Student Parking--General Information
There are five (5) Student parking lots at the Olympic College main campus. These parking spaces are clearly posted and striped with white paint. Permits are required for Students and Visitors.
Visitor permits can be obtained at the College Service Center or the Office of Safety & Security located in the Bremer Student Center .
Student permits and copies of OC parking rules and regulations are available at the Safety & Security Office. Students will need to show a copy of their college registration form, and vehicle registration to obtain a permit. There is no cost for student parking permits.
Posted Faculty and Staff parking lots are striped and numbered with yellow paint.
Handicap and Carpool/Van pool spaces are appropriately signed, and available in all lots; parking in these spaces requires appropriate permits.
With the exception of Fire Lanes, Handicap and Carpool/Van pool spaces which are reserved 24 hrs. a day; there is open parking after 4:00pm during Fall, Winter and Spring quarters, and all day during Summer Quarter. This means that anyone can park in either Staff or Student parking during these periods.
Student Parking Regulations
Permits
Permits are required for all students wishing to park on campus. This includes those registered with Kitsap Transit Authority as Car/Van Poolers’, and those with State handicap permits.
Olympic College parking permits may be obtained at the Bremer Student Center . Permits are limited to two (2) per person, the need for additional permits will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the Security Supervisor. All students must show proof of their vehicle license plate number.
Parking
- Student lots are posted with signs and striped with white paint.
- Faculty and Staff lots are posted with signs and are striped and numbered with yellow paint.
- Visitor spaces are posted with signs and are painted with a yellow "V". These are also labeled with the appropriate time allowed for parking
- Handicap spaces are posted with signs and are painted with an international symbol.
- Carpool/Van pool spaces are posted with signs and painted with appropriate symbol.
- Vehicles that are in violation of any part of the prohibitions listed in the Violations section (below) will be cited.
Fines
Fines vary from $10.00 to $100.00 depending on the violation. All fees are paid through the Olympic College Cashier’s Office ; either by mail or in person during normal business hours. If paying by mail, do not send cash!
Failure to pay fines may result in, but is not limited to: denial of subsequent registration at Olympic College, withholding of transcripts and the forwarding of vehicle/violation information to the State Department of Licensing.
Impound
Vehicles will continue to be impounded if found to be blocking another vehicle or access, posing any potential threat to property or personal safety, restricting access to emergency vehicles or any reason seen as appropriate by the Safety & Security Supervisor.
Violations
Vehicles will be cited 24 hours-a-day year-round for, but not limited to, the following causes:
- parking in a designated "no parking zone"
- occupying more than one space
- blocking or impeding traffic
- violation of visitor parking (Students are NOT considered visitors)
- carpool violation (parking in a marked Car/Van pool spot without visible permit)
- violation of handicap parking (no valid permit)
- parking in fire lane or traffic lane
- parking on the grass, sidewalks, planting beds or prohibited areas
- parking within the campus core without prior permission
In addition to the above conditions, the following will be enforced between 7:00am and 4:00pm Monday through Friday from the first day of Fall quarter to the last day of Spring quarter:
- parking in a faculty/staff lot or any assigned parking space
- no visible student permit
- back-in parking - (this includes ‘pull through’ parking) if your vehicle is facing away from parking spot, you are "backed in"
Note: After 4:00pm students are allowed to park in Faculty/Staff lots.
Note: Although permits are not required after 4:00pm, they are encouraged. If your vehicle is damaged the Parking Enforcement Officer has a recourse to contact you, and if you have been cited for any reason, information will be sent directly to the State Department of Licensing because you are considered a "non-student" violator.
Motorcycles
- Motorcycles and motorized bicycles are considered motor vehicles, and the parking prohibitions listed above apply, in addition to:
- Student operated motorcycles shall be parked only in a designated motorcycle parking area or within a parking space in a student lot
- Motorcycles may not be driven on sidewalks, lawns or in the campus core.
Bicycles
The purpose of bicycle control is safety; and this aim will be achieved by keeping bicycles out of buildings, away from building exits and by parking them off of the sidewalks and in the racks that are provided. In addition:
- Bicyclists must always yield to pedestrian traffic on campus;
- Bicycles parked outside of appropriate racks are subject to impound by Security;
- Bicycles are not allowed in buildings at any time.
Miscellaneous
- Students who are handicapped may request permits for parking in handicap spaces from Access Services located in the Humanities Building, room 114, or call 475-7540.
- For further information contact the Safety & Security/Parking Office at
475-7800.
- Citation appeal information can be obtained from the Security/Parking Office in the Bremer Student Center.
- Parking on city streets is subject to City of Bremerton ordinances.
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