30.17.0 Transportation
30.17.1 Registration
No student, employee or member of any organization utilizing space on the campus shall operate or park a motor vehicle of any kind or description on premises or property under the control of the College unless such motor vehicle is properly registered with the University Police Department.
Such registration shall be conditioned upon the registrant’s payment of a motor vehicle registration fee and any applicable parking fee, as approved by the Chancellor or designee.
Upon payment of a motor vehicle registration fee and any applicable parking fee at the One Hop Shop located in the Miller Campus Center, a permit shall be issued, which must be affixed to the vehicle in accordance with instructions provided. Where such registered vehicle is sold or transferred or where the owner is no longer enrolled or in the employ of the institution, or in the event of the revocation of the registration, such permit must be removed and returned.
All honorably discharged veterans will be exempt from the parking and registration fee. These students must present Form DD214 to the Veterans Coordinator to verify that they have been honorably discharged. Students still need to register their motor vehicles and will be issued a parking permit.
A detailed set of regulations with respect to operation of and parking of automobiles on campus may be obtained from the University Police Department.
30.17.2 Enforcement
The penalty for violation of these regulations is a $15.00 fine for each infraction and a $50.00 fine for violation of a handicapped space. Upon a finding that five campus parking violations have been incurred during an academic year, the campus motor vehicle registration may be revoked with a loss of parking privileges for the balance of the academic year and may result in the vehicle being towed from the campus at the violator’s expense.
Temporary parking permits are issued at the University Police Department.
30.17.3 Accessible Parking
There are reserved parking spaces for people with disabilities available. They are clearly marked and are only for the use of individuals who have received special identification parking permits.
To obtain a person with disability permit:
- A severely disabled person may apply for a person with disability permit through an issuing agent. The issuing agent shall issue permits only to residents of the city, town or village in which such issuing agent is located. (You should apply for the disability permit in the city, town or village where you reside).
- A temporary special vehicle identification parking permit will be issued by the University Police Department to a person who is temporarily unable to ambulate without the aid of an assisting device. To obtain this special permit you must:
- Complete an application for a special permit (from the University Police Department).
- Provide certified proof from a physician that a need exists, a description of the disability, the length of time the special permit will be needed and the type of assisting device you will be using for the disability.
The temporary special vehicle permit shall be valid for not more than six months.
30.17.4 Wheeled-Vehicle Policy
SUNY Canton recognizes that the following forms of transportation (Including but not limited to: bicycles, skateboards, electric skateboards, E-bikes, scooters, E-scooters, roller blades, hoverboard/hoverboard type vehicles) and other low impact forms of wheeled transportation are legitimate methods of both exercise and transportation. However, some people choose to utilize these items in other than a conventional manner, thereby creating a physical danger to themselves and others as well as a hazard to property. To continue to provide for the open use of college property for these modes of transportation, the following guidelines are adopted.
No wheeled vehicles used for personal transportation are to be within any campus building, except youth strollers and those that assist disabled persons in navigating campus.
Bicycles, E-bicycles, scooters, and E-scooters when not in use, must be securely locked to approved bicycle racks. Items secured to trees, poles, stairways, railings, handrails, and guard rails or block wheelchair ramps, pedestrian egress, creates a safety hazard or appears to have been abandoned, may be impounded by University Police.
Skateboarders, rollerbladers, and hoverboarders using sidewalks will do so safely and will yield the right of way to pedestrians. They must travel at a safe speed and may not do any of the following activities: jumping, riding over steps and/or curbs, riding on walls and railings.
Skateboarders and rollerbladers, using campus roadways will travel at a safe speed, in the right lane of traffic only, as close to the righthand curb as is feasible.
Motorized vehicles (Including but not limited to: E-scooters, E-bicycles or (bicycle with electric assist), mopeds, motorcycles) should not be operated on sidewalks or parked in any manner to block or impede pedestrian egress, emergency exits, or handicap access feature to any campus building. Motorized vehicle will travel at a safe speed and yield to pedestrians.
Owners must be present during all charging of hoverboards, E skateboards, E-bicycles, E-scooters and follow the operations manual for proper charging, storage, repair and maintenance.
From New York State Department of Motor Vehicles:
Electric scooters and bicycles and other unregistered vehicles
Operating an electric scooter or bicycle with electric assist
Effective April 2020 - the law allows people to operate bicycles with electric assist (e-bikes) on some streets and highways in New York State.
Effective August 2, 2020 - the law allows people to operate electric scooters (e-scooters) and bicycles with electric assist (e-bikes) on some streets and highways in New York State.
Electric scooter - a type of device with handlebars, a floorboard or a seat, and an electric motor that can be powered by the electric motor and/or human power.
Bicycle with electric assist - multiple classes of bicycle with an electric motor and operable pedals. A bicycle with electric assist doesn’t qualify for a registration as a motorcycle, limited use motorcycle, moped or ATV and doesn’t have the same equipment.
You can operate an electric scooter or bicycle with electric assist on some streets and highways in New York State:
You can operate these devices on highways with a posted speed limit of 30 MPH or less.
Municipalities can further regulate the time, place and manner of operation of these devices.
You cannot operate these devices on a sidewalk except as authorized by local law or ordinance.
Note: An electric scooter or bicycle with electric assist cannot be registered but still may be operated on some streets and highways in New York State.
- Electric scooter. Every device weighing less than one hundred pounds that
- has handlebars, a floorboard or a seat that can be stood or sat upon by the operator, and an electric motor,
- can be powered by the electric motor and/or human power, and
- has a maximum speed of no more than twenty miles per hour on a paved level surface when powered solely by the electric motor.
Note: It is illegal to operate an electric scooter (as defined in §114-e of NYS VTL) in excess of fifteen miles per hour.
- Bicycle with electric assist. A bicycle which is no more than thirty-six inches wide and has an electric motor of less than seven hundred fifty watts, equipped with operable pedals, meeting the equipment and manufacturing requirements for bicycles adopted by the Consumer Product Safety Commission under 16 C.F.R. Part 1512.1 et seq. and meeting the requirements of one of the following three classes:
- "Class one bicycle with electric assist." A bicycle with electric assist having an electric motor that provides assistance only when the person operating such bicycle is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when such bicycle reaches a speed of twenty miles per hour.
- "Class two bicycle with electric assist." A bicycle with electric assist having an electric motor that may be used exclusively to propel such bicycle, and that is not capable of providing assistance when such bicycle reaches a speed of twenty miles per hour.
- "Class three bicycle with electric assist." Solely within a city having a population of one million or more, a bicycle with electric assist having an electric motor that may be used exclusively to propel such bicycle, and that is not capable of providing assistance when such bicycle reaches a speed of twenty-five miles per hour.