Parking Fines: Violators of the college’s parking regulations will be cited and/or the vehicle may be impounded at the owner’s expense. Fines vary between $20.00 to $50.00, depending on the violation. All fines are paid through the Cashier’s Office. Failure to pay for outstanding parking citations will result in denial of subsequent registration and withholding of transcripts.
Special Parking Permits: The Office of Disability Support Services, issues a limited number of special reserved parking permits for students with temporary medical disabilities. Students with temporary medical disabilities should pick up a form at the Office of Disability Support Services for their physician to document their disability and request special parking in the medical reserved area. These permits are issued at no charge for designated periods of time. Failure to renew the special permit will result in the vehicle being cited. Student Parking on the Main Campus is permitted in any designated student parking lot on a firstcome, first-served basis with the EXCEPTION of part-time faculty spaces, faculty/staff reserved parking spaces (names or numbered parking stalls), state disabled parking spaces, medical reserved spaces, yellow curbing, fire lanes, driveways and/or roadway or unlined open areas. Vehicles MUST be parked between the white lines of the parking stall (excluding the gravel parking lot). Cars in violation of the parking regulations will be cited. NOTE: Students parking after 3:00 p.m. may park in areas marked “reserved”, “visitor”, “medical” or those spaces designated by name. Part-time faculty spaces are reserved until 10:00 p.m.
Appeals: Appeal forms are available in the Office of Student Services (Room 110) or on-line at www.ghc.edu/parking.htm. Registrations and official college transcripts will be withheld for failure to meet financial obligations to the college, including fines.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND EVACUATION PROCEDURES All members of the Grays Harbor College (GHC) community are urged to notify the Chief of Campus Operations, Safety and Security or designee of any situation or incident on campus that involves a significant emergency or dangerous situation that may involve an immediate or on-going threat to the health and safety of students and/or employees on campus. The Chief of Campus Operations, Safety and Security or designee has the responsibility of responding to and summoning the necessary resources to investigate, mitigate and document any situation that may cause a significant emergency or dangerous situation. Further, the Chief of Campus Operations, Safety and Security or designee has the responsibility to respond to such incidents to determine if the situation does in fact pose a threat to the campus community. If that is the case, Federal Law requires that the institutions immediately notify the campus community or the appropriate segments of the community that may be affected by the situation. In the event of a serious incident, which poses an immediate threat to members of the GHC community, the College has several systems in place for communicating information quickly to those individuals. Some or all of these methods of communication may be activated in the event of an immediate threat to the GHC campus community. These methods of communication include emails, voice messages, fire alarms, FlashAlert (http://flashalert.net), postings on the GHC Website (http://www.ghc.edu) and emergency text messages (individuals can sign up for this service at http://www.ghc.edu/alerts/index.html). The Chief of Campus Operations, Safety and Security or designee is authorized to send out emergency messages. Upon receiving information regarding an emergency or dangerous situation, that poses an immediate or on-going threat to the health and safety of students and/or employees on campus, the Chief of Campus Operations, Safety and Security or designee will immediately notify the College President, a Vice President or designee. If the Chief of Campus Operations, Safety and Security or designee confirms that, an emergency or dangerous situation poses an immediate threat to the health or safety of some or all members of the GHC community; then the College President, Vice President(s), Chief of Campus Operations, Safety and Security or designee will determine the content of the message and use some or all of the communication systems mentioned above to communicate the threat to the GHC community or to the appropriate segment of the community. Grays Harbor College will determine the content of the notification and initiate the notification system, unless issuing a notification will, in the judgment of law enforcement agencies, compromise the efforts to assist a victim or to contain, respond to, or otherwise mitigate the emergency. The College provides safety, security and evacuation procedures on the GHC Webpage at http:// www.ghc.edu/security, and posters and signage located throughout campus. The response and evacuation procedures are reviewed annually. The College also conducts campus emergency drills and exercises and participates in countywide emergency exercises.
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