.
  7. Alumni parking permits allow alumni to park anywhere on campus except disabled spaces, service vehicle spaces, or a non-designated area. Students currently enrolled must purchase a student parking decal or permit. Employees must obtain a faculty/staff decal or permit.
  8. All visitors must obtain a temporary parking permit to park on UMSL property.

III. Operating Regulations

  1. Motor vehicles shall be operated on UMSL property with the highest degree of care.
  2. No motor vehicle shall be driven on UMSL property in a careless or reckless manner.
  3. No motor vehicle shall be driven in the opposite direction from that designated on UMSL property marked for one-way traffic.
  4. Motor vehicles and bicycles being operated on UMSL property must comply with all signs regulating traffic and parking as well as all Missouri statute traffic regulations.
  5. Motor vehicles shall come to a complete stop for pedestrians in crosswalks.

IV. Parking Regulations

  1. No motor vehicle shall:
    1. Be parked on UMSL property not designated for parking purposes.
    2. Be parked in any driveway or walkway of UMSL property so as to hamper or impede the free use of the driveway or walkway.
    3. Be parked so as to use more than one parking space.
    4. Be parked in a parking area other than that for which the vehicle is authorized.
    5. Be parked in a loading zone.
    6. Be parked failing to display a parking permit as instructed in Section I (C).
  2. Visitors may park only in areas designated for their use.
  3. Students, faculty, and staff may park only in areas designated for their use.
  4. Optometry patients may park in Optometry Patient parking only. Students, faculty, staff who are optometry patients are not entitled to park in patient parking. They are required to park in their appropriate areas.
  5. Bicycles are required to park in areas designated solely for that purpose.
  6. Head-in parking is required for all vehicles being parked on the campus.
  7. All vehicles, whether registered with UMSL or not, which belong to the immediate family of a UMSL faculty or staff member or to a student will be considered the responsibility of the faculty or staff member or the student. All parking violations charged against such a vehicle will be charged to the faculty or staff member or to the student.
  8. Carpool parking decals or permits may be obtained by registering all autos involved at the Cashier's Office, paying a maximum registration fee. Carpool permits are assigned to park in regular student parking.
  9. If a person is a member of a carpool, one parking decal or permit is used for all vehicles in the carpool. The permit admits only one carpool vehicle on the campus at a time. It is the responsibility of the person who is bringing the carpool vehicle on campus to see that the parking permit is properly displayed on that vehicle. If it is not, the daily parking fee is paid. If another person in the carpool wishes to bring an additional vehicle on campus, that person must pay the daily parking fee at the Parking and Transportation Department.

V. Daily Parking Regulations

Students who have not obtained a parking decal or permit should contact UMSL Parking and Transportation Department to obtain a daily parking decal or permit. Daily parking fee is $10.00.

VI. Persons responsible for violations

Each person is responsible for all violations (moving or non-moving) of these regulations committed by that person.  All persons (first parties) owning or having in their custody a motor vehicle shall be responsible for all non-moving violations of these regulations committed by other persons (second parties) operating vehicles owned by the first party or in their custody with their expressed or implied permission to operate that vehicle, unless the person (second party) actually operating the vehicle acknowledges and accepts the responsibility for the violation.

VII. Disciplinary Fines and Actions

The following fines for violating the traffic regulations are hereby established:

  1. A fine of $50 is assessed for no parking decal or permit displayed.
  2. A fine of $25 is assessed for improper parking as defined in Section IV.
  3. A fine of $25 is assessed for failure to display the parking decal or permit properly.
  4. All fines for Missouri Statute violations are assessed by the St. Louis County Circuit Court.
  5. A fine of $50 is assessed for improper use of handicapped parking.
  6. A fine of $25 is assessed for overtime parking at the parking meters.
  7. Counterfeiting, transfering, altering or defacing a parking decal or permit or displaying a counterfeit, altered or defaced parking decal or permit shall result in a fine of $250.00 and a referral for disciplinary action.
  8. Violators of traffic regulations(faculty, staff or students) may be subject to additional disciplinary action when the violators action is repeated, wanton or compromises the integrity of the parking permit system.

VIII. Notice of Traffic Violation and Payment Fines

 

  1. Notice of traffic violations shall be given in the following manner:
    1. The original notice of the traffic violation is applied to the vehicle or issued to the person.
  2. Payment of the fine shall be made in the following manner:
    1. Anyone who receives a parking violation must (a) report to the Cashier's Office to pay the fee or; (b) appeal the traffic violation. (See Section VIII.)
    2. Failure to do either will result (a) in forfeiture of the right to appeal; and (b) a hold being placed on the student's records. This latter named action will preclude re-enrollment and issuance of transcripts and diplomas. This hold can be removed only by payment of the fine due, and the payment of any fine by a student shall not relieve the student from other disciplinary actions as may be provided in these regulations.
    3. In the case of faculty and staff who receive a parking violation and who fail to pay the fine or file an appeal (See Section VIII), the amount of the fine will be deducted from their pay.                            

IX. Appeal of Assessment for Violation

  1. Students desiring to appeal the assessment of a violation shall:
    1. File an electronic appeal within two calendar weeks of the issue date.
    2. The right of appeal shall be forfeited two calendar weeks following the date of the UMSL Statement.
    3. A student who files an electronic appeal shall have the appeal heard by the appeals committee, established as provided by the University of Missouri-St. Louis.The committe will make recommendations to accept or deny the appeal to the Commander of Special Operations.
  2. Faculty and staff desiring to appeal the assessment of a violation shall:
    1. Provide a completed Faculty/Staff Appeal form to the the Department of Parking and Transportation within two weeks of the date the ticket was issued.
    2. The right of appeal shall be forfeited two calendar weeks following the date of the UMSL Ticket.
    3. All appeals will be reviewed by the Commander of Special Operations who will decide if the appeal is accepted or denied.  The Faculty/Staff member will then be notified of that decision and in the case of denial be allowed to present additional information to be considereed. If it is decided that a traffic violation fine should be paid, the faculty member should arrange to pay the fine at the Cashier's Office within two calendar weeks from the date of the notification that the appeal was denied. Failure to make payment can lead to a payroll deduction.
  3. Visitor and Guests receiving tickets should contact the sponsoring Faculty/Staff member who invited them to campus.  That member sill submit the Faculty/Staff appeals form in the same manner described above.  The sponsoring Faculty/Staff member will be notified of the result of the appeal.

IX. General Provisions (The entire General Provisions can be viewed in the Parking and Transportation office during normal business hours upon request)

  1. The UMSL Police Department is authorized to impound and remove or have removed any motor vehicle illegally or improperly parked on the property of the University of Missouri-St. Louis. All towing and storage charges occasioned on account of the impounding of the motor vehicle shall be paid by the owner or operator of the vehicle.
  2. The Parking and Transportation Department, upon direction of the chancellor of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, may temporarily change the qualifications for parking on any parking area and prescribe the temporary qualifications thereof.
  3. Students must park their vehicles in their appropriate area whenever the UMSL offices are open (e.g. Semester breaks, spring vacation), even though classes are not in session. After 5:00 p.m. on Friday and on weekends or holidays, students may park in the most convenient space, with the exception of handicapped parking areas and loading zones.
  4. Friends or relatives driving a student's vehicle on campus are not entitled to park in Visitor's Lots. They are required to follow student parking regulations.
  5. Faculty, staff, and students may only bring one vehicle on campus at any one time.
  6. UMSL reserves the right to change fees, traffic rules and regulations at any time without prior notification.
  7. During normal working hours UMSL provides limited emergency vehicle service, at no charge, to vehicles on campus except for fuel. Any person requiring such service (due to dead battery, empty fuel tank, flat tire, etc.) should phone the UMSL Police Dispatch at 314-516-6363 or a blue emergency phone for assistance.
  8. Visitors from other UM campuses must obtain an UMSL guest permit unless they have a valid 14-A permit.

X. Parking Fees

 See the University of Missouri-St. Louis Parking and Transportation web page or contact Parking and Transporation at 7700 Florissant Road.