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§ 9-2801. Definitions.  1227
   The terms Educational Housing District and Student shall have the meanings as defined under Chapter 10-1800. The term Adult Supervisor shall mean a person at least 21 years of age.

 

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   Amended, Bill No. 020484 (approved October 16, 2002).
§ 9-2802. Notification Requirements.
   (1)   Each student living, or intending to live, in an Educational Housing District while attending school must:
      (a)   before signing a lease or becoming a tenant of a property located in an Educational Housing District, notify his or her property owner or manager that he or she is a student, provide the property owner or manager with the name of the school he or she attends and advise the property owner or manager whether the school is in an Educational Housing District; and
      (b)   provide the college or university that he or she attends with his or her local address no later than September 1 of each year or in accordance with the adopted policy of the college or university for the provision of local addresses in order to assist the college or university in its efforts to contact students in the event that the college or university needs to notify them of matters involving danger or threats to health, safety or the general welfare, respond to local or national emergencies, or respond to any lawful government inquiry. The student shall notify the college or university within five (5) days of any change in that address.
   (2)   Each college or university that has a substantial portion of its facilities located within an Educational Housing District shall:
      (a)   require that its students provide the college or university with a current address at which the student is living while attending the college or university and notify the college or university within five (5) days of any change in that address;
      (b)   certify in writing to the Department by October 1 of each year that the college or university has obtained such addresses from at least ninety-five percent (95%) of its students and shall maintain the privacy and security of all such information in accordance with the general policies, procedures and operations of the college or university regarding student data and information;
      (c)   provide its students with a copy of Chapters 10-1800 and 9-2800 of this Code each year at the time of registration.
§ 9-2803. Information to Be Provided to Police Department by Colleges and Universities.
   (1)   Each college and university that has a substantial portion of its facilities located within an Educational Housing District must, by September 1 of each year, provide the Police Department with:
      (a)   a security plan for its students residing in and around the university or college campus. Such plan shall include:
         (.1)   an explanation of the security measures to be provided at any dormitory or any off-campus housing leased by the college or university in an Educational Housing District on behalf of students; and
         (.2)   an explanation of the security measures to be provided in any area in the vicinity of the college or university located in an Educational Housing District where a significant number of the college or university's students live.
      (b)   the university or college's policy regarding student discipline and the policy of the college or university regarding notification to the college or university student disciplinary body for violations of the provisions referenced in Section 10-1802 of the Code. A college or university shall not disclose any information to any person regarding actions taken by or final decisions made by a college or university student disciplinary body except as provided by law.
      (c)   a statement reflecting the college or university's policy regarding which categories of students (freshmen, sophomores, juniors or seniors) are permitted by the college or university to own, operate or control vehicles on or off of the campus of the college or university and a parking plan for cars owned, operated or controlled by its students explaining the means used to control parking on the grounds of the campus and of controlling parking at any area in the vicinity of the college or university located in an Educational Housing District where a significant number of the college or university's students live.
      (d)   the policy statement required under Section 9-2804(6).
   (2)   Within ten (10) days of receipt of a third notice of violation by a student of the provisions referenced in Section 10-1802, the college or university shall provide the Police Department with notice as to whether the college or university student disciplinary body has been notified of such third notice of violation. A college or university shall not disclose any information to any person regarding actions taken by or final decisions made by a college or university disciplinary body except as provided by law.
§ 9-2804. Vehicle Identification Requirement.
   (1)   In order to assist the college or university in its efforts to: contact students in order to notify them of matters involving danger or threats to health, safety or the general welfare; respond to local or national emergencies; or respond to any lawful government inquiry, each college or university that has a substantial portion of its facilities located in whole or in part in an Educational Housing District shall require that its students either provide the college or university with the model, make, and license number of any vehicles owned, operated or controlled by such student, and a copy of a current registration and valid insurance certificate for each such vehicle, or certify in writing that the student does not own, operate or control a vehicle. The college or university shall certify in writing to the Police Department by October 1 of each year that the college or university has obtained either the required information or the written certification from at least ninety-five percent (95%) of all of its students and shall maintain the privacy and security of all such information in accordance with the general policies, procedures and operations of the college or university regarding student data and information.
   (2)   The college or university shall issue to each student who provides information regarding vehicle ownership, operation or control a sticker as evidence that such information has been provided to the university. Such sticker shall identify the issuing college or university.
   (3)   Any student issued such sticker shall affix it to his or her college or university issued identification card.
   (4)   The penalty for a college or university's failure to comply with the provisions of this Section, or for a student's failure to provide accurate information or certification to his or her college or university, or a student's failure to affix such sticker once issued shall be a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150). A college or university may not be penalized for failing to issue a sticker to a student who does not provide the required information regarding any vehicle owned, operated or controlled by such student. Each day of non-compliance shall constitute a separate violation.
   (5)   Any person authorized to serve parking tickets pursuant to Chapter 12-2800 of this Code who serves a parking ticket in connection with a car located in an Educational Housing District that is identified as belonging to a student for any parking violation under Title 12, The Traffic Code, including but not limited to violations such as parking in or blocking a driveway, parking on the sidewalk or parking within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant, shall also serve a copy of the ticket to the college or university which has issued sticker reflecting that the car belongs to a student.
   (6)   The college or university served such copy of the parking ticket shall maintain a list of the number of such violations by student and owner and by vehicle. The college or university shall develop a policy, which shall be provided to the Police Department, regarding notification to the college or university student disciplinary body for violations of the provisions under Title 12, The Traffic Code. A college or university shall not disclose any information to any person regarding actions taken by or final decisions made by a college or university student disciplinary body except as provided by law. Within ten (10) days of receipt of a third notice of parking violation by a student, the college or university shall provide to the Police Department notice as to whether the college or university student disciplinary body has been notified of such third notice of parking violation. A college or university shall not disclose any information to any person regarding actions taken by or final decisions made by a college or university student disciplinary body except as provided by law.
   (7)   The university or college shall be notified of the towing of any car for which it has issued a sticker that is subject to towing pursuant to Section 12-2405.1 of the Code, provided, however, that any person who incurs a cost for the removal or towing of any vehicle, pursuant to this subsection, for which a college or university has issued a sticker shall recover such costs from the student or person who owns, operates or controls such vehicle and shall notify the college or university of such costs incurred related to the removal or towing of a vehicle for which the college or university issued a sticker.
§ 9-2805. Zoning Compliance. 1228
   (1)   No student may live in an Educational Housing District in any dwelling which is in violation of the Zoning Code or lacks any license or certificate required by subsection 9-3902(1) (relating to licensing), including any dwelling in which more than three unrelated persons are living as a single household unit. Nothing in this Section shall relieve a property owner from any liability or duty to comply with any applicable provision of the Zoning Code or subsection 9-3902(1), and whenever a student is served with a notice of violation pursuant to this subsection, the property owner shall also be served with a notice of violation.
   (2)   Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, if a property owner is finally determined to have violated the provisions of this Section with respect to a property two or more times within any three year period, any (a) subsequent violation of this Section with respect to such property; (b) failure to pay any fine or cost imposed for a prior violation of this Section with respect such property; or (c) failure to comply with a remedial order under this Section with respect to such property; shall result in the immediate revocation of all licenses and certificates issued for such property pursuant to subsection 9-3902(1). For purposes of this subsection (2), a final determination refers to payment of the fine for a violation, a default or a final adjudication on the merits from which no timely direct appeal is available. No license or certificate under subsection 9-3902(1) shall be issued with respect to such property for three years after revocation under this subsection (2), except to a subsequent owner of the property who presents proof of payment of City and state realty transfer tax on the transaction in which such subsequent owner obtained the property. Review of the revocation of a license or certificate pursuant to this subsection (2) shall be pursuant to Section A-801 of the Administrative Code.

 

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   Amended, Bill No. 100613 (approved August 9, 2011); amended, Bill No. 140856 (approved December 19, 2014), effective July 1, 2015.
§ 9-2806. Lease and Other Property Owner or Manager Requirements.
   (1)   Upon notification to a property owner or manager by a student pursuant to Section 9-2802 that the lessee or tenant of a residence located in an Educational Housing District is a student, the property owner or manager shall:
      (a)   provide the student with a copy of Chapters 10-1800 and 9-2800 of this Code;
      (b)   determine, by September 1 of each year and maintain a current list of, the name and address of each student lessee or tenant to the college or university at which the student is enrolled if such college or university has a substantial portion of its facilities located in an Educational Housing District and provide, upon the written request of a college or university, a verification of the student(s) who resides at such property; and
      (c)   determine whether the student lessee or tenant owns, operates or controls a vehicle kept at or near the leased property, and, if the student owns, operates or controls one or more vehicles, determine the year, make, license tag number and model of the vehicle. The property owner or manager shall provide the college or university at which the student is enrolled the information regarding the vehicle he or she obtains, if the college or university requests in writing a verification of vehicles owned, operated or controlled by students enrolled in such college or university.
   (2)   The property owner or manager shall include in any lease with a student for a property in an Educational Housing District a provision stating that, if the student is determined to be in violation of any of the provisions referenced in Section 10-1802 three times during any one year period in connection with conduct at the residence leased to the student, the property owner or manager has cause to evict the student from the property. The lease shall also include a provision stating that the student has received a copy of the referenced Chapters of the Code and has read them, which provision must be specifically signed by the student. Nothing in this subsection shall prevent the property owner or manager from invoking any lawful remedies under the lease or otherwise, including eviction at any time upon violation of any lease provision, as may be permitted by law based on the behavior of the student.
   (3)   At the time the lease is signed, the property owner or manager shall ask, and the student tenant shall provide, the names of all individuals residing, on a full or part-time basis, at the property. The names of all such residents shall be specifically stated in the lease and, after the lease is signed, must be added to the lease within 5 days of the individual becoming a resident of the property. The property owner or manager shall, by September 1 of each year, provide the name and address of each student residing at the property, including the student lessee, to the college or university at which such student is enrolled, and shall provide the college or university updated information upon receiving it from the student residents of the property, upon the written request of the college or university.
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