PARKING INFORMATION

A. Parking registration is mandatory from the first day of Fall Term through the last day of May Term for all students, faculty, and staff who bring any motor vehicle (automobile, truck, motorcycle, or moped) to campus or park on public streets within a two-block radius from the campus boundary.

B. Student registrations are valid for one academic year. Faculty and staff registrations have no set expiration. Visitor registrations may not exceed 72 hours without written exception approved by the Director of Campus Security & Safety. Temporary permits are available for those needing to bring a vehicle to campus for a limited time. Temporary permit rules are found in paragraph III. C.

C. Students must provide Campus Security & Safety with their vehicle’s make, model, year, color, license plate number, and state of registration. Registration decals may be withheld pending receipt of this information, and students who have not supplied this information will be required to park in D Lot regardless of their actual lot assignment.

D. Parking assignments are made by seniority. Current students may register for the next academic year in the spring. Campus Security will make an announcement when registration can begin. After initial lot assignments are made, subsequent vacancies will be filled based on GPA from a standing list initiated the first week of Fall Term.

E. Once registered, students remain registered for that parking lot through the academic year unless they request to be added to the standing list and are approved to move to another lot.

F. Students with Residential Life approval to reside off campus and part-time students living off campus must register as a commuting student. Commuter registration allows students to park on city streets surrounding campus or in F, O, and A lots. Overnight Parking is allowed only in A and L Lot and on streets, as allowed by city ordinance.

G. Resident students are limited to one active registration at any given time. Vehicles may be substituted during the academic year. Regardless of the vehicle, students must park in their assigned lot. When bringing a different vehicle to campus, park in D Lot or the assigned lot pending registration. If a decal or temporary permit, as applicable, has not been received, call Campus Security & Safety at 9999 and provide the student’s name, license number, and vehicle description. Students who do not have a registered vehicle must park in D Lot pending registration and lot assignment. Commuting students, faculty, and staff may register more than one vehicle concurrently. If student-registered vehicles are changed for other than a temporary period, a decal charge applies.

H. Parking registration vouchers are not transferable and cannot be placed on any vehicle other than the one originally registered. Decals must be adhered to the outside of the lower left (driver’s side) of the rear window. Taping the decal inside the window is not permitted unless the vehicle is a pickup truck with camper top, a convertible, or other situation approved by the Director of Campus Security & Safety.

I. EMT/Firefighter — Students employed as emergency medical technicians (EMT) with the Waverly Health Center and members of the Waverly Volunteer Fire Department may apply for a special decal to allow exception parking while on call. There is no fee for this decal.

J. Special Permit — Students who have time constraints because of off-campus commitments may request a temporary permit to park outside their assigned lot on a temporary basis. There is no charge for this permit. Such a permit may require submission of a class schedule, a letter on letterhead, or an email from the employer explaining the student’s work schedule. Permits are issued on a case-by-case basis.

K. Parking fees are listed on the Campus Security & Safety website on the parking page, info.wartburg.edu/offices/Security-Safety. They also are available in the Campus Security office.

L. Parking at Wartburg College is a privilege. Parking fines exceeding $500 in one academic year may result in the loss of parking privileges for the remainder of that academic year. Once parking privileges are suspended or revoked, any vehicle subsequently found on campus or in the parking enforcement area will be billed as an unregistered vehicle along with the associated parking violation, and the student will be referred to the Student Conduct Board.

M. May Term — Students with a valid parking registration for either Fall or Winter Term are not charged for parking during May Term. Students bringing a car to campus for only May Term are charged the prevailing temporary parking rate.

There are three tiers of parking enforcement periods.

1. When classes are in session: Student vehicles are required to be parked in their assigned parking lot between the hours of midnight through 3 p.m, Sunday-Saturday. Parking is permitted on the streets and in faculty/staff/visitor parking lots between the hours of 3 p.m. through midnight Sunday-Saturday.
2. During breaks (Fall, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Winter and Tour Week): Student vehicles are required to be parked in a student lot between the hours of midnight through 3 p.m., this lot can be any student lot regardless of lot assignment. Student parking is allowed between the hours of 3 p.m. through midnight on the streets and in faculty/staff/visitor parking lots.
3. Summer months (May after commencement, June, July, August, and September until the first day of Fall Term classes): a. Unrestricted parking is allowed from Commencement until the date in August when the first athletic team arrives. Registration is not required. b. From the date when the first athletic team arrives until the established first-year move-in, student vehicles are required to be parked in a student lot regardless of registration. Parking in faculty/staff/visitor parking lots or on the streets is prohibited and subject to fines. c. From the date of first-year move-in until the day classes formally begin, Student vehicles are required to be parked in their assigned lot. If a lot is not assigned, park in D Lot until assigned. Parking registration decals must be displayed on the rear window outside, in the corner of the lower left driver’s side.

• Wartburg College Campus Security & Safety is responsible for parking enforcement. The general enforcement area includes all campus parking lots and city streets inside the campus and those streets within a two-block radius beyond the campus boundary. The boundary is defined as Wartburg Boulevard and Seventh Street NW on the east, Fifth Avenue NW on the north, 12th Street NW on the west, and Bremer Avenue on the south. Upon a complaint by a city resident, a student’s vehicle may be ticketed on any city street in the City of Waverly.
• Students must park their vehicle in their assigned student parking lot unless allowed under enforcement paragraph.
• Students are responsible for all parking violations involving any vehicle they bring to the college enforcement area, regardless of whether it is registered. Parking fines are the responsibility of the student responsible for the vehicle, regardless of who was using or parking the vehicle.
• Vehicles unable to move due to mechanical problems or loss of keys are subject to these parking regulations. However, upon immediate notification to Campus Security & Safety that the vehicle is immobile, the student will be given time to move the vehicle without receiving a ticket. Tickets issued before Campus Security & Safety is notified of the vehicle’s problem may not be withdrawn.
• Parking in fire and service lanes is not permitted. Blocking fire hydrants is not permitted. Limited parking in designated fire lanes, sidewalks, and grounds is allowed during move-in and move-out only when specifically monitored by Wartburg Security.
• Designated loading zones are limited to 20-minute parking. If all loading zone parking spaces are occupied, street or lot parking is permitted for loading, but the vehicle’s parking or hazard lights must remain on and parking duration is limited to 20 minutes. Temporary and unattended parking, regardless of duration, is not permitted in E Lot before 3 p.m.
• Fines may be assessed every 8-hour period the vehicle is in violation. However, fire-lane, service-drive, and loading-zone violations may be assessed as often as necessary to deter violations.
• Towing and Booting – Vehicles parked in violation of the parking regulations are subject to towing and booting (applying vehicle immobilizers) at the expense of the person responsible for the vehicle. This includes all cars parked in violation of their parking assignment or in violation of designated parking areas during snow removal.
• Appeals1. Appeals must be submitted in writing by email to the Deputy Director or Director of Wartburg Security. Ticket number must be included in the appeal. Student appealing must have a valid vehicle registration at the time of the appeal.2. Appeals must be initiated within seven days from the date on the ticket.3. Subsequent appeals of the same fine may be made to the Deputy Director or Director of Wartburg Security within seven days of notice of the first appeal decision. All appeal decisions are final.
• Payment of Fines – All Fines within seven days of the ticket will be automatically placed on the student’s account through the Business Office. Fines already on a student’s account may be paid through the Business Office.

Fines may be assessed every 8-hour period the vehicle is in violation. However, fire-lane, service-drive, and loading-zone violations may be assessed as often as necessary to deter violations.

• Vehicle not registered – $25
• Improper street parking – $25
• Blocking vehicle, drive, sidewalks, dumpsters, or fire lanes – $50
• Exceeding time in loading zone – $25
• Parking in a faculty/visitor/commuter lot – $35
• Driving or parking on grass or sidewalk – $55
• Illegal use of handicap areas – $125
• Moving violations – $25 (includes exceeding 25 MPH speed limit)
• Improper display of decal – $25
• Fabricating, counterfeiting, or altering parking decals or passes – $100 and referral to Student Conduct System
• Knowingly providing false information to register a vehicle or using stolen parking decal – $100 and referral to Student Conduct System
• Using parking decal or pass for which one would not be eligible $50 and referral to Student Conduct System

The reckless operation of a motor vehicle, driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs, failure to comply with the directions of Wartburg Security & Safety, failure to register a vehicle, failure to pay parking fines, or repetitive violations of the college parking regulations may be considered violations of the Student Code. Suspected violators may be referred to the Student Conduct Board for disciplinary action.