Parking and Driving Regulations

All students and staff operating vehicles are responsible for reading and adhering to the current Marymount College Parking and Driving Regulations.

PV Campus Parking Map
Traffic Citation Appeal Form
Statement for the Record Form
Shuttle Bus Schedule

View videos created by Marymount SOSers and CA staff to promote the "Flock On" carpool program and "Shuttle Up" shuttle bus program:

"Flock On Carpool Program" "Shuttle Up Program"

REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

• All motor vehicles (automobiles, motorcycles and motorized scooters) must be registered with the Office of Campus Safety & Security (OS104) immediately upon attending the Traffic Safety Seminar and bringing the vehicle to campus.
   
• There is no registration fee for automobiles, motorcycles and motorized scooters.
   
• Students may not transfer parking permits to other vehicles or to other students.
   
• Lost permits will be replaced at no cost in the Office of Campus Safety & Security (OS104). Lost permits must be replaced within forty-eight hours of the permit being lost or parking citations will be issued. 
   
• Permanent parking permits (decals) on automobiles must be fully affixed in the lower right (passenger side) corner with their own adhesive backing. Students must acquire the appropriate permit corresponding to their commuter status or their residence on campus. Decals on motorcycles and motorized scooters must be displayed on the right front fork.
   
• Temporary Parking Permits must be acquired for any vehicle that is being used on campus on a temporary basis.  The temporary permit is free and can be obtained in the Office of Campus Safety & Security (OS104), if the vehicle being registered is temporarily replacing a properly registered vehicle.  The temporary permit must be acquired the day that use of the vehicle on campus begins, but if operation begins after regular business hours, the user must contact the Campus Safety Desk (night or day) to request parking privileges be posted until the next business day. Campus Safety may limit the number of temporary permits issued to a person or vehicle.
   
• Persons who knowingly acquire, use, or display a parking permit not consistent with their current status will be considered to be engaging in fraudulent behavior and will be referred to the Dean of Students.

WHERE YOU MAY AND MAY NOT PARK WITH YOUR COLOR OF PERMIT

• The color of your parking permit decal or assigned temporary permit designates where you may and may not park.
   
• Students displaying a current GREEN(commuter) parking permit may park in any area NOT posted for staff, visitors or reserved for special purposes. In addition Students may not park in the lower faculty lot behind the auditorium or along the access road to that lot.
  
• Students displaying a current WHITE (Palos Verdes North Resident) parking permit may park on the PVN property. It is encouraged that students utilize the garage and driveway to park their vehicles. If the garage and driveway of a unit is full then they may park their vehicle on the right hand side (only) of USS. Antietam. They may also park on the right hand side of USS. New Jersey. Students may not park in drive ways of units which they do not reside at. Students may also not park in the spaces by the maintenance shop area located at the far end of USS New Jersey.

GENERAL AREAS WHERE YOU MAY NOT PARK

• In posted short term parking, i.e. Bookstore, for longer than the posted maximum time limit.
• In areas posted for Faculty/Staff, unless you are a faculty/staff member.
• In any area posted for Visitor Parking.
• In any area posted or reserved for a parking for a special purpose for which you do not qualify.
• In any space designated for the Handicapped, unless you or your passenger have a state-issued permit.
• On a roadway, unless instructed to do so by parking attendants retained by Campus Safety.
• In any area posted No Parking Anytime.
• In driveways, beside landscaped islands, on lawns, on walks or walkways.
• In the neighborhood adjacent to campus, San Ramon Drive, a residential street bordering the northeastern side of the campus, allows parking only for residents of San Ramon Drive with permits. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department strictly enforces the law. Violators may be heavily fined or towed.

IF YOUR VEHICLE HAS MECHANICAL PROBLEMS

Vehicles parked illegally or overnight due to mechanical problems must be reported immediately to the Campus Safety and Security day or night or a violation may be issued.

CAMPUS DRIVING

• The driving regulations and requirements of the California Motor Vehicle Code shall apply to all driving on campus.
• The posted speed limit on Campus is 5 mph, unless otherwise posted lower.
• Drivers must STOP at stop signs and YIELD at yield signs.
• Pedestrians in designated crosswalks have the right of way at all times.
• Driving on walkways is only allowed if prior permission has been obtained from Campus Safety.
• If a driving infraction is observed by Campus Safety and attempting to make contact with the vehicle might jeopardize the safety of others, a college Traffic Violation may be mailed directly to the registrant of the vehicle.
• Traffic accidents occurring on campus must be reported to Campus Safety.  Traffic accidents involving personal injury will also be reported to the police.

FINES

The following fines will be levied for these offenses at the rate indicated:

Parking in handicap space without a permit                $100.00
Parking in a reserved/faculty/visitor only                       $ 45.00
Parking in a Red Zone or Emergency Access             $ 75.00
Parking in Bus Stop or Loading Zone                           $ 75.00
Parked or Operating in off road area                             $ 75.00
Dangerous or reckless operation                                  $ 200.00
Failure to obey traffic sign                                               $ 75.00
Failure to display parking permit *                                $ 25.00
Speeding or speed unsafe for conditions                   $ 200.00
Community Courtesy Violation                                      $ 35.00
Failure to obey directions of Campus Official             $ 50.00
Other violations**                                                              $ 35.00

*    Fine for first offense for no current parking permit received during an academic year will be waived if proper permit is obtained within three calendar days of the issued date of the violation.  The cost to the college for determining the user of a vehicle with No Current Parking Permit may be assessed to the user as an additional charge.

PAYMENT OF FINES

• Fines for violations are payable in person at the Student Development Service Office within 30 calendar days of the violation.
   
• Fines for violations not paid within 30 calendar days will result in late penalties, which include the doubling of the fine amount and the possible suspension of parking privileges.

APPEALS

Appeals of violations must be submitted within five business days of the violation.  The appeal must be written on a Traffic Violation Appeal Form, available at the Office of Campus Safety & Security (OS104).  If Campus Safety determines that a violation was written in error, Campus Safety will revoke the violation. The appellant will be notified by school Email of the Parking Manager’s decision, which is final.   The fines for appeals which are denied or altered will be placed on account at Financial Services

REPEATED VIOLATIONS

Students who accumulate a total of eight violations during an academic year will receive notification and will be informed that any fines thereafter will be doubled.

RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• All violations issued to a vehicle shall be the responsibility of the person in whose name it is registered.
   
• The college assumes no responsibility for loss of or damage to vehicles or their contents, driven or parked on campus.
  
• The college reserves the right to remove at the owner's expense unlawfully parked or inoperative vehicles left for extended periods of time.  Vehicles without current license plates or without a current Marymount College parking permit are subject to impoundment.
   
• The college reserves the right to immobilize or impound a vehicle at the owner's expense when a vehicle has repeatedly been in violation of the parking regulations or whenever warranted by immediate circumstance.