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  definitions

Subject to additional definitions in subsequent provisions of these rules and regulations, the words and phrases below shall be defined hereafter as follows:

Authorized Vehicle : Any vehicle designated as such by definition in the Vehicle Laws of Pennsylvania.

Boot : An instrument which attaches to a vehicle wheel to temporarily immobilize a vehicle.

Commuter Student : Any person enrolled in formal or informal instruction programs of the University who does not reside in Gannon housing.

Commuter Parking Lots : Any parking area that is restricted for use by commuter students during specified time spans.

Employee Lot : Those parking areas that are identified and restricted for use by employees during specified time spans.

Emergency Vehicle : Any vehicle designated as such by definition of the Vehicle Laws of Pennsylvania.

Faculty and Staff : All persons who are not students and are employed full-time or part-time by Gannon University.

Fire Lane : Any area of access to a building in which parking is restricted for use by emergency vehicles.

Handicapped Drop-off : Any designated area adjacent to a building that is reserved for the purpose of loading or unloading person(s) with disabilities.

Handicapped Space : Any designated parking space that is reserved for a vehicle which is owned and operated by a disabled person as defined by the Vehicle Code.

Park or Parking :

Permitted Parking : The temporary storage of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, off of public roadways and on property owned or controlled by Gannon University.

Prohibited Parking : The halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily for the purpose of and while actually engaging in loading or unloading of property or passengers.

Pedestrian : Persons afoot, or persons in wheelchairs.

Permit : An instrument issued by the Campus Police and Safety Office to verify that the operator of a vehicle:

  1. Is entitled to parking privileges
  2. Has registered the vehicle with the University
  3. Has paid any applicable fee.

Reserved Parking : A specified parking space that is assigned for use by an individual person during a specific time span.

Resident Student : All persons enrolled in formal instructional programs of the University and who reside in Gannon housing.

Resident Parking Lot : Those parking areas that are restricted for use by vehicles belonging to resident students.

Roadway : The entire width between boundary lines maintained for the purpose of access and agrees to approved parking spaces that are owned or controlled by Gannon University.

Shall : Indicates that an action is required.

Sidewalk : Improved areas designed specifically for pedestrian traffic.

Suspension : To withdraw a permit and/or parking privileges.

Vehicle : Bicycles, automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, motorbikes, motor scooters and any other motor-driven vehicle. A skateboard is not a vehicle under this definition.

Visitor: Any person who conducts personal or professional business on campus and is neither a student nor an employee.

Visitor Pass : An instrument to register and grant temporary parking privileges to a visitor for a specified period of time.

Walkway : Any area specifically designed for pedestrian traffic only