The Planning and Zoning Commission has posted online its official response to last week's presentation by Quinnipiac University officials of its five-year plan to deal with problems such as the number of students who live in off-campus housing.
University officials say they share the town's concern that too many students live in residential neighborhoods and are working to bring those students back on campus. The more students who live off campus, the more money they cost the university in unused dorm beds, they say.
But commission member contend that the university isn't doing enough to resolve the problem that has led to quality of life issues for residents living in neighborhoods populated by students living in privately-owned homes rented out to students.
higher than it is now. In other words after adding 1,405 beds the number of undergraduates not living on campus will have declined by only 422. Despite it's claim in the Master Plan, at the completion of the dormitory expansion project the University will not be in compliance with Special Permit Condition of Approval 6.e, which states: “The University shall guarantee its full-time undergraduate students four years of on-campus housing by providing sufficient dormitories to accommodate the full-time undergraduate population on-campus.” The University is technically not yet in violation of this condition of the Special Permit. And it states that it stands by its commitment to do so, but the documentation does not support the pledge." So as Mr Kops suggests, for starters no permits for the Engineering school until previous promises are carried out.
Mr. Hoyt is correct that Mr. Kops should take action as QU has stated that it plans to be in violation. No 'Bullying' here as QU has a history of not doing what it promises as pointed out in prior patch articles and the guarantee does not even protect the residents from students who get kicked off-campus for violating school policy but are able to commute and cause havoc in the neighborhoods in houses that are off-campus but QU does not pay taxes on. No time like the present for holding QU accountable for being a responsible and good neighbor.
“The list of properties that have been visited by both campus security and the Hamden Police Department more than once per year indicates there are roughly five such properties each year. There are also repeat offenders. Some of the properties do not have student housing permits and are now under investigation by the Zoning Enforcement Officer.” Could it be that these greedy property owners without the proper permits are causing QU in some way not to meet their goals to bring QU students on campus? Charles I haven’t heard you, Mr. Hoyt or anyone else mention greedy property owns who are adding to the QU housing issue by renting out their priorities to QU students. Does anyone remember this old saying, “It takes Two to Tango”