Parking Policy and Regulations

Responsible Office: Physical Resources

Responsible Officer: Associate Vice-President (Physical Resources)

Effective Date: May 1, 2025

Previous Reviews: See Revision History

Approving Authority: Associate Vice-President (Physical Resources)

Purpose

The purpose of this policy is to facilitate the safe and orderly conduct of University traffic and parking activity to effect University mission by:

• Supporting pedestrian and vehicular traffic accessing, entering onto, circulating within, and exiting from University property.
• Providing parking services on University property established through and consistent with the University Campus Master Plan.

The Policy

The Responsible Officer has overall responsibility, authority, and jurisdiction for the development, implementation, and administration of this policy, including enforcement of applicable legislation on University property. Operational responsibilities are delegable to University units:

• Physical Resources is the assigned University unit responsible for planning, design, development, and maintenance of University property, including the University campus master plan;

• Campus Parking Services, reporting through Ancillary Operations, is the assigned University unit responsible for operating parking services as well as providing parking enforcement at the University’s main campus in Guelph, Ontario;

• the Campus Safety Office is the assigned University unit responsible for enforcement of legislation and University policy, including this policy, on University property.

The Responsible Officer establishes an administrative system for the regulation of (pedestrian and vehicular) traffic and parking to effect the requirements of this policy. The system aligns with the University’s strategic and operational framework. It reflects University values and is informed by best practices among similar institutional and municipal systems.

The system also aligns with legislation, whether federal, provincial, municipal, or otherwise, relating to (pedestrian and vehicular) traffic and parking, and applicable to the University, to University property, or to activity on University property. The University may supplement applicable legislation with further prohibitions, restrictions, or other requirements considered advisable by the University.

This policy applies at all times to every person while on University property, and to every vehicle accessing, entering onto, circulating within, and exiting from University property. Any person found to have violated legislation or University policy, including this policy, may be subject to University sanction, including, but not limited to, incurring monetary fines, having parking privileges revoked, and/ or in the case of employment, be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.