Regents' Ordinance Recitals

WHEREAS, Article VIII, Section 5 of the Michigan Constitution of 1963 provides that The Regents of The University of Michigan and their successors in office shall constitute a body corporate and vests in it the general supervision of the University; and

WHEREAS, Section 5 of Public Act 151 of 1851, as amended (Michigan Compiled Laws Annotated, Section 390.5), provides that the Regents shall have power to enact ordinances, by-laws, and regulations for the government of the University; and

WHEREAS, Section 3 of Public Act 151 of 1851, as amended (Michigan Compiled Laws Annotated, Section 390.3), provides that the government of the University is vested in the Regents; and

WHEREAS, Section 1 of Public Act 80 of 1905, as amended (Michigan Compiled Laws Annotated, Section 19.141), provides that the Regents shall have authority to make and prescribe rules and regulations for the care, preservation, and protection of buildings and property dedicated and appropriated to the public use, over which the Regents have jurisdiction or power of control and the conduct of those coming upon University property, which may be necessary for the maintenance of good order and the protection of its property, and further provides that the Regents shall have authority to enforce such rules and regulations; and

WHEREAS, Section 1 of Public Act 291 of 1967 (Michigan Compiled Laws Annotated, Section 390.891), authorizes the Regents to enact parking, traffic, and pedestrian ordinances for the government and control of its campuses, and to provide fines for violations of the ordinances; and Section 3 of that Act permits the Regents to establish a Parking Violations Bureau as an exclusive agency to accept admissions of responsibility in cases of civil infraction violations of any parking ordinance and to collect and retain fines and costs as prescribed in the ordinance for violations; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the above-designated authority, and in discharge of the responsibility imposed by them, The Regents of the University of Michigan deem it necessary to adopt an ordinance and rules and regulations for the care, preservation, protection, and government of University property; for the regulation of the conduct of persons coming upon its property; for the regulation of driving and parking of motor vehicles, vehicles and bicycles upon its property; for the removal and impoundment of motor vehicles, vehicles and bicycles abandoned thereon; for the maintenance of good order; for the promotion of public health, safety, and general welfare in and upon its property; and for any other purposes as permitted under the laws of the State of Michigan.

WHEREAS, nothing herein shall be construed or interpreted to constitute an exclusive remedy for conduct that violates University policy; University ordinances; or municipal, state, federal, or other laws.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: