Bicycle & Motor Vehicle Policies

BICYCLE POLICY

Ringling College of Art and Design (College) supports the use of bicycles by students, faculty and staff for traveling to and around the College campus. The use of bicycles has benefit to individual health and (when replacing cars) reduces vehicle emissions that are harmful to human health, has a positive effect on traffic and parking on campus and reduces emission of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.

In order to ensure a safe and productive bicycle environment, this Bicycle Policy has been established for our community.

Registration

All bicycles owned by students, faculty, and staff and used on campus must be registered with the Office of Public Safety. Registration forms can be completed at the Public Safety Office in Kimbrough Hall at any time. The registration decal is valid for four (4) years. There is no charge for bicycle registration or the permit sticker.

Registration Decal

The reflective registration decal must be affixed to the vertical part of the frame facing forward. Diagram showing placement of bicycle registration sticker on vertical seat tube frame

Parking and Storage

  • All bicycles on campus must be parked or stored in a bicycle rack or in an area otherwise authorized.
  • Bicycles may not be secured to fire hydrants, trees, parking signs, fences, posts, benches, stairwells and railings, ramps (handicap and/or other), or in the egress path of any building. Bicycles may be stored in student rooms or in office spaces as long as they are in a safe place not blocking egress, doorways, hallways, walkways, or exits. Bicycles may not be stored in common areas such as hallways, lobbies, stairwells, restrooms, etc.
  • Summer storage for student bicycles is not available. Bicycles may not be left on racks over the summer break. Bicycles left on racks over the summer break will be removed and, if not claimed by the owner within 30 days, become the property of Ringling College of Art and Design to be used, donated, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of at the discretion of the College.
  • Bicycle racks will be available for students who are assigned housing over the summer or have summer jobs on campus and for faculty and staff working the summer months.

Violation of Policy

Any bicycle in violation of the College’s bicycle policy (unregistered, showing an expired registration decal or improperly parked or stored) will be removed. If removal requires the cutting of a chain, cable or lock, the College will not be responsible for replacing that chain, cable or lock. To be reclaimed, a storage fee of $1 per day will be charged (maximum fee not to exceed $20). Any bicycle not claimed within 30 days from the date of removal will become the property of Ringling College of Art and Design and may be used, donated, destroyed or otherwise disposed of at the discretion of the College.

Rev. 2023

MOTOR VEHICLE POLICY

Definitions

  • Motor Vehicle - Every vehicle which is self-propelled and has two or more wheels.
  • Student - Any person registered at Ringling College for one or more credit hours.
  • Faculty and Staff - Full-time or part-time faculty, administrative officials and employees of the College.
  • College Property - All property owned by Ringling College.

Each student, faculty or staff member of Ringling College who brings a vehicle onto campus must register it with the Office of Public Safety. All persons registering or driving motor vehicles on Ringling College property are responsible for knowing the rules and regulations governing traffic and parking.

Motor Vehicle Registration

  • All vehicles will be registered each academic year. No fee will be charged for parking permits. Students, faculty and staff will be issued decals to be affixed to the exterior of the rear windshield (rear glass) on the driver's side. First year resident students are not eligible to obtain a parking permit without prior permission from the Dean of Students. Citations will be issued to vehicles not properly displaying parking permits. Faculty and staff may be issued two additional permits for a non-primary use vehicle.
  • Faculty and Staff designated parking areas are limited to vehicles displaying a current Faculty/Staff permit between the hours of 7am and 5pm, Monday-Friday. Between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m., Monday - Friday, all day Saturday/ Sunday, and designated College holidays, a Student Permit is valid in Faculty/Staff designated parking areas. Visitor parking is also allowed in these areas during this time period. Spaces restricted for Visitor Parking are not to be used by any vehicle displaying a Faculty/Staff or Student permit and are subject to being ticketed at all times. Students are not permitted to use faculty/staff permits.
  • Permits will be valid for one academic year and will expire each year on August 1.
  • A vehicle registration form must be completed prior to issuance of any parking permit and the following information must be provided. Information on parking permits applications can be found on the Office of Public Safety website or at the Public Safety Office (Kimbrough 1st floor).  
  • All motor vehicles brought to the campus by faculty, staff and students must be registered with the Office of Public Safety. Visitors and guests are not required to register vehicles; however, guests of students need to obtain a temporary parking permit from the Office of Public Safety if parking on campus overnight.
  • Faculty, staff and students who must use a vehicle other than one registered on campus will be issued temporary permits. Lost or stolen permits must be reported to the Office of Public Safety. Lost or stolen permits will be replaced and a potential fee of $10 per replacement permit will be charged. Decals will be replaced free of charge when a vehicle is traded, sold or wrecked.
  • The Office of Public Safety does not accept money for replacement decals or parking fines. Payment of fines or replacement decals will be made at the Business Office. Failure to pay for replacement decals or parking fines on a timely basis will result in transactions (grades, diplomas, transcripts, etc.) being withheld, admission being denied and/or loss of parking privileges.

🅿 Parking

  • Only those vehicles properly registered with the Office of Public Safety are authorized to park on property owned by Ringling College of Art and Design. The institution reserves the right to remove any vehicle on its property which is not properly registered. The institution also reserves the right to tow to a safe place, at the owner's expense, any vehicle parked in such a manner as to be considered to be a hazard, blocking a fire lane, or otherwise impeding vehicular or pedestrian traffic. The institution assumes no responsibility for damages incurred while moving said vehicles.
  • The institution reserves the right to deny any person, for cause, the privilege of operating and/or parking a motor vehicle on college property.
  • The institution assumes no responsibility for losses from fire, theft, vandalism, or any other cause when cars are parked on college property.
  • City and state driving and parking rules and regulations, and all directive signs governing the use of motor vehicles, must be observed at all times.
  • Motor vehicles are to be kept in safe driving condition while on college property. In the event of mechanical failure of a vehicle, the Office of Public Safety should be notified. The owner of any disabled vehicle is responsible for its immediate removal.
  • Persons lending vehicles to others are responsible for tickets issued.
  • The transfer of student parking permits from one vehicle to another is not allowed.
  • Upon accumulation of five (5) unpaid parking tickets, parking privileges may be revoked and the offending vehicle is subject to being towed from campus at the owner's expense.

Definition of Offenses

  • 🟪 FACULTY/STAFF PARKING ONLY
    • Citations will be issued to unauthorized persons parked in spaces reserved for faculty and staff.  
  • 🟧 VISITOR PARKING ONLY
    • Citations will be issued to students, faculty and staff parked in spaces reserved for visitors.
  • 🟥 RESERVED PARKING ONLY
    • Citations will be issued to anyone parked any reserved space on campus. Citations will be issued to anyone who removes parking cones used to reserve spaces for visitors and/or special events.
  • ♿ HANDICAP PARKING ONLY
    • Citations will be issued to any vehicle parked in a clearly marked Handicap Parking space on campus that does not display a valid Handicap Permit.
  • ⛔ IMPROPER PARKING
    • Citations will be issued to anyone parked in areas of parking lots not clearly marked as parking spaces. Parking on grass is not allowed except in those grass lots designated for parking and violators will be cited. Vehicles parked on sidewalks are subject to being towed at the owner's expense.
  • 🚫 FAILURE TO DISPLAY VALID RCAD PERMIT
    • Citations will be issued to anyone parked on campus with an expired RCAD parking permit.
    • Citations will be issued to vehicles parked on campus that do not display a current year RCAD parking permit unless otherwise authorized.
  • 💥 RECKLESS DRIVING
    • The Office of Public Safety will document any vehicle seen driven in an erratic or reckless manor on any campus property. Students driving recklessly will be referred to the Dean of Students Office and staff/faculty will be referred to the appropriate department head.

Rev 6/2024

 
  📞 Emergency 🚨 (941) 359-7500
  📞 Non-emergency (941) 309-4121
  ✉️ publicsafety@ringling.edu