Campus Parking
Rockingham Community College offers adequate and convenient parking on campus for its students, faculty, staff, and visitors.
Speed Limits and Parking Areas
The speed limit on campus is 15 mph on all roads and 10 mph in all parking lots. The college maintains six large, paved parking lots. Parking on campus is permitted in designated areas. Most spaces on campus are designated for students and visitors. A limited number are marked for faculty and staff, and a few spaces are marked for visitors only. Students must not park in faculty/staff or visitor spaces, and faculty and staff must not park in student/visitor spaces. Parking regulations are in effect during day and evening hours. Parking in the Administration Building lot is primarily for visitors; 15-minute parking is allowed in spaces in front of the building.
Visitors
Visitor parking is available in all six paved parking lots on campus. Temporary parking permits are available from the Welcome Desk in the Student Center, division administrative assistants, and the Administration Building receptionist.
Handicapped Parking Permits
Parking in handicapped spaces requires use of the official “handicapped/disabled” parking placard that is issued by the State, and which must be visible inside the vehicle when hanging from the interior rear-view mirror; a “Handicap” license tag or a “Disabled Veteran” license tag. The “handicapped/disabled” placard must be registered to the individual parking in a “disability access” parking space. Fines may be assessed to persons using “handicapped/disabled” parking placards or license tags not registered to them.
Vehicle Registration
All students, faculty, and staff are required to register their motor vehicles. Students may register their vehicles at the Welcome Desk in Whitcomb Student Center and obtain parking stickers here upon presentation of a receipt for payment of tuition and fees. The parking sticker must be placed on the lower corner inside the windshield on the driver’s side. Temporary permits can be obtained at the Welcome Desk and must be used whenever it is necessary to drive an unregistered vehicle on campus. RCC employees register their vehicles during normal business hours at the switchboard/receptionist desk in the Administration Building.
Towing of Vehicles
Vehicles illegally parked in disability-access spaces, on roadways/service roads, or in visitor or reserved spaces during normal operating hours Monday through Friday are subject to being towed at the owner’s expense. Vehicles registered to students that are parked in faculty/staff spaces also are subject to towing.
Parking Citations and Fines
Parking citations will be issued for failure to comply with campus regulations. Fines in the amount of $5 are due for failure to display a parking sticker, parking sticker improperly displayed, prohibited parking (in roads, service roads, etc.), unauthorized parking in reserved spaces, utilizing two parking spaces and safe driving violations.
Parking illegally in a disability-access space carries a maximum fine of $250. This includes parking in a “disability-access” space with a placard or tag registered to another person if the driver does not have a verified disability. Note that vehicles can be traced with or without a parking permit.
Payment of Parking Fines
Fines can be paid during normal business hours Monday through Friday at the Switchboard receptionist desk in the Administration Building. If you feel a parking citation was unjustly administered, you may appeal to the Associate Vice President for Facilities and External Affairs, whose office is located in the Administration Building.
Consequences of Unpaid Parking Fines
Student records may be encumbered for failure to pay a parking fine, by the James Library for losses, damages, or unpaid fines, or by the Admissions Office for failure to provide all pertinent transcripts. Also, encumbrances may be issued by the Whitcomb Student Center or by the Keys Gym for damaged or lost equipment, and by the faculty for books or materials not returned to them. An encumbrance means that a student may not receive grades, have a transcript request processed, or register for courses until the encumbrance has been cleared. To clear an encumbrance, a student must contact the office issuing the encumbrance, satisfy the conditions of that office, and obtain a written release.