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VEHICLE REGISTRATION

All motor vehicles (automobiles, motorcycles, and motorized scooters) must be registered with the��Campus Safety Department��immediately upon bringing the vehicle to campus.��

The online registration can be found at��. The vehicle registration can be completed any time (24/7) after August 10^th.

When you have completed your vehicle registration online, you are considered to have obtained your permit. However, your vehicle registration IS NOT COMPLETE until the sticker is picked up and is completely affixed to the motor vehicle. If registering before classes begin, the parking permit must be picked up and displayed BEFORE the end of the first week of classes (Friday 4:30 pm).�� If a registration occurs after the first week of class, the permit must be picked up and displayed within 1 business day of registering. Students who have not picked up their permit within these guidelines may receive a fine for permit not displayed.��

Student permit stickers are NOT transferrable and can only be displayed on the specific vehicle to which it is registered. If changing vehicles during the academic year, a student must register the replacement vehicle separately at a discounted rate of $10 plus a service fee administered by IPARQ. The permit registration must match the plate of the registered vehicle.

Permit stickers must be displayed on the lower right corner of the front windshield, passenger side, above the glove box. The permit must be affixed with sticker’s own adhesive backing. No tape, plastic wrap, or any alternate form of adhesion is allowed.��

Students who have temporary license plates should register their vehicle with the temporary plate number and notify Campus Safety as soon as they receive their permanent license plate. Campus Safety will then update the vehicle records accordingly.��

COST FOR ANNUAL PERMITS��

• $250�������� Commuter Permit

• $325�� �� ��Resident Permit – Lot 8�� ��These permits will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. ��**** Once these permits are sold out, residential parking must be in Lots 13, & 16.****

• $250�������� Resident Permit -- Lot 13, 16 & KE Lots��

• $50�� �� �� ��Motorcycle/Motorized Scooters

• $3���������������� Daily Permit (Limit of 14 daily permits for a semester).��

• $21�� �� �� ��Weekly Permit

NOTE:�� A $4.95 service fee is added to each registered annual permit by our outside vendor IPARQ. (The daily permit and weekly permit have a smaller service fee added).

A full academic year permit must be purchase if exceeding 14 daily permits.

Registration fees are NOT refundable.�� Rates will not be prorated for students who discontinue from Calvin during the academic year or who no longer have a vehicle on campus. An exception to this policy may be made for students graduating in December or studying abroad in the spring semester, so long as they follow the proper request protocol when picking up their initial permit (see additional details below).

Registration fees will be prorated if the vehicle registration is made for the Spring Semester only.��

Students who make, display, or acquire a fraudulent permit will be subject to a $250 fine and disciplinary action. Any alteration of a permit is also subject to this same fine and action.

STUDENTS GOING ABROAD OR GRADUATING IN DECEMBER

Students graduating in December or going abroad second semester still need to register their vehicles at the beginning of the semester. The full registration fee will apply; however, these students should request a form for reimbursement to fill out when picking up their initial permit. Once Campus Safety verifies at the end of the semester that the student is graduating or going abroad a credit of $120 will be placed on their student account ($150 for students in Lot 8). Further directions will be emailed to the student in December who sign up for this reimbursement credit. Please note that it is up to the student to notify Campus Safety and fill out the proper forms. No credit will be given out after January 15 of the current academic year.��

DUALLY ENROLLED STUDENTS

High school students who are dually enrolled at ������Ƶ must register and obtain a student permit for their vehicle. They can obtain this permit for $50.00 per year by registering at��.

If a dually enrolled student is commuting with a current Calvin student, the full permit fee will apply and they will not be eligible for a discounted rate.��

SECONDARY PERMIT REQUESTS

Persons using more than one vehicle on campus must purchase a permit for each additional vehicle. The cost for a permit for a second vehicle is $10.00 (plus service fee administered by IPARQ) provided only one of the vehicles is parked on campus at any time, otherwise the full permit fee will apply. (If a motorcycle and automobile are both registered, the motorcycle would be considered the second vehicle).��

Proof of ownership will be required from students registering multiple vehicles.��

PLEASE NOTE:�� Students who request secondary permits must be able to show they are the owner of the vehicle and are not registering the vehicle for another person who is attending Calvin. This includes siblings who try to register a second vehicle under one student’s account. The fine for a violation of this rule is $250.

REPLACEMENT OF ORIGINAL PERMIT

Students may not transfer parking permits to other vehicles or to other students.

• A $10 charge will be administered anytime a permit needs to be changed or replaced. This includes windshield replacements or changing residential status. A replacement permit must be requested in person at the Campus Safety Department and cannot be done online. Proof of windshield replacement (receipt) must be provided.

• Students who register their vehicle are responsible for any traffic violation tickets received on the vehicle, whether they are the person driving the vehicle or not.

DAILY PERMITS��

Daily permits can be obtained by registering through��. The cost for a daily permit is $3/day plus a service fee administered by IPARQ. There is a limit of 14 daily permits per semester, otherwise, a full academic year permit must be purchased.��

If a student already has a vehicle registered, but they are using a different vehicle due to mechanical or weather-related issues, they can stop by the Campus Safety Department to pick up a temporary permit. They would not be required to purchase a daily permit.

WEEKLY PERMITS

Weekly permits can be obtained by registering through��. The cost for a weekly permit is $21/week plus a service fee administered by IPARQ.

TEMPORARY PERMITS

Temporary parking permits (mirror tags) must be acquired for any vehicle that is being used on campus on a temporary basis and are only for students who already have vehicles registered. The temporary permit must be acquired the day that use of the vehicle on campus begins, but if operation begins after regular business hours, the user must contact Campus Safety dispatch (night or day) to request permission to temporarily park without a permit until the next business day. A temporary permit can be issued for up to 3 weeks. If the temporary vehicle will be used for more than 3 weeks, the student must register the vehicle as an additional vehicle.

VISITORS AND GUESTS

Visitors and overnight guests are required to contact Campus Safety to obtain a permit, free of charge. Overnight guests in the residence halls must park in the same overnight lots that the resident student they are visiting utilizes. If a guest is coming only for the weekend (after 4 pm on Friday and leaving before 4pm on Sunday), a permit is not required.��

��FACULTY AND STAFF PERMITS

• Staff permits are issued for no cost. However, any faculty or staff member with outstanding fines for traffic violations will not be issued a permit until all fines are paid.

• Faculty and staff members do not need to register specific vehicles. Permits are assigned to a specific person and not a specific vehicle. Faculty and staff members must transfer their permit to whichever vehicle they drive to campus.

• Children of faculty or staff attending Calvin must abide by student parking regulations, even when driving a vehicle with a staff parking permit. Any fees associated with traffic violations committed by a student driver will be placed onto the student’s miscellaneous account.��

• If a faculty/staff member forgets to display their permit on a given day, they should notify Campus Safety.

• Staff members should not park in visitor parking at any time even if they forgot to move their permit.

SUMMER PARKING

• Students that want to store their vehicle on campus for over 30 days (unattended), must contact the Campus Safety Department to register their vehicle and make parking arrangements. A $50 vehicle storage charge will be applied to their vehicle. If a vehicle is left for more than 30 days (unattended) without informing the Campus Safety Department, a $75 ticket fine will be issued.

• Students taking summer classes, residing, and/or working on campus during the summer are not required to obtain or display a parking permit on their vehicle.

��FINES

The following fines will be levied for the following offenses at the rates indicated:

• Using/creating a tampered or fraudulent permit�� ���� ������������������ $250.00 (and disciplinary action)

• No current parking permit�� �� �� ���������������������������������� �������������������� ���������������������� $75.00

• Permit improperly or not displayed�� �������������������������������������� �������������������� $20.00

• General parking fines�� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �������������������� �������������������� ���������������������� $20.00

• Handicapped parking�� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �������������������� �������������������� ���������������������� $50.00

• Disregarding a stop sign�� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� ���� ������ �������������������� ���������������������� $25.00*

• Unattended/unregistered summer parking�������������������������������������������� $75.00

• Moving violations $25.00 + additional assessments TBD*

��*NOTE: Factors that determine additional assessments are speed, recklessness or any damage done by the action of the vehicle/driver.

Lost permits will be replaced at a cost of $100.

WHERE YOUR PERMIT ALLOWS YOU TO PARK

The color of your parking permit decal designates where you may and may not park. Rules applied to specific color permits are valid for anyone driving your vehicle.The registered owner of the vehicle is responsible for any traffic violation tickets received on the vehicle, whether they are the person driving the vehicle or not.��

COMMUTER PERMITS (GREEN)

• Students displaying a current green (commuter) parking permit may park in any area NOT posted for staff, visitors or reserved for special purposes. Students displaying a current green (commuter) parking permit may not park in lots posted “No Overnight Parking from 2am–6am” during the restricted time. These include Lots 1-7 and Lots 9-10.

• If a commuter student will be on campus past 2 am, they must park in Lot 14-16 or a residential lot that allows for overnight parking.��

RESIDENTIAL PERMITS (RED – KNOLLCREST EAST)

• Students displaying a current red (Knollcrest East Resident) parking permit may park in the parking lots at Knollcrest East (Lots 17, 18, 19 and 20), or if these lots are full, in the parking lot adjacent to the DeVos Communication Center (Lots,15 and 16).��

• Students displaying a current red permit may not park in the Fine Arts Center Parking Lot (Lots 9 and 10) at any time and may not park in any of the other lots on the main campus between 7:30am and 4:30pm with the exception of the Southwest Lot (Lot 1) and Track and Tennis Lot (Lot 7), where they may park.��

• Students displaying a current red parking permit may not park in lots posted “No Overnight Parking from 2am–6am” during the restricted time.

YELLOW PERMITS (LOT 13 AND LOT 16)

• Residential students displaying a current yellow parking permit may park in the East Beltline Parking Lot (Lot 13) or Lot 16 by the Prince Conference Center.,��

• Students displaying a current yellow permit may not park in the Fine Arts Center Parking Lot (Lots 9 and 10) at any time and may not park in any of the other lots on the main campus between 7:30am and 4:30pm with the exception of the Southwest Lot (Lot 1) and the Track and Tennis Lot (Lot 7).��

• Students displaying a current yellow parking permit may not park in lots posted “No Overnight Parking from 2am–6am” during the restricted time.

PURPLE PERMITS (LOT 8)

• Resident students displaying a current purple parking permit may park in the Kalsbeek Huizenga van Reken Parking Lot (Lot 8) or, if this lot is full, in the parking lot adjacent to the DeVos Communication Center (Lot 16).��

• Students displaying a current purple permit may not park in the Fine Arts Center Parking Lot (Lots 9 and 10) at any time and may not park in any of the other lots on the main campus between 7:30am and 4:30pm with the exception of the Southwest Lot (Lot 1) and Track and Tennis Lot (Lot 7).��

• Students displaying a current purple parking permit may not park in lots posted “No Overnight Parking from 2am–6am” during the restricted time.

MOTORCYCLE PERMITS

• On campus students with motorcycle permits must park in the appropriate resident lot. Commuter students must park in a regular parking space where commuter parking is allowed or in the designated motorcycle parking area on the south side of the CFAC in Lot 10.

AREAS WHERE YOU MAY NOT PARK��

• In the neighborhoods adjacent to campus, between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday, unless you reside at the residence where you park.

• In posted short term parking lots longer than the posted maximum time limit of 30 minutes.

• In areas posted for staff between the times posted on the signs for that area unless you are a staff member.

• Any spaces or lots posted visitor parking.

• In any area reserved for a special purpose for which you do not qualify.

• In any space designated for people with disabilities unless you or your passenger have a state-issued handicap permit.

• On a roadway, unless instructed to do so by authorized parking attendants retained by the Campus Safety Department.

• In any area posted no parking anytime, including but limited to fire lanes with curbs painted yellow.

• In driveways, beside landscaped islands, on lawns, on walkways, or in any place not marked as a parking space.

• The use of emergency hazard lights (i.e., “flashers”) will not excuse illegal parking.

��If your vehicle has mechanical problems or if you are unable to move your vehicle

Vehicles parked illegally or overnight due to mechanical problems or extenuating circumstances must be reported immediately to Campus Safety dispatch day or night at (616) 526-6452 or else a violation may be issued. The Campus Safety Dispatch can be called if a jump start is needed.

PAYMENT OF FINES��

Fines can be paid online at�� within 7 days of receiving the ticket.

If fines are not paid within 7 days, the fine will automatically get placed on the student’s Calvin account. A student is responsibility for any fines placed on their student account.

��APPEALS

Appeals of violations must be submitted within seven calendar days of the date the violation was issued.��

The appeal must be submitted online at��. If it is determined that a violation was written in error, the Campus Safety Department will revoke the violation. All other appeals will be forwarded to the traffic violation appeal board, which consists of a committee outside of the Campus Safety Department.��

The appellant will be notified by email of the board's decision, which is final. The fines for appeals which are denied or adjusted will be placed on a student's account at Financial Services if the violations are more than seven days old.��

REPEATED VIOLATIONS AND EXCESSIVE TICKETS

Students who accumulate a total of 8 violations during an academic year will have all additional violation fines (beyond the first 8 tickets) doubled for the remainder of the school year.

Students receiving excessive tickets will also be referred on to the disciplinary process.��

If a student fails to register their vehicle after receiving 3 tickets, the vehicle may be immobilized until a permit is purchased.

RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

��All violations issued to a vehicle shall be the responsibility of the person in whose name it is registered with the university. All violations issued to vehicles not registered with the university will be assigned to the appropriate parties.

• The university assumes no responsibility for lost or damaged vehicles or their contents, driven or parked on campus.

• The university reserves the right to remove, at the owner's expense, unlawfully parked or inoperable vehicles left for extended periods of time. Vehicles without current license plates or without a current Calvin parking permit are subject to impoundment.

• The university reserves the right to immobilize or impound a vehicle at the owner's expense when a vehicle has repeatedly been in violation of the parking regulations or whenever warranted by immediate circumstance. All towing and impound fees will be the sole responsibility of the vehicle owner.

• The university reserves the right to use applicable means to identify the users of vehicles on campus. A fee of $35 may be assessed if Campus Safety is required to obtain state vehicle registration information in order to identify the registered owner or user of any vehicle on university property. A fee of $35 will be assessed for the removal of an immobilization device from a vehicle.

��CAMPUS DRIVING

• The driving regulations and requirements of the Michigan Motor Vehicle Code shall apply to all roadways and parking lots on campus.

• The posted speed limit on campus roadways is 25 mph, unless otherwise posted.

• Drivers must STOP at all stop signs.

• Drivers must YIELD to pedestrians in all designated crosswalks as pedestrians have the right of way at all times.

• Driving on walkways is not allowed without prior permission being obtained from the Campus Safety Department.

• Traffic accidents occurring on campus must be reported to the Campus Safety Department. Traffic accidents involving personal injury will also be reported to the police and Student Life Office.

��PEDESTRIAN RESPONSIBILITIES

To ensure personal safety, pedestrians are required to use designated walkways instead of walking on the campus roadways.

Pedestrians should use Calvin's Crossing (pedestrian footbridge over the East Beltline) or other designated crosswalks to cross the East Beltline. Anyone who chooses to improperly cross the Beltline at other points will be subject to a $50.00 fine for their first offense and $100.00 for any subsequent violation.