re: City of Auburn evicts students in certain neighborhoods

The house across the cul de sac from me has 3 different students living there. The mom of one of them bought the house last year. They are good neighbors. No loud parties, yard is maintained and no issues. I think they are pharmacy students so they are mature and serious. If that changes, I will rat them out in a minute

What does the city of Auburn consider living in a certain place?

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What does the city of Auburn consider living in a certain place?

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Auburn's city page has a specific page about this zoning restriction + link to maps Here

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If that changes, I will rat them out in a minute

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This. The reason it can go unenforced is because it only gets reported if it is a problem.

Also some relevant details from Plainsman article LINK

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She said she and her family had no idea about the ordinance until two years ago

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So they knew for two years

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"There is nothing about those zoning regulations that is new," Cotten said

The unrelated occupancy rule was first passed in 1982 and has been on the books ever since, Cotten said.

City officials said there hasn’t been an increase or change in enforcement, but rather an increase in complaints filed with the Planning Department

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For the record they said only 17 complaints

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“We feel as students that we’re being discriminated against and that we don’t have a voice,” she said. “I feel like we make up a large portion of the population of Auburn city. And I think we should have a voice. We’re being kind of treated like children.”

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There is no way I'd want an 18YO who is only there for ~4 years having a voice on long term city planning

I've seen both sides and I can safely say students don't generally want to live close to families and families don't want to live close to students. It makes sense to have an ordinance that separates the two

Eta: GC makes great points above too

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I've seen both sides and I can safely say students don't generally want to live close to families and families don't want to live close to students. It makes sense to have an ordinance that separates the two

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The city makes an effort to make a large swath of properties available to students. It isn't some huge restriction at all. Most places in walking distance from Auburn's campus aren't at risk of this zoning law. Now the exception is older historic family neighborhoods like Payne Street but those are limited.

Just so we are clear reasons why students suck to live by if you are a grown a** adult that aren't property value / "party noise" related

- Students are Aholes: Students give 0 f**** about having a positive neighbor relationship/expect because they pay rent they should be catered to and never wrong

- Infrequent Noise: It isn't just parties, students coming home on Wed @11:30 with car lights, car doors slamming shut + talking outside sucks. Try putting a baby to sleep or having a spastic dog while needing to sleep

- College Friends: Even if the neighbors are good, their friends/visitors can cause problems

- Property Maintenance: Students/rentals don't maintain the property at the same minimum standard as homeowners

- Traffic: Students are in/out more frequently + add 20mph to every speed limit. You don't want busy streets + not a good thing in neighborhoods w/ kids

- Gatherings/Parties: It isn't cool to have your street turn into a parking lot even w/ 0 noise

- Neighbors: Hard to develop relationships with 1-2 yr student neighbors

- Drunk Driving: Tiger Transit/shuttle doesn't service residential neighborhoods and college kids drink more

- People start buying homes as rentals: They care about rental income, so their care about screening renters is a financial decision that may ignore cruddy neighbor qualities

Good write up.

I lived a few houses down from the girls that got evicted from the house on Dumas. There are a few houses on that street with college kids.

Nothing of substance to add, but if anyone has ever been down Dumas Drive, you might have seen the small row of houses that is hidden behind some trees. Not sure how else to describe it, but you can see what I'm talking about on Google maps.

Anyways, the house on the side closest to Samford is a family that I can only describe as "hippy." Always had artwork displayed outside and bird feeders and shrines and other trippy shite. Their kids had to be named Willow and Clover.

A big house got built next to them a few years ago, and the dad got all bent out of shape about destroying nature. I think the phrase he used was "ostentatious display of wealth" or something.

So the people building the house built a big arse "Trump" wall at the edge of their property completely shadowing the hippy family's house from the sun at certain parts of the day. If you get a chance to drive by it, you should.

Anyways, it's nothing but college girls - hot ones - living in that house or was as of 2016. I wonder if the dad has filed a complaint against them yet.

In summation, frick this girl whining when they knew for two years they were breaking zoning laws.

This zoning is good for students in general and the community. They are created/exist for a reason

I would support the city giving an extension to let girls supposedly graduate in December though if that claim is true

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I received a post card from the city a month ago as a reminder of the regulation.

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Don't remember seeing this in the mail. Live up N Donahue. Not really a hotbed for students though.