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Students are permitted the privilege of maintaining a motor vehicle on the Eckerd College Campus as long as they observe campus parking policies and procedures and applicable city and state traffic laws. The privilege of maintaining a vehicle on campus may be rescinded if a student fails to observe the regulations outlined below:

All campus buildings, roadways, and parking areas are the private property of Eckerd College. All persons and motor vehicles, including motorcycles, golf carts, mopeds and any motorized vehicles entering the private property of Eckerd College are bound by all Florida state traffic laws, College parking signs, and College parking policies and procedures when driving or parking a vehicle on campus. All parking lots on campus are decal parking only and all vehicles on campus must be registered. Please refer to the Eckerd College Parking Brochure for more detailed information. Eckerd College Campus Safety and Security operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Parking regulations are enforced 24 hours a day, the entire calendar year, including summer, holidays and breaks. Faculty, staff and student parking is permitted in designated areas only. Pedestrians have the right-of-way on campus streets at all times. The speed limit on campus streets is 25 mph and 5 mph in all parking lots. Drivers should always be cognizant of the large amount of pedestrian traffic on campus and adjust to slower speeds as necessary or indicated. Faculty, staff, student and visitor vehicles are not permitted on pedestrian walkways or on the campus lawn and should only be driven on authorized campus streets and parked only in designated parking spaces.

Vehicles brought to campus should be registered immediately. All visitors are bound by campus parking/ traffic signage and regulations. Faculty, staff and students are responsible for any use of their vehicles when on campus regardless of who is driving the vehicle. Eckerd College student parking decals must be prominently displayed on the upper left hand corner (driver’s side) of the front windshield and the lower left hand corner of the rear windshield. There are no guaranteed spaces for a particular parking area. Parking permits are not transferable. Copies of the parking regulations are available upon request from the Office of Campus Safety and Security in Brown Hall, 727-864-8260.

Disabled Vehicles

Definitions

• Residential Students: Students who live in one of the College’s residential facilities.
• Non-Residential Students: Students who are full and part-time (commuters, PEL students) who do not reside in one of the College’s residential facilities.
• Faculty and Staff: Individuals who are full or part-time employees of the Eckerd College and/or contractual agencies.
• Visitors: Individuals who are visiting the College and who have no formal affiliation with the College.
• Daily: Monday through Friday.
• Weekend: Friday at 5:00 pm through Monday at 7:30 am.

Registration Fee Structure

• Residential Students: $70.00 per school year.
• Non-Residential Students: $70.00 school per year.
• Visitors: No fee.

Additional vehicles may be registered for a fee of $5.00 per vehicle. Fees are not refunded in case of withdrawal or suspension from the College.

General Parking Regulations

1) Display of Parking Decals: All student vehicles operated on campus, including those being operated temporarily, must be registered with Eckerd College and have current parking decals prominently displayed on the upper left hand corner (driver’s side) of the front windshield and the lower left hand corner of the rear windshield. Parking decals should be affixed to the outside of the vehicle windshield with the parking decal registration number clearly visible.

2) Parking Spaces: Vehicles must be parked in a designated marked space (valid white lines on both sides of the vehicle). There are no guaranteed spaces within a designated parking area.

3) Fire Lanes, Grass, Walkways and Unmarked Pavement: Parking is not permitted in fire lanes, on the grass or walkways, or on unmarked pavement.

4) Freshmen Student Parking: All Eckerd College Freshmen students must park in the Freshmen Parking Lot located on Derby Lane and adjacent to the McArthur Physical Education Center.

5) Non-Residential Student Parking: Non-residential, commuting students must park in the Academic Parking Lot located off of Avenue of States and adjacent to the Sheen Science Center. Overflow parking is available in the Freshmen Parking Lot as needed. Students may park in the Faculty/Staff and Visitor parking spaces, Monday-Friday, between the hours of 5:00pm and 7:30am.

6) Visitors: The Upham Administration Building parking lot is designated Visitor parking from 7:30am to 5:00pm, Monday-Friday. This parking lot is open for general parking on weekends.

7) Handicapped Parking: Individuals who park in designated handicapped spaces must have a valid, State issused handicapped parking tag, deacl, or license plate.

8) Temporary Handicapped or Special Needs Parking: Temporary handicapped or special needs parking permits are available for those students, faculty, or staff who may experience a physical condition that would require temporary handicapped or special needs parking. Temporary handicapped or special needs parking permits are available from the Office of Campus Safety and Security located in Brown Hall.

Parking Appeals

The parking appeal process is designed to assist individuals who have been ticketed in error. All appeals of tickets issued for violation of the College’s Parking policies and procedures must be submitted, in writing, using a Parking Appeal Form available from the Office of Campus Safety and Security. Telephone appeals will not be accepted. Appeals must be submitted by the individual who registered the vehicle. All appeals must be submitted within ten (10) days of the date the citation was issued. Appeals submitted after the ten (10) day appeal timeframe will not be considered.

Fines

Vehicle operators apprehended operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, in an unsafe manner or involved in major violations of College traffic regulations may have their parking and driving privileges suspended. All violations accrued by any driver operating a motor vehicle will be charged to the registrant of that vehicle.

The following actions are violations of College policies and may be referred to the Office of Community Standards for appropriate Conduct Action:

• The illegal transfer of an Eckerd College parking permit.
• Providing false parking or registration information.
• Violation of College parking policies.
• Violation of Florida state traffic laws.