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The parking department staffs five full-time safety and security officers and 20 to 25 part-time students, all able to issue tickets. At any given time of the day,10 of these employees are out writing tickets.
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Parking still a problem
Students still find parking a pain in the wallet
By Julie Jones
jjones@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas parking department has already sold 1,000 more permits than there are spaces available, said Donna Hutine, parking department director.
The parking department hired a consultant to find solutions to existing parking problems, such as the overflow from residence halls. The report is expected at the end of August.
Hultine said she suspected the report would contain such big ideas that it would be a year or more before any change became effective.
The parking department has already implemented some changes to help with the overflow issue. New permits are available this year for the Lied Center parking lot to help with the overflow from Daisy Hill residence halls. Overflow spaces have also been made available in the Mississippi Street garage adjacent to the Kansas Union.
The parking department's five full-time safety and security officers are all 20 to 25 part-time students, all able to issue tickets. At any given time of the day, 10 of these employees are out writing tickets.
Yellow Permits
$55 Annual
$50 Semester
The staff works until midnight, after which the KU Public Safety Office writes tickets for illegally parked cars.
$20 tickets are issued to cars
Union Permits $125 Annual
Lied Center Permits (for Daisy Hill residents)
$50 Annual
Parking permits may now be purchased online. Visit wwwku.edu/~parking for more information.
Source: Donna Hultine, parking department director
parked without a valid permit, in a restricted area or in an expired stall in the Mississippi street garage.
Parking at an expired meter is a $5 ticket. Multiple tickets can be issued at meters and short-term meters are ticketed 24 hours a day. Long-term meters are ticketed only when the lot is open.
A student with three or more tickets may have his or her car towed. A student must pay the tickets and a $30 towing charge before their vehicle is released
"There is no free parking here," Hultine said. "People just let tickets accumulate and don't do anything about it."
Failure to pay tickets can result in holds on enrollment and transcripts. Tickets may be turned over to collection agencies for students no longer enrolled at the University.
Students caught with a forged permit are fined $100 in addition to a $30 tow charge. Parking rights
are also revoked for a year.
students may appeal tickets to the Court of Parking Appeals within ten business days of the issued citation.
Only 20 percent of appeals were granted last year. Hultine said many were frivolous appeals from students claiming they couldn't afford the ticket or they needed to enroll. The appeals court is working on a list of reasons that aren't grounds for appeal, she said.
"My message to new students is to be patient," Hultine said. "I think people are so used to having their car and being able to park so close to the building. Call someone to try to get an understanding of the parking regulations."
Safety in University parking lots has also been an issue in recent years. The KU Public Safety Office has talked of pledging a bid for cameras that would monitor parking lots at GSPand Corbin halls and the Lied Center, which the parking department would help fund.
Hultine said students should also be responsible for their own safety. Don't walk alone at night, know where blue emergency boxes are and carry a cell phone.
Those interested in voicing their opinions about the parking department should attend parking commission meetings, occurring at least three times a semester. The first meeting will be held at 1 p.m. on September 7th in the department's conference room, 1501 Irving Hill Road.
For more information visit www.ku.edu/~parking/ or call 864-PARK.
Edited by Erik Johnson
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