STUDY SESSION CITY COMMISSION-ONA 11-7-07

HOUSING

Ø Boarding Houses (designed to be party houses)

Ø Conflicts with 4 unrelated in a house and boarding house regulations??

Ø Parking (lenient BZA variances problematic)

Ø Affordable housing

Ø Livability declining for owner occupied

EXCESSIVE PARTYING

Ø Excessive Drinking in neighborhood

Ø Noise issues

Ø Trash

Ø Vandalism

Ø Dangerous pedestrian problems with high underage alcohol consumption

BLIGHT

Ø Houses in disrepair

Ø Trash

Ø Sidewalks in need of repair

Ø Homeless shelter in the neighborhood

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS: Permit parking, rental registration, strict adherence to neighborhood codes/few variances, effective trash ordinance, more police presence-City and KU in the Fall, overlay district around KU, appropriate space and location for homeless shelter out of Oread.