Pellissippi State Safety & Security

Traffic and Parking Regulations

Traffic and parking regulations are established and enforced to assure the rights and privileges of students, faculty, staff, visitors, and others who operate motor vehicles at Pellissippi State. Pellissippi State believes that operating and parking a vehicle on campus are privileges. Vehicles operated on all property owned or controlled by Pellissippi State will comply with all traffic and parking signs and with the laws of the state of Tennessee, in accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated Title 55, Motor and Other Vehicles. Citations will be issued by the Safety and Security Office, beginning the first day of classes each semester. Brochures on parking regulations are available from the Safety and Security Office.

Registration of Vehicles. Only Faculty/Staff vehicles must be registered and have a prescribed hangtag. Vehicles include pickup trucks, vans and jeeps, as well as automobiles. Hangtags are not required for motorcycles, motorbikes and scooters, but those vehicles should only be parked in areas designated for motorcycles. The person to whom the vehicle is registered is responsible for the vehicle and all violations and citations involving the vehicle. If the person operating the vehicle is not the registrant, and a violation is committed, the registrant may be fined. Department of Motor Vehicle license tags may be used to identify parking violators.

Visitors are defined as people not connected with the College but who occasionally have business or other reasons to be on the campus. Designated visitor space will be the V-1 parking area. There is no staff or student parking in visitor's lot at any time. If the V-1 lot is full park in any "open" lot.

Division Street Parking. The upper tier parking areas to the left of the Division Street Campus buildings are designated as faculty and staff parking only. Student and disabled parking is located in the remaining parking lots on Pellissippi State property.

The upper tier parking area in front of the building, the lower parking lot on the west side of the building, and parking spaces in back of the building are designated for faculty, staff and visitor parking only; they may be used by students after 5:00 p.m. Disabled parking is available on the upper parking are on the west side of the building. Students may use the remaining parking areas, parking on the grass when no other parking spaces are available, is only allowed at the the Division Street Campus.

Blount County Parking. Students may park in all spaces except those designated as faculty, staff, disabled state vehicle and visitor parking.

Magnolia Avenue Parking. Students may park in all spaces except those designated as faculty, staff, disabled state vehicle and visitor parking.

General Traffic and Parking Regulations.

• Speed limit for all vehicles will not exceed 15 mph on the campus loop.
• Pedestrians have the right of way over vehicle traffic at all times.
• Parking is permitted only in those areas designated for parking.
• Parking is permitted only in those areas designated for a classification.
• Motorcycles must park in designated motorcycle parking areas.

Parking Violations.

• Parking in an unmarked area (grass, sidewalks, road, etc.).
• Parking in a restricted area (disabled, fire zone, loading zone, cross walks, etc.).
• Parking in a zone other than one designated by hangtag classification.
• Parking on or over lines.
• No or noncurrent Pellissippi State hangtag in the Faculty/Staff lots.
• Parking facing the wrong way on one-way streets.
• Obstructing the right-of-way.
• Littering.
• Blocking the path of another vehicle.

Moving Violations.

• Speeding (15 mph limit on the campus loop).
• Reckless driving.
• Failure to yield to pedestrians.
• Failure to come to a complete stop at stop signs.
• Driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics.
• Operating a vehicle causing loud or unnecessary noise, such as loud mufflers, horns, p.a. systems, radios, etc.

Penalties for Violations of Regulations.

• For illegal or improper parking. $15 all violations.
• For failure to display a Faculty/Staff hangtag when required: $15 all violations.
• For illegal parking in fire zone: $15 all violations.
• For illegal parking in the disabled zone: $150 all violations. Motor vehicles illegally parked in these areas are subject to being towed. If a vehicle is towed, the operator will reimburse the towing agent for all towing and storage charges and will also pay any fines assessed by Pellissippi State.
• Persons with a State of Tennessee disabled hang tag or license plate may park in any legal parking space in the Open, Visitor's or Faculty parking areas. They cannot park in fire lanes, loading zones or reserved spaces.
• For exceeding posted speed limit, for driving on Pellissippi State property in a careless or reckless manner, or for any other moving violation such as those listed in Tennessee Code Annotated Title 55: $15 all violations.

All citations must be paid within 14 calendar days. Any person who fails to make payment or to request a hearing with the Appeals Committee within this period will be charged a $5 late fee. A person receiving a citation must present his or her copy along with payment to the Cashier's Office located on the second floor of the J.L. Goins Administration Building on the Pellissippi Campus or in the main office at the Division Street, Magnolia Avenue or Blount County locations.

• The person receiving a citation may complete an appeal form on the Safety and Security web page, http://pstcc.edu/security/appeal.html
• The appeal request must be presented within 14 days of the date on the citation.
• The person will present his or her case to the committee in person or by written explanation on appeal form.
• The committee will make a determination of the case by secret ballot.
• The committee will hear cases at 2:00 p.m. on the second Friday of each month.
• If you commit yourself to appearing in person and fail to appear, then the written appeal will be reviewed by the committee and used to determine the vote.
• The person receiving the citation and appealing, must have their appeal heard at the Pellissippi Campus only.
• The appeals comittee's decision is final
• Only one appeal will be allowed per citation.

All who habitually or flagrantly disregard these regulations may be subject to disciplinary action and/or revoked parking privileges. People who continue to park on Pellissippi State property after their privileges have been revoked will have their vehicles towed away.