Parking regulations for students and employees are posted around each parking area, yet students and faculty continue to get tickets.
Students and employees have trouble with some parking and traffic regulations that have been placed by Citrus.
“When Teslas park pulling forward towards the charging station, the charging cable leans up against the paint of the car and it might not reach without touching,” said mathematics professor Paul Swatzel at the April 27 Academic Senate meeting.
Director of Campus Safety Ben Macias responded to Swatzel by stating, “I have no idea if the Tesla cable touches the car but the car must be pulled in no matter what.”
The current Citrus parking regulations posted on the Citrus College website are as follows:
PARKING and TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
- Park in designated parking stalls only.
- Vehicles must be parked entirely within a designated stall.
- Do not drive against the designated traffic flow in the parking lots.
- Vehicles must be parked facing into the stall (head in parking only).
- Pedestrians have the right of way in the parking lots.
- The speed limit in all parking lots is fifteen (15) miles per hour.
- Vehicles must not be stopped behind a parked vehicle.
- No overnight parking.
- Parking on campus is for official campus business only.
- No public transit parking allowed.
Although this is current Citrus College policy, one may also go through the citation appeal process.
This process allows those who feel that they received an unjust citation to file an appeal online to void the unjust citation.
Three steps to the appeal process:
- First level, initial review
- Second level, administrative review
- Third level, court
According to Campus Safety, “Per California Vehicle Code 40215, all persons receiving a citation have the right to appeal within 21 calendar days from the issuance of a notice of parking citation.”
After the 21 calendar days are up, the violation can not be submitted and it will not be considered.
All motor vehicles must display a parking permit unless parked in meter spaces. Parking regulations also say that no designated spaces and parking is subject to availability.
Parking violations against the rules set by Campus Safety will result in a $35 citation for each obstruction.
“The $35 citation fee is paid to the third party, known as Ipark, and is not to generate revenue for the school at all, it is simply the payment which we directly hand over to the third party,” Macias said.
If payment is not made and violations continue to be broken, Campus Safety may notify the Glendora Police Department, the dean of students, or the appropriate administrator so that further disciplinary action may be taken when appropriate.
Students coming to campus for the first time since the pandemic have struggled to not break these rules.
“The first week I was here I was worried about getting to my class on time since I had no idea where any of the classes were and I didn’t see any signs so I got a ticket when I backed my car in,” said Tyler Molinari a current student at Citrus College.
“There are signs out there by the parking permit payment stations already, but we are looking to put more out there that are bigger and easier for students and staff to see,” Macias said.
