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The following information may be helpful in dealing with CSU campus parking. You also may want to consult our campus maps. If you have  questions regarding any of these policies, call University Police at 706-568-2022.

• All motorized vehicles (including motorcycles) that park on campus or at CSU's Courtyard I and Courtyard II are required to have a university decal or hangtag. Faculty, staff and student decals and hangtags are to be obtained at University Police in the Health and Safety Center. Decals for Courtyard apartment residents can be obtained at the Residence Life office. Permits are issued each August and are good until July 31 of the following year.

• Faculty, staff and students are responsible for their vehicles (including parking citations) while the vehicles are located on university property.

• Two parking decals are included in the university access fee. Additional decals may be purchased from University Police for $5 each.

• Handicapped parking permits are issued by the state.

• Student decals should be affixed to the outside of the rear window on the lower left corner.

• Temporary permits will be placed on the dash in front of the driver or hung from the rear view mirror.

• Handicapped permits will be displayed per state statute.

• Registration of a vehicle with University Police doesn't guarantee the availability of a parking space.

• All parking spaces on campus are designated faculty, staff, student, handicapped or visitor.

• Park in the appropriate space.

• Parking is allowed only in marked spaces. (See campus map for lots.)

• Vehicles not parked in appropriate spaces are subject to tickets and-or towing.

• Parking is also prohibited on university roads, drives, driveways, walkways and seeded areas.

• Open parking in faculty-staff spaces (except lots 8 and 18) is allowed from 5:30 p.m. until 6 a.m. daily.

• The speed limit on all roadways and in all parking lots at CSU is 15 mph.

• Vehicles parked illegally are subject to be towed at driver-owner expense.

• Anyone accumulating four or more outstanding parking citations will be subject to having their vehicle towed. All fines must be paid prior to the release of the vehicle. The driver-owner is responsible for all towing and storage fees.

• University Police issues Uniform Traffic Citations for moving violations on campus.

• Traffic citations issued for moving violations are adjudicated in Municipal Court, located on the eighth floor of the Columbus Government Center.

• All parking appeals should be in writing and submitted to University Police within seven days of the citation in order to be heard by the Judicial Council.

• All appealed traffic fines must be paid prior to appeals.

• Bicycles are not allowed in buildings and must be chained to a bike rack and not chained to stairs or handrails on campus.

Parking lot color guide:

• White spaces: student-visitor

• Blue spaces: handicapped

• Yellow spaces: no parking

• Green spaces: faculty-staff

Non-motorized vehicles (skateboards, etc., not bicycles) are:

• Prohibited on university streets, sidewalks, buildings and lawn areas.

• Only to be operated during daylight hours.

• Allowed in parking lots away from parked vehicles.

• Only to be operated on campus by CSU faculty, staff or students.