University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, November 19. 1975
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Parking changes debated
Staff Writer
By BRENT ANDERSON
Several ways to make parking ticket procedures more equitable, including lowering the cost of tickets, giving everyone one free ticket and graduating ticket fines are being considered by the Parking and Traffic Board.
Hugh Cotton, associate dean of the school of pharmacy and chairman of the Parking and Traffic Board, said yesterday that a subcommittee of the board was in charge of the University of Kansas Parking Services department could handle parking violators.
"We can't please everyone," Cotton said, "but I think we’re doing a pretty good job. We’ve interested in fairness and we don’t want to be the only member–should be treated equally."
Cotton said the subcommittee had discussed the practice of charging $5 for a car insurance policy.
The Parking and Traffic Board is an advisory board to KU Parking Services, and is made up of four students, four faculty members; Mike Thomas, director of police and parking; and Hank Sonday, chief judge of the traffic appeals court.
"I personally, think $2 is unfair," Cotton said. "It isn't really that serious a thing, and a $2 fee seems a lot more reasonable for a meter violation."
Steve Brown, vice chairman of the Parking and Traffic Board, said he also supported lowering the fee for meter violations. He said he wasn't sure whether lowering the fee would greatly affect revenue generated by parking tickets.
"We're investigating this right now," we know, because it's more a matter of revenue than anthony's salary.
Mary Sarty, member of the board, said he also supported the idea of lowering the fee for one meter violation, but was opposed by a staff member who said it for a student or staff member's first ticket.
Thomas said he wasn't necessarily against lowering the fine for meter violations, and was willing to discuss it with the board.
"We tried it before, but it just didn't work." The present method seems to work pretty well.
Brown said he was in favor of dropping the first parking violation of each semester, but wasn't sure whether this could be done by straining the parking services budget.
"We're studying the ticket revenues to see if we can afford to have the first ticket free." Brown said. "We would like to give a freebie if we could. A lot of people, given the government, get the first week of the semester, because they don't know the rules and regulations yet."
Thomas said he was opposed to allowing the first ticket issue as a preemptive
the first ticket issues serve as a warning. "This is discussed every year," Thomas said. "I'm against it. It encourages intentional violations. Everybody figures they've got one free ticket, and it seems like they feel obligated to use it."
Cotton said other possible changes in fees for parking tickets would be discussed by the board. One possibility, he said, would be to waive the fee according to the seriousness of the violation.
If someone was blocking a sidewalk or parked along a yellow curb, for example, the fine would be more. Cotton said. Less relations would have smaller fines, be said.
"We're going to kick around all these ideas," Cotton said. "Our main objective is to come up with something that is fair for everyone."
Cotton said the large number of parking volleys might be a result of their confusion at the airport.
"Anyone has a right to appeal a ticket within 14 days after the violaton was issued. People who give people a chance to give their side of the story if they feel they've had a raw deal."
parking violation and the appeals procedure.
Cotton said anyone with five or more tickets that hadn't been appealed or paid
Thomas said six cars had been towed away already, and he expected several more to be towed as ticket writer became familiar with cars often parked illegally.
Thomas said lists on cars with excessive violations had been distributed to patrols.
could have his car towed away, a policy the board decided to enforce two weeks ago.
On Campus
Events...
TODAY: CAMPUS VETERANS will have a table in the lobby of the Kansas Union from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. WORDS AND SILENCE will meet from 12:30 to 1 p.m. in Danforth Chapel. The movie "WOMANHOUSE" will be shown at 3:30 p.m. in the basement viewing room in Balley Hall. VALENTIN KOTKIN will speak on the reception of American literature and writers in the Soviet Union at 3:30 p.m. in 4007 Woscoe.
TONIGHT: THE STUDENT SENATE will at 6:30 in the Jayhawk Room of the Union. THE PHYSICAL THERAPY CLUB will at 7 in the Watkins Hospital cafeteria. There will be a PANIHELENLIC meeting at 7 in the Kansas Room of the Union. The GEOLOGY WIVES will meet at 7 in the Watkins Room of the Union. A film, "THE LANSING PRISON: AN INSTITUTION IN TRAN- SHOW," will at 7:30 in the basement meeting room of the First National Bank. There will be a socialist meeting at 7:30 in the Motorcycle MANTENANCE; at 7:30 in the Pipe Room of the Union, JERZY WROBLEWSKI will speak on law and the state in socialist theory at 8 in the Council Room of the Union. Robert Noehren will give an ORGAN RECITAL at 8 in the Plymouth Congregational Church.
Announcements ...
Midterm graduates of the SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION should complete application forms before Nov. 24 for Project Sheeskin, a program to
The deadline for UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH GRANT PROPOSALS is
Students can apply for the grants at the office of the College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences.
Students wishing to STUDY IN COSTA RICA OR GREAT BRITAIN should apply before Dec. 1 in the KU STUDy Abroad office in 108 Strong.
Students wishing to apply for the 1976-77 academic YEAR IN FRANCE should do so in the Study Abroad office in 108 strong.
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