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Higher parking fines, wheel lock fees considered
Wednesday, december 9, 1981
By Tricia Waters
At next month's meeting, the Parking Advisory Com
mittee will consider what type of parking permits will be
used for the 1082-83 school year and whether to change
parking regulations.
Tuesday the committee discussed possible changes.
Regulation changes would involve parking ticket fines,
wheel locks and towing.
Police can place wheel locks on cars or have them
towed if their owners have three unpaid tickets or $20 in
outstanding ticket fines. A car can be towed if it's parked
in a fire lane, reserved spot, on the grass and other areas.
Shcrryl Chamberlain of the UNL police parking division
suggested changes in parking fines, increasing several by
50 percent. For example, the fine for no valid permit
would increase from $10 to $20.
Chamberlain said the fine increases might discourage
students from parking illegally and accumulating several
parking tickets.
('apt. Ken Markle of UNL parking, an adviser to the
committee, suggested an increase in wheel lock fee re
moval or doing away with the wheel locks.
Markle said the present $5 wheel lock removal fee
doesn't seem to deter students from accumulating parking
tickets. He also said the locks will need to be replaced
soon, at a cost of S300 each.
The present $5 removal fee is not enough to make it
worthwhile for officers to spend time to put them on, he
said.
Committee President Gordon Scholz said he favored
increasing the wheel lock fee to where it compared to
towing fees ($20). lie said towing cars with unpaid tickets
was a waste of energy, and sometimes towers can damage
cars.
Markle and committee member Clint Hoover said they
favored eliminating wheel locks and towing vehicles in
stead. Hoover referred to students' accumulating unpaid
tickets.
"I really think the towing would deter it," Hoover said.
At its next meeting the committee will consider park
ing permits. Markle said the hanging permit has been
criticized as a nuisance because it blocks vision, but he
has heard many good comments about it too.
Hoover said he had heard a few comments about the
nuisance factor, however, people seem to have adjusted to
it.
Committee member Vi Schrocdcr said people have said
they liked the permits when they had to switch them to
different cars in emergency situations. She said the hang
ing permits might be made narrower, to make them less of
a nuisance in blocking vision.
The committee allows time at the beginning of its
meetings for people to ask questions or make suggestions.
People who want to speak about the proposed changes
can attend the Jan. 12 meeting in the Nebraska Union at
3 p.m.
No student committee members attended Tuesday's
meeting.
Also at the meeting, Markle reported that a temporary
Area 15 parking lot has been opened for students at 10th
and R streets. Previously, the people parked in an Area 14
lot near the 501 Building.
If the new lot can be maintained as an Area 15 lot, it
will make spaces available for students in the Area 14 lot,
Markle said, lie said it will help music students and others
who have to walk farther to buildings.
Vandals damage three cars
While taking a car vandalism report, a
UNL police officer discovcrdd that a
vandal hit two other cars in the area some
time Saturday.
Hie three cars were parked in the Area
2 lot at 18th and Vine streets.
Officer Larry Chamberlain had respond
ed to a call from Steve Schvvorcr, 18, of
Abel. Schworer's 1977 Honda had a
broken window, valued at $75. About
$lz4 worth ol stereo equipment
was
stolen.
Besides it, a 1973 Ford owned by James
Hanson, 18, of Abel Residence Hall, had
stereo equipment and miscellaneous items
taken from it. It's window damage was esti
mated at $100.
Hie third car, owned by Jody Nelson,
18, of Abel Residence Hall, had not been
entered. However, a broken window and
other damage, were estimated at a loss of
$200.
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