Yes, I read that too. But I was never given a copy of this handbook. I was never sent any kind of email that talked about bike regulations. Yes, you can argue that being a student entails going online, finding a handbook, reading it, and following the rules. But I would also say that the university did no due diligence to inform the public of these rules. When the city passes a law it's noted in the matters of record in the paper. But the university can just make up any kinds of rules and start citing people for them.
Also, they never ruled against my appeal. I'm still waiting on it. My question is, how can they dictate the reasons why you can't file an appeal? You have the right to challenge a traffic ticket even if you were speeding. And you have the right to a hearing. If it was the city that impounded my bike I would have these rights, right? So I'm just wondering how the university, which is an un-elected group of administrators, has the right to create its own rules under which you aren't allowed any of the normal freedoms that the law provides.
If you had your car impounded for parking in some sort of restricted parking area that wasn't marked at all and were told, "just go online and look through the city code and you'll find that under section 34.6 it's illegal to park in front of a house that has two cats," you'd probably want to challenge this citation as well.

