Police and Parking Services
Parking at Cal Maritime
I. General Information
The Cal Maritime Department of Public Safety is responsible for implementing and enforcing Cal Maritime’s traffic and parking rules and regulations. We want you to acquaint your selves with the rules you must know and understand when you bring your motor vehicles on campus. You are responsible for knowing and understanding the rules and regulations that apply to vehicle use here. These regulations are enforced by employees of the Department of Police and Public Safety .A full copy of the campus parking and traffic regulation is available at the Department of Public Safety.
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II. Parking Permits: Applicability, Duration, Eligibility, and Issuance
All motor vehicles parked on the Cal Maritime campus, except those parked in limited time zones or licensed with Federal plates or State of California 'E' plates, must display an appropriate parking permit. Vehicles that do not display the proper permit will be ticketed.
Purchasing a parking permit does not guarantee that a space will be available and the lack of an appropriate parking space is not an excuse for parking illegally.
Parking lots are designated for students, faculty/staff, and visitors. Signs are posted at the beginning of each lot indicating parking restrictions. Parking permits are valid only on the vehicle or vehicles listed on the parking permit application, and for use only by the authorized operators of those vehicles. Parking on campus is at the risk of the individual. Except for visitor permits which are issued for shorter periods of time, some parking permits are issued by the month, by the academic term, or by the year.
A. Faculty/Staff Parking Permit: Qualified employees may obtain parking registration materials and instructions from the Human Resources Department. The permit is purchased at the cashier’s office.
B. Student Parking Permit: Are available for purchase by students registered for credit courses at Cal Maritime. Students may obtain parking registration materials and instructions from the campus cashier. Misrepresenting student status can result in parking privileges being revoked, and student disciplinary processes and/or criminal prosecution.
C. Continuing Maritime Education Students: Continuing Maritime Education (CME) Department will control issue of CME classes parking permits at the CME center.
D. Motorcycle, motor scooter and mo-ped parking permits are available for purchase by students, faculty and staff. The permit entitles the registered vehicle to park on campus only in spaces expressly designated parking.
E. All boats and vehicle-towed trailers parked on campus must display a valid parking permit.
F. Daily parking permits, temporary and visitor's parking permits are available for purchase by faculty, staff, students, and others wishing to visit and park on the campus. Daily parking permit dispensers are located on campus that dispenses a daily permit for $1.50.
III. Permit Refunds and Replacements
Individuals who purchase a semester or annual parking permit but then decide they do not want it can get a refund if they return the permit from the vehicle or scrapings to the Cashier within ten days of the purchase. Full year permits may be returned for a refund at any time through the end of the Winter Term. A refund schedule is published in the campus policy manual.
When a permit owner replaces one vehicle with another, he or she should remove the permit from the old car and bring the remnants to the Cashier. There is a replacement fee of $10.00.
IV. Miscellaneous Provisions
The operators of vehicles that break down on campus will notify the Department of Police and Public Safety immediately, indicating the location of the vehicle and the operator's plan for removing it. Disabled vehicles must be moved or towed out of right of ways, and may not be left anywhere on the campus for more than 72 hours..
Vehicles not displaying license plates or temporary registrations will be considered abandoned if they are not moved within 72 hours. Abandoned vehicles will be towed at the owner's expense.
No one may live or sleep in a vehicle of any kind on Cal Maritime’s property. Streets, parking lots and other areas may not be used for habitation in cars, trailers, campers, motor homes, trucks, buses, or other vehicles. Violators may be cited for improper parking and/or be towed.
Individuals and groups desiring special parking arrangements may apply at the Department of Public Safety for permission. Under some circumstances, a fee may be charged for making special parking arrangements.
VI. Miscellaneous Provisions
The Citation Appeal Process is provided for the review and processing of contested parking citations involving violations of the California Vehicle Code and Cal Maritime Parking Policies. It is the primary goal of the appeal process to provide all individuals issued a parking violation a forum in which the facts of their case may be reviewed fairly and a disposition rendered in a timely manner.
Individuals who have received a parking citation have the right to appeal the citation under a three-step process outlined by the Vehicle Code Section 40215.
Step 1”Initial Review"
Step 2 "Administrative Hearing"
Step 3 "Court Appeal"
Parking Citation Dismissal Considerations
As specified in California Vehicle Code Section 40202 (f) “Under no circumstances shall a personal relationship with any officer, public official, or law enforcement agency be grounds for cancellation.”
Circumstances that may provide reason for cancellation of a parking citation generally includes the following categories.
1. Administrative error.
a. Administrative notification procedures and timetables specified by the California Vehicle Code was not followed in issuance or processing of a citation.
b. Officer erroneously cites a vehicle, or erroneously fills out a Notice of Parking violation in a manner that casts doubts as to the identification of the vehicle.
c. Misinformation by a University parking enforcement official results in the issuance of a parking citation.
2. Emergency circumstances.
A Verifiable personal or University emergency.
A Parking Citation Initial Review Form may be downloaded at:
www.pmbonline.org/Publications/CSU_Maritime.pdf