Hamden, Quinnipiac Sparring Over Number of Campus Beds

In the latest disagreement between the town of Hamden and Quinnipiac University, the two sides are sparring over the number of beds offered to undergraduate students.

Kate Ramunni of the New Haven Register reports that Quinnipiac is facing fines of $150 per day after the Hamden Planning and Zoning Commission issued a notice of violation of the 2006 approval that led to the construction of the York Hill campus.

At issue is a condition of the 2006 approval, in which it was required that Quinnipiac provide a bed for every student to reduce the number of undergraduate students living off-campus in residential neighborhoods, according to Ramunni.

Under Quinnipiac’s interpretation of the condition, it says it has fulfilled its end because it has not been able to fill the beds it has (there are about 300 beds available this semester) even though the school hasn’t constructed enough dorm rooms to provide a bed for every undergraduate student, according to Ramunni.

Hamden, however, says the condition required Quinnipiac to have one bed for every student whether or not the bed is used and therefore the school is about 1,315 beds short, according to Ramunni.

Quinnipiac has appealed the violation and will appear before the Zoning Board of Appeals on March 19.

Read the full story at the New Haven Register here.

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