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POLICIES 101 weather and road conditions and pedestrian traffic. Maximum speed is 20 miles per hour. • All traffic laws must be obeyed at all times. Howard Community College assumes no responsibility for damage to or loss of vehicles or private property while on campus. Any vehicle or bicycle parked on campus 30 days or more or after hours in designated areas and lots, risks being towed at the owner or operator's expense. Vehicles parked in college parking lots after 1:00 a.m. without prior authorization from public safety, parked in fire zones, no-parking areas, or improperly parked in handicapped or reserved spaces, will be subject to towing at the owner's expense. Prior to having the vehicle towed, the college's public safety office will notify the duty officer of the Howard County police department by telephone. Within 10 days of the vehicle being towed, the college's public safety office will attempt to determine the owner and send a certified letter to the owner indicating when and where the vehicle was towed. To determine the owner, the college's public safety office will first check the college's records. If the owner is still undetermined, the college's public safety office will attempt to determine the owner through the Maryland Department of Motor Vehicles. The public safety office will keep a record of all vehicles towed, which includes the date towed and the location where towed. PARKING Parking is defined as stationing a vehicle, with or without a driver in attendance and irrespective of time of day or length of time the vehicle is stationed. All students driving vehicles on campus are required to register their vehicles. Parking hang tags are obtained from the Public Safety office in the Rouse Company Foundation building. The responsibility of finding a legal parking space rests with the motor vehicle operator. It is impossible to mark with signs or paint curbs in all areas of the college where parking is prohibited; parking is therefore restricted to designated parking areas only. Lack of space is not considered a valid excuse for violation of these regulations. The fact that one disregards any regulations and does not receive a citation does not mean that the applicable regulation is no longer in effect. • Parking regulations are in effect 24 hours per day, seven days per week. • Vehicles must park in such a manner as to utilize only one parking space. • Some parking lots may have designated parking spaces for low emission/high efficiency vehicles as well as parking spaces designated for carpools. These spaces are marked in the lots. Carpool users will need to obtain a pass from Sustainability office to park in the carpool spaces. A listing of low emission and high efficiency (LEHE) vehicles is maintained by the US Green Car Council. To apply for the (LEHE) vehicle sticker, documentation (i.e., vehicle manual) must be provided to the Public Safety office. Public Safety will issue stickers for approved vehicles that must be placed on the right rear bumper. Cars parking in the carpool spaces that do not have appropriate passes and cars parking in the low emission/high efficiency vehicle spaces that do not meet the standards will be ticketed.