Parking Areas And Zones Enforcement

(1) Parking areas are marked by color-coded signs that match the color-coded permits indicating the zone in which a Motor Vehicle may be parked. Zone restrictions are effective and enforced from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday during times when classes are in session. (2) Zone restrictions are not enforced after 4:30 p.m. with the exception of Residence Hall, Tech Village, and reserved parking zones/spaces. Motor Vehicles parked on campus after 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday when classes are in session must have a parking permit displayed. (3) No permit is required when classes are not in session. (4) Residence halls and Tech Village parking zones are reserved for Motor Vehicles displaying the residential parking permits and are enforced twenty-four (24) hours a day. Visitors to residents of Tech Village are permitted to park at the Tech Village community center. (5) Reserved spaces, including, but not limited to, the President, Police, Facilities, Residential Life Faculty Head, and Hall Directors, are reserved and enforced twenty-four (24) hours a day. (6) Tennessee Tech enforces parking in visitor spaces from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday when classes are in session. These spaces are for visitors to Tennessee Tech and employees and students cannot park in those spaces during this period. (7) Tennessee Tech enforces parking in thirty (30) minute zones from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday when classes are in session and are available to anyone for the time allotted. (8) Disabled Parking (a) Tennessee Tech enforces parking in disabled parking spaces twenty-four (24) hours a day. These reserved spaces are for individuals that have been issued a state disabled placard or license plate. PARKING, TRAFFIC, AND SAFETY ENFORCEMENT CHAPTER 0240-09-03 (b) The individual to whom the license plate or placard has been issued must be using the Motor Vehicle in order for the Motor Vehicle to be parked in the disabled space. Tennessee Tech will charge the owner of the parking decal or registered owner of the Motor Vehicle the maximum fine allowed by law for improper use of a disabled placard or license plate. (c) Individuals that have been issued a state placard or license plate for disabled parking may purchase a Tennessee Tech disabled parking permit. This permit allows the individual to park in any legal parking space on campus, should a disabled space not be available. (d) Pursuant to T.C.A. § 55-21-108, fines for violating the disabled parking law cannot be suspended or waived. (9) Temporary and visitor parking permits (a) Campus visitor permits are required for visitors to park on campus Monday through Friday when classes are in session. Tennessee Tech will designate parking areas for use by visitors. Tennessee Tech will publish information on obtaining visitor permits and designated parking areas on its website. (b) Tennessee Tech may issue a temporary parking permit to individuals who have a parking permit on file and who have lost, misplaced, etc. the original hang tag.