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Citations and Violations

If you received a citation while parked at the Golden West College campus, please respond within 21 calendar days from the date of the citation with either payment or an appeal. You may use one of the following options to make your payment:

To Pay for a Citation:

  1. Online (credit card only):
    Pay your citations You will need the citation number or the license plate.
  1. In Person (cash only):
    The Public Safety Office accepts cash only (no checks or cards) during office hours. We are in the Southwest corner of the campus next to Nursing & Health Services (Goldenwest St. and Edinger Ave.). Public Safety phone number: 714- 895-8924

If you are on an obligation (records) hold, please call Public Safety to be removed (714) 895-8924. DO NOT mail a check or money order if you are on hold. You must utilize options 1 or 2 to be released.

To Appeal a Citation:

Three levels may be involved in contesting a parking citation issued at Golden West College. The three levels are prescribed by the California Vehicle Code 40215 with the intention of providing students, employees, and visitors with an opportunity to contest parking citations that were issued to their vehicles.

Three Different Levels

Initial Review Request – 1st Level
Administrative Hearing – 2nd Level
Appealing The Administrative Hearing – 3rd Level

To appeal a citation click here https://cccd.t2hosted.com/Account/Portal

Type in your citation or license plate number and click "search citations". A new page will come up asking if you want to add the citation amount to your basket or appeal the citation. Select the appeal option.

You will then be prompted to write the reason why you are appealing the citation. You will also have the option to add any supporting documentation that you may have (ex: photographs, receipt, proof of valid permit, etc.). Then click the submit button. The appeal will then be reviewed by the administrative appeal committee and result notification will be emailed to the email address provided typically within 3 - 5 business days.

Violations

Authorization is granted to the college Public Safety Department to issue parking citations within the campus. Citations will be issued for violation of the Parking Regulations as outlined below. Automatic penalties will be assessed on all fines not paid prior to the specified due date.

All authorized permit parking areas will be enforced Monday through Thursday 7:00 a.m.to 10:00 p.m. and Friday 7:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m.

PARKING REGULATIONS AND RECOMMENDED BAIL
Section Violation Bail
208 No person shall sleep in or remain overnight in any vehicle on campus. No vehicle shall be parked overnight on campus (midnight to 6:00 a.m.) without permission from Public Safety Department. $35.00
401 No parking is allowed in any area that does not have a clearly marked stall, except designated dirt lots. $35.00
402 Vehicles parking within a stall shall not overlap the lines that designate the stall. $35.00
403 No persons shall park or leave standing a vehicle on any walkway, landscaped area, driveway, road or field without prior approval of the Public Safety Department. $35.00
404 No person shall park or leave standing a vehicle not a motorcycle nor moped in an area designated for motorcycles only. $35.00
405 No vehicle shall be parked backwards in diagonal parking stalls. $35.00
406 No person shall park or leave standing a motor vehicle blocking traffic lanes on any campus roadway or parking lot. $40.00
407 When signs or marking (such as red curbs) prohibiting and/or limiting parking are erected or placed upon any street, road, or area, no person shall park or leave standing any vehicle upon such street, road, or area in violation of any such sign or marking. $40.00
409 No person shall park in any area marked in blue and identified as “Handicapped Parking” unless a handicapped placard/license plate issued by DMV is displayed inside the vehicle. $250.00
410 No person shall park in an area posted or marked “Staff Parking” unless a valid staff parking permit is properly displayed. $35.00
411 No person shall park any vehicle in any fashion so as to create a traffic hazard. $40.00
412 No person shall park on campus in a designated permit area without a current, valid parking permit properly displayed either on the left rear bumper or suspended from the rear view mirror, on the dashboard or inside lower left windshield. Motorcycles/mopeds shall have the permit affixed to the left front fork. $35.00
Stolen/Forged/altered/mutilated permit $40.00
413 Vehicles parking in metered stalls must pay for use of the stall as indicated on the meter. Display of a campus parking permit does not preclude payment of meter fees. $35.00

What is head-in only parking at diagonal stall?

To park in a diagonal stall, please simply pull into a spot. Do not pull through one spot to enter another and do not back into a parking spot. The diagonal stall parking row is a one-way street. If the vehicle is pulled through to the next spot or backed into a spot, upon exiting the parking stall, you will be going the wrong way on a one-way street. Please see this graphic for how to park appropriately in the diagonal spots on campus.

Head on only parking

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