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Parking Regulations

  1. Students are to obey all city and state traffic regulations. Students are to follow all ONE WAY directional signs. The speed limit in all parking lots is 10 MPH. Students who do not obey the speed limit near school property will have their parking permit suspended or revoked.
  2. Parking permit hangers must be hanging, with an unobstructed clear view, from your rearview mirror. The permit number must face the exterior and be visible and unobstructed.

Permit holders not displaying the hanger will be issued a ticket.

If you drive a different car and do not have your hanger, you must sign in the car at the front office. If you receive a parking ticket for not having your hanger displayed, you will be responsible to pay the ticket.

  1. Spaces in all student lots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis by student permit holders.
    • Students with parking permits are to park between YELLOW LINES.
    • Parking in the Staff Areas (white lines), in bus zones, along marked and unmarked curbs, along guardrails, or marked visitor or handicapped spaces is prohibited.
    • Cars parked illegally will be ticketed and/or towed at the owners' expense.
    • Parking along the drainage ditch in the west parking lot is not permitted due to safety issues.
  2. Just because you have a parking permit does not mean you cannot be ticketed or towed. Some examples that will cause you to be ticketed or towed may include:
    1. parked in a staff area,
    2. parked in unmarked parking spots,
    3. parked in handicap or visitor space,
    4. do not have your permit tag properly displayed,
    5. excessively loud operation of car stereo equipment,
    6. parking in Heritage, Robert Frost or Warehouse lots.
  3. No student to student parking permit transfers are allowed under any circumstances.
  4. If you permit hanger is lost, stolen, or misplaced, you must report it immediately to the School Resource Officer. A Westerville Police Department Theft Report (for stolen hangers) must be filed before a new hanger is issued. Replacement tags are $10 during the 1st semester and $5 during the 2nd semester.
  5. You are responsible for all tickets issued to your permit number. All tickets must be paid within 10 days. If the ticket is not paid within the 10 days, your parking pass will be taken and held until the parking ticket is paid. Also, if parking tickets are not paid, you will not be able to purchase tickets to school dances.
  6. Any car that has received 3 or more tickets will be placed on a TOW LIST. Additional tickets will cause the car to be towed at the owners' expense. You do not come off this tow list until after you have paid your tickets.
  7. School buses have the right-of-way in all school lots.
  8. All fees and fines must be paid before receiving a parking permit.
  9. Students may not sit in their cars while parked on school grounds. Students are not to leave the building during the school day to get things from their cars without first obtaining permission form the front office. Cars are remain locked while on school grounds. Students are not to allow other students to drive their cars onto or off school grounds.
  10. To obtain a handicap parking permit to use handicap parking at Westerville North, you should contact the office of the State of Ohio Deputy Registrar. Handicap parking permits are issued by the State of Ohio-not Westerville North.
  11. Seniors with lunch permission may not transport students who do not have lunch permission to or from lunch. Transporting students without permission to be out of the building will cause a loss of parking privileges. Students who leave school for lunch without permission may lose parking privileges.