8 CRR-NY 568.4NY-CRR
STATE COMPILATION OF CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
TITLE 8. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER V. STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
SUBCHAPTER C. ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF STATE-OPERATED INSTITUTIONS OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
ARTICLE 3. VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND PARKING
PART 568. STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AT PURCHASE
8 CRR-NY 568.4
8 CRR-NY 568.4
568.4 Traffic regulations.
(a) Traffic control devices.
(1) No person shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any instruction, direction or regulation displayed on any post, standard sign or marking on any roadway or parking area or other device installed or placed for the regulation of traffic on SUNY-owned property.
(2) No person shall deface, damage or remove any traffic control device without authorization. Such interference with a traffic control device shall be unlawful.
(b) Speed limits.
(1) No person shall drive a vehicle on university streets, roads or highways at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing. But in no event shall a person drive a vehicle in excess of 30 miles per hour unless a different speed is authorized and indicated by the university or the Department of Transportation.
(2) Maximum speed in any of the campus parking lots is 15 miles per hour.
(3) Fifteen miles per hour is the maximum speed through the tunnel on Lincoln Avenue and for a distance of 500 feet south of the tunnel and 500 feet north of the tunnel on Lincoln Avenue. Speed in excess of 15 miles per hour shall be unlawful.
(4) Fifteen miles per hour is the maximum speed through the service area from Lincoln Avenue to Brigid Flanigan Drive. Speed in excess of 15 miles per hour shall be unlawful.
(5) Maximum speed in the PAC drive and underpass, service roadways, roadways around the original campus buildings and on Cottage Avenue between Brigid Flanigan Drive and Lincoln Avenue is 15 miles per hour. Speed in excess of 15 miles per hour shall be unlawful.
(6) No person shall operate a bicycle or other human powered vehicle anywhere on university property at a speed in excess of 15 miles per hour.
(c) One-way traffic.
Upon a roadway restricted to one-way traffic, no vehicle shall proceed in the opposite direction. The following roadways are one-way traffic flows:
(1) Traffic through parking lots when applicable will be one-way as indicated by signage.
(2) Streets D and E around the cemetery are one-way in a counterclockwise direction.
(3) Cottage Avenue between Brigid Flanigan Drive and Lincoln Avenue is one-way in an easterly direction.
(4) Circumference Road of the W3 apartments is one way in a counter clockwise direction.
(d) Driving off pavement.
No vehicle shall enter upon any unimproved area or drive off of the improved or paved roadway of any SUNY-owned property except when directed to do so by those persons with authority to regulate traffic. The provisions in this subdivision shall not apply to university and local police, maintenance or emergency vehicles.
(e) Parking.
(1) All vehicles must be parked in assigned areas.
(2) No parking is permitted on the following streets:
(i) Lincoln Avenue;
(ii) Brigid Flanigan Drive;
(iii) service roads;
(iv) East West Road;
(v) any of the service and pedestrian roadways between and around buildings, namely Streets A, B, C, D, E and F; and
(vi) any of the roadways around the original campus buildings, W3 apartments and access roadways to the Performing Arts Center.
(3) Vehicles may not be parked off the paved areas.
(4) No vehicle may be operated on other than the designated streets, roadways or parking lots on the campus.
(5) Vehicles, when parked in parking lots, must be parked between the pavement stripings.
(6) No person shall park a vehicle on the premises of the college in such a manner as to interfere with the use of a fire hydrant, fire lane or other emergency zone, create any other hazard or unreasonably interfere with the free and proper use of a roadway or pedestrian right- of-way.
(7) No vehicle may park in or upon any pedestrian right-of-way nor shall any vehicle be driven upon any pedestrian right-of-way.
(8) Vehicles parked in violation of the official campus traffic regulations may be towed away by an independent vendor operating under contract who must be paid for his services by the vehicle owner.
(9) Vehicles parked in violation of the official campus traffic regulations may be restrained in place by means of a vehicle restraining device locked to a wheel of the offending vehicle. A charge for the installation and removal of such device may be imposed by the university police department in addition to any fines incurred for the parking violation. Any damage incurred by attempts of the driver or owner of the vehicle to move said vehicle shall be the liability and responsibility of the person causing the damage.
(f) Disabled vehicles.
Disabled vehicles shall be driven or moved off the paved portion of the roadway so as to prevent obstruction of traffic, but a disabled vehicle shall be permitted to remain on such unpaved portion only until temporary repairs are made or until power can be obtained to remove it, but any such disabled vehicle must be removed within at least 24 hours.
(g) Repairing vehicles.
A vehicle shall not be parked or stopped on any roadway, parking area or any other place for the purpose of being serviced or repaired, including body work, except with the permission of the university police department.
(h) Abandoned vehicles.
No person shall abandon or shall cause to be abandoned (as defined in the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York) a motor vehicle anywhere on the college campus. Vehicles abandoned anywhere on property owned or controlled by the college may be towed away and disposed of at the expense of the last registered owner.
(i) Impounding vehicles.
Vehicles illegally parked or abandoned or disabled in such a place as to constitute a safety hazard or to interfere with public convenience on SUNY-owned property, may be towed away and impounded.
(j) Roads closed.
Entrance roads to the SUNY College at Purchase campus, at the discretion of the campus president, may be closed to traffic between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. daily. All vehicles entering the campus between those hours would do so through the main entrance to the campus at Anderson Hill Road. Before entering, all vehicles would stop and the driver and occupants identify themselves in the manner set forth in the directives of the President of the State University of New York at Purchase. Persons not properly identifying themselves or giving proper reason for entry to the campus may be denied entrance and turned away.
(k) Unregistered or uninsured vehicles.
No vehicle may be operated upon the campus of the State University College at Purchase unless that vehicle is registered and insured as required by the Vehicle and Traffic Law and the regulations of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. It shall be a violation to park an unregistered vehicle on the SUNY College at Purchase campus. Vehicles found to be operating without a valid motor vehicle registration or without insurance may be impounded and towed away at the expense of the owner.
(l) Trucks.
Trucks over 10,000 pounds are not permitted on any campus roadway, except for local delivery and pickup or for construction or other work on the Purchase College campus.
8 CRR-NY 568.4
Current through July 31, 2021
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