(a)
- (1) All parking rules will be enforced seven (7) days a week, twenty-four (24) hours a day.
- (2) All personnel, including visitors, are expected to adhere to all campus and state rules regarding safety procedures.
- (3) Arkansas State Hospital cannot and does not assume the obligation of providing parking spaces for all vehicles at all times.
- (b) The responsibility for finding a legal parking space rests with the vehicle operator.
- (c) Lack of space is not a valid excuse for violating a parking rule.
(d)
- (1) Standard parking/traffic rules and definitions, as enacted in the Arkansas motor vehicle and traffic laws and State Highway Commission rules will be rigidly enforced on the hospital campus at all times, twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week.
- (2) Unless otherwise noted, the speed limit is twenty miles per hour (20 m.p.h.) on the hospital campus.
(e)
- (1) Violators of established parking and traffic rules may be issued a hospital citation.
- (2) Violation notices will be affixed to the motor vehicle or presented to the driver.
- (f) Office checkpoint or public safety vehicles are considered parked when left stopped or unattended for any period of time.
- (g) The hospital assumes no responsibility for the care and/or protection of any vehicle or its contents at any time while it is operated or parked on the campus.
- (h) Pedestrians are considered to always have the right-of-way.
(i)
- (1) Staff and students assigned to various hospital departments are expected to be familiar with and abide by the rules at all times.
- (2) The fact that any vehicle does not receive a violation notice while the vehicle is parked or operated in violation of any rules or law does not mean or imply that such a rule or law is invalid.
(j)
- (1) It will be the responsibility of any driver of a disabled vehicle, i.e., dead battery, out of gas, keys locked inside, etc., to notify the Public Safety Department of the Arkansas State Hospital of the problem and the location of the disabled vehicle if the vehicle will be on the lot past the end of the driver’s shift.
- (2) If the driver/owner of this vehicle has called a tow truck or repair service, please notify the Public Safety Department.
- (3) Failure to make notification may result in the vehicle’s being either towed or ticketed.
(k)
- (1) Vehicles are assumed abandoned if left parked and stationary for a period of two (2) weeks.
- (2) Such vehicles will be towed at the owner's expense.
- (l) Buses and other large vehicles, as well as special purpose vehicles, are required to park in areas designated by the Public Safety Department.
- (m) Employees/students are responsible for all violations by a vehicle displaying a hangtag issued in their name.
(n)
- (1) Operating a motor vehicle in any manner which may create a disturbance on campus may be considered a traffic violation.
(2) This includes:
- (A) Excessive use of boom box, stereo, or horn;
- (B) Illegal exhaust systems;
- (C) Squealing of tires; or
- (D) Placing pedestrians or other drivers in a hazardous situation.
(o)
- (1) Only one (1) type of hospital hangtag is to be displayed on a vehicle at a time.
- (2) Note. This is for some employees who work shifts and may have separate parking areas depending on their shift assignment.
- (p) Obey regulatory signs and barricades established by the Public Safety Department.
- (q) Loading zones are to be utilized for loading/unloading only.
(r)
(1) Vehicles will be parked within designated parking boundaries and in no case shall they overlap into or onto:
- (A) Roadway;
- (B) Crosswalk; or
- (C) Sidewalk.
- (2) The fact that other vehicles are parked improperly shall not constitute an excuse for parking with any part of the vehicle over the line.
(s)
- (1) The time limit on zones will be observed at all times.
- (2) Vehicles are considered parked when left unattended for any period of time.
(t)
- (1) A traffic ticket or any other communication from a hospital public safety officer, while in the performance of their duties, is considered to be an official hospital notice.
- (2) For hospital employees, failure to respond will make the recipient subject to disciplinary action.
(u)
- (1) If a hangtag is not visible to the officer while he or she is issuing a citation, the citation will be for no current hangtag.
- (2) If, in the course of issuing a citation, the officer discovers the hangtag, the officer has the discretion to downgrade that ticket to improper display only.
(v) The hospital reserves the right to restrict or revoke the use of an automobile on campus to anyone if the:
- (1) Use of that vehicle is thought to be detrimental; or
- (2) Person has abused the privilege of operating said vehicle on or off campus.