27-3004 Violations and Penalties

• 27-3004.1: Responsibility for Violations
• 27-3004.2: Notice of Violations
• 27-3004.3: Schedule of Penalties
• 27-3004.4: Payment of Penalties
• 27-3004.5: Moving Violations
• 27-3004.6: Delinquent Violations
• 27-3004.7: Motor Vehicle Towing and Impounding

27-3004.1: Responsibility for Violations

The operator and/or owner or person in whose name a motor vehicle is registered shall be responsible for all violations incurred by the vehicle.

27-3004.2: Notice of Violations

1. A Parking Enforcement Officer or Law Enforcement Officer may issue parking citations or warning notices for violations of parking regulations.
2. Lawful issuance of a parking citation is a notice of violation of the parking regulations and notice of the right to appeal the citation to the appropriate appellate authority within fifteen calendar days after date of violation. Any person cited for a violation of the parking regulations may waive the right to appeal by paying the assessed penalty within fifteen days from the date of the violation. All unpaid parking citations for which the appeals process has not been initiated become past due on the sixteenth calendar day after the date of violation.

27-3004.3: Schedule of Penalties

1. Penalties for the following specified offenses shall be determined by the Board of Trustees or its designees. A schedule of penalties for the following listed offenses shall be available for inspection during normal business hours at the offices of Parking Services and the University Police Department.
   • Failure to display a current decal, permit, placard or hang tag;
   • Obstructing traffic or dumpster;
   • Obstructing sidewalk or crosswalk;
   • Parking in driveway or loading zone;
   • Parking on lawn area or yellow curb;
   • Overtime parking;
   • Parking in unauthorized space/area;
   • Obstructing a disability access ramp or space;
   • Parking in a space reserved for disability access;
   • Parking in fire lane and other towable offenses.
2. Any person who knowingly provides false information to obtain parking privileges shall be subject to a penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars. In addition, parking privileges may be suspended for a period not to exceed one year.

27-3004.4: Payment of Penalties

1. Penalties for parking violations are payable in person or by mail, online or in person at the offices of Parking Services. After business hours, penalties assessed for towed vehicles may be paid at the Clemson University Police Department.
2. Penalties for moving violations are payable in person or by mail at the Clemson University Municipal Court.

27-3004.5: Moving Violations

Citations and penalties for moving violations shall be as provided in the South Carolina state statutes.

27-3004.6: Delinquent Violations

1. Persons who fail to pay the assessed penalty or who fail to initiate the appeal process within fifteen calendar days after the date of the parking violation have waived any right to appeal the citation.
2. Persons with one or more past due parking citations (citations which have not been paid or for which the appellate process has not been initiated within fifteen calendar days of the date of violation) may not register a vehicle to park on campus until all past due penalties are paid.
3. Persons with three (3) or more past due parking citations, may not park a vehicle on campus. No vehicle with three (3) or more past due parking citations may be parked on campus.

27-3004.7: Motor Vehicle Towing and Impounding

1. In addition to any other remedy herein provided, Clemson University may have a motor vehicle towed, impounded and stored at the owner's expense and risk under the following conditions:
   • If the motor vehicle is illegally parked.
   • If the motor vehicle is presumed to be abandoned.
   • If the motor vehicle is not properly registered to include proper license plates and current decal or permit.
   • If the motor vehicle is parked in such a manner as to constitute a serious hazard to vehicular or pedestrian traffic, obstructing movement or operation of emergency equipment, obstructing the collections of trash at established locations, or parked in a marked fire lane.
   • If three (3) or more parking citations issued against an operator, owner or vehicle are past due.
   • If a vehicle is parked in a reserved space/area without an appropriate decal or permit.
2. Motor vehicles which have been towed and impounded will not be released until all unpaid parking citations, tow charges and impound fees have been paid. Motor vehicles impounded and not claimed within thirty days may be disposed of in accordance with South Carolina state statutes.