Campus Safety
 

Motor Vehicle Registration & Parking

Every individual who maintains or operates a motor vehicle on the Lee University campus must register each vehicle with the Department of Campus Safety at the beginning of the semester or within 24 hours of being brought to campus.  The parking fee is included in the Student Bill and covers the cost of the first permit. Replacement permits are available for a charge of $30 each.  The vehicle's State Registration with license plate number and driver's contact info is required for registration of the vehicle.

Permit Placement - Parking Regulations - Designated Parking Areas
Fines - Appeals - Inspections

Permit Placement

The following directions will detail how to apply the static cling parking decal:

  1. Make sure the surface where the decal is to be mounted is clean and dry.
  2. Remove the protective paper backing from the parking decal.
  3. The decal MUST be placed on the LOWER FRONT WINDSHIELD, PASSENGER SIDE.
  4. Position decal against the glass and rub downward.  This is held onto the windshield by static; no glue or tape.
  5. The decal is designed to adhere to the inside of the windshield, facing out.

Permit MUST be properly displayed when the vehicle is parked on the campus of Lee University.

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Parking Regulations
All motor-driven vehicles must be registered with the Department of Campus Safety every school year in order to obtain a parking permit tag.

  • Student vehicles are assigned to an off-the-street parking area but are not assigned to a specific parking space. Students will be assigned a specific parking lot designated by their parking permit tag. Parking is on a first-come-first-served basis.
  • Regular patrols are made of the parking areas and vehicles illegally parked are ticketed and/or immobilized. Being assigned to a public lot does not assure the student of a parking space in that lot. This does not, however, give permission for a student to park in an unauthorized space or parking lot.
  • Students without a handicap-parking permit, parking in a marked handicap space, will be ticketed and/or towed. Students parking in a fire lane will also be ticketed and/or towed.
  • Due to the growing demands for campus parking, freshmen are discouraged from bringing automobiles to the Lee University campus. Those who choose to bring cars will be assigned to auxiliary parking lots, which are not contiguous with residence halls but are within walking distance.
  • Students who have not completed 30 credit hours are assigned a Freshman parking permit regardless of dorm assignment. Any student who is classified as a Freshman at the beginning of the fall semester will not be allowed to exchange their Freshman permit for an upperclassmen permit until fall registration of the following year regardless of credit hours completed. All students must park in accordance with their current parking permit or they are eligible to be ticketed.
  • Vehicles parked in a no-parking zone or blocking dumpsters, driveways, or automobiles will be ticketed and/or towed. Vehicles that are not parked in a marked parking space will be ticketed and/or towed. Commercial towing companies are permitted under law to charge a full towing fee when they attach a vehicle to their wrecker even if the vehicle is not moved.
  • All faculty, staff, and administrative personnel are required to comply with parking regulations.
  • Lee University is not responsible for lost or damaged personal property and/or vehicles.
  • Students vehicles parked on campus are subject to search under the same conditions as provided for student rooms in residence halls.
 
Designated Parking Areas
Open Parking
  • 13th Street and Peoples Street Lot
  • Schimmels Park Lot
  • Public Street Parking
Commuter
  • 6th Street and Church Street Lot
  • 6th Street and Parker Street Lot (Religion Building)
  • Dixon Center Lot
  • Pentecostal Resource Center/Squires Library Lot
  • Magnolia Street and 15th Street Lot (Education overflow)
  • Music Building Rear lot
  • Recreation Center Lot
  • Administration Circle Lot
  • Education Building Lot
  • Counseling & Career/Tennis Center Lot
  • Humanities Center Lot
  • Science/Math Complex Lot
  Dorm Residents
  (upperclassmen only)
  • Medlin Residents - Medlin Lot
  • Sharp/Davis Residents - Sharp/Davis Lot
  • Atkins/Ellis Residents - Atkins/Ellis Lot
  • Brinsfield Row Residents - Brinsfield Lot
  • Livingston/Keeble Residents - Livingston/ Keeble Lot, 6th and Parker Street Lot (small auxiliary lot)
  • Nora Chambers, Tharp Simmons, and Cross Residents - Nora Chambers Lot, Humanities Center Lot
  • O'Bannon/Bowdle Residents - O'Bannon/ Bowdle Lot
  • Storms Hall Residents - Storms Lot
  • Hicks Hall Residents - Hicks Lot

   Freshman

  • 6th Street and Walker Street Lot
  • 18th Street and Magnolia Street Lot (in front of Brinsfield Row Apartments)
  • Chambliss Street and 14th Street
  • O'Bannon/Bowdle Parking Lot (O'Bannon/ Bowdle freshmen only)
  • Public Street Parking
 
Fines
Parking control is under the jurisdiction of the Director of Campus Safety. Parking fines must be paid to the Business Office within ten business days of the issue date. Failure to pay a parking ticket by the tenth business day will result in a non-refundable late fee of $20 which will be added to the student’s account along with the unpaid parking fine. To view a copy of a standard Lee University Campus Safety ticket, please click below.

Students in violation of parking regulations will be ticketed and fines imposed as follows:
Violation Fine
Parking in a Handicap Space $60
Parking in a Fire Lane, Blocking a Fire Hydrant $50
Failure to Register Vehicle $25
Permit Improperly Displayed $10
Unauthorized, Altered or Invalid Permit $25
Illegally Transferred Permit $25
Incorrect Permit for Parking Lot $25
Parking on Grass, Sidewalks or Blocking a Dumpster $20
Blocking Another Vehicle $30
Parking Outside a Marked Space/Occupying Multiple Spaces $25
Parking in a Barricaded Area or Cone Removal $25
Placing or Non-Removal of a Previous Ticket to Avoid Ticketing $20
Parking in a Reserved Space $25

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Appeals

NEW PARKING TICKET POLICIES

  • Parking fines must be paid to the Business Office within ten business days of the issue date. Failure to pay a parking ticket by the tenth business day will result in a non-refundable late fee of $20 which will be added to the student’s account along with the unpaid parking fine.

  • Students wishing to appeal a ticket must do so within the first ten business days of the ticket issue date. To appeal a ticket please visit our Ticket Appeal Form.

Appeals Procedure

  • All appeals must be submitted using the online appeal form.
  • Appeals submitted after 5:00pm on the 10th business day from the issue date of the ticket will not be considered for review.
  • When submitting an appeal, the ticket number(s) located in red on the lower right of the ticket must be included or the appeal will not be considered for review.
  • Please allow 10 (ten) business days for your appeal to be processed and a decision to be rendered.
  • You are given one opportunity to appeal any given parking ticket. No additional appeals or pleas for leniency will be considered. The decision of the Appeals Officer is final.
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Inspections
The University reserves the right to inspect cars that are parked on University property.
 

 


520 Church Street (beside Church Street Annex)

(423)303-4444

safety@
leeuniversity.edu