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The Zoning and Housing Subcommittee, chaired by Linda Cross, meets twice a month and has been active on several fronts.
First, they have reached out to landlords who rent to students in a meet and greet.
A second event is being planned for late spring.
These events allow landlords to become familiar with zoning ordinances and historic district requirements The subcommittee became aware of absentee owners who rent to four or more graduate students in single family homes.
The city’s ordinances allow only three unrelated individuals to lease a dwelling unit.
Some of the owners have appeared in building court.
The city has been very helpful.
The owners may keep their tenants till the end of the semester.
They will be re-inspected in the early fall to ascertain whether they have in fact complied. No tenants are disrupted but occupancy should change.
The subcommittee is also looking at short term rentals, AirBnBs. No city law forbids these.
A number of neighbors do not want this type of housing in Skinker DeBaliviere. Alderman Navarro and several of her peers will be holding hearings on this question in the next few weeks.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April–May 2018.
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