7180

PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES

7180

The Board authorizes the establishment and enforcement of regulations and procedures for the parking of motor vehicles and other modes of conveyance on public school grounds. The superintendent is responsible for issuing appropriate regulations and procedures and for supervising local school principals in the enforcement of regulations and procedures. Local school principals shall establish rules for parking on the respective school campuses in keeping with available spaces and needs of the school staff, students, community, and others who have bona fide reasons for visiting the campus. Local school principals shall file any such individual school rules with the Superintendent's office.

7180.1

Any rules governing parking on school grounds shall give first priority treatment to the physically handicapped.

7180.2

Any parking lot on a school campus, which is subject to restricted parking or no parking by duly established rules, must be clearly designated as such by a sign no smaller than 24" x 24" prominently displayed at each entrance thereto.

7180.3

Individual school rules may make individual and/or group assignments to parking spaces.

7180.4

The superintendent, under authorization from the board of education, may establish rules and regulations related to security in and around school parking lots, and may impose a fee for parking.  In the absence of such rules and regulations, an individual school may provide for the registration and regulation of motor vehicles as noted in 7180.5.

7180.5

Individual school rules may provide for the registration of motor vehicles and other means of conveyance maintained, operated, or parked on school grounds. The rules may further provide for the sale, issuance, and use of stickers, decals, permits, or other indicia representing the registration status of vehicles or the eligibility of vehicles to park on school grounds. Individual school rules may, also, prohibit the forgery, counterfeiting, unauthorized transfer, or unauthorized use of any official stickers, decals, permits or other indicia.

7180.6

The Superintendent may press charges (misdemeanor) against any person who is in violation of a rule concerning parking on public school grounds in Wake County. A person found guilty on charges is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punished as prescribed by law.

7180.7

In addition to or in lieu of any misdemeanor charges which may be brought by the Superintendent as provided in Policy 7180.5, the principal may revoke the parking permits and parking privileges or otherwise limit or temporarily suspend the use of parking privileges of students who are in violation of a rule concerning parking on public school grounds.

7180.8

In addition to or in lieu of any misdemeanor charges which may be brought by the superintendent as provided in Policy 7180.5, the principal may invoke generally accepted means of punishing students who are in violation of individual school rules prohibiting the forgery, counterfeiting, unauthorized transfer, or unauthorized use of any official stickers, decals, permits, or other indicia authorized in Policy 7180.4.

7180.9

Any motor vehicle parked on school grounds in violation of board policy, system-wide regulations, and school rules may be removed from school grounds to a place of storage and the registered owner of such vehicle shall become liable for removal and storage charges. The application of charges or punishment authorized by this policy shall not exclude the removal of any vehicle which is parked in violation of this policy. The individual school principal or administrator designated by the superintendent may request removal of vehicles per the terms of this policy and subsequent regulations, procedures, and rules.

7180.10

This policy, subsequent countywide regulations and procedures, as well as individual school rules governing parking on school grounds shall be made available for inspection by any person upon request and shall be given to each person who obtains a parking permit.

7180.11

Carpooling should be encouraged to the extent possible.