KRS 158.481: Authority of local board to regulate traffic and parking -- Fees --

Violations.

(1) Each board of education of a local school district, having the power and authority to

govern and control the method and purpose of use of property owned or oc cupied

by its respective local school district, including travel over that property, is hereby

confirmed in its authority to regulate the traffic and parking of motor vehicles,

bicycles, or other vehicles as well as the traffic of pedestrians on, over, and across

the streets, roads, paths, and grounds of real property owned, used, or occupied by

the local school district. The regulations applicable to traffic and parking may

include but are not limited to the following provisions:

(a) Provisions governing t he registration, speed, operation, parking and times,

places, and manner of use of motor vehicles, bicycles, and other vehicles;

(b) Provisions prescribing penalties for the violation of those regulations, which

penalties may include the imposition of reas onable charges, the removing and

impounding, at the expense of the violator, of vehicles which are operated or

parked in violation of the regulations, and the denial of permission to operate

vehicles on the property of the local school district; and

(c) Provisions establishing reasonable charges and fees for the registration of

vehicles and for the use of parking spaces or facilities owned or occupied by

the local school district. Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall

be deemed to limit or r estrict the powers of any other governmental authority

having jurisdiction over public streets, roads, alleys, or ways.

(2) Motor vehicle moving violations of regulations issued under this section shall be

deemed violations of the appropriate equivalent se ctions of the motor vehicle laws

of the Commonwealth and may be prosecuted in the courts having territorial

jurisdiction over the physical location of the offense.