Quinnipiac Looks to Expand On-Campus Housing

Quinnipiac University is asking the Hamden Planning and Zoning Commission to amend the definition of a dormitory so it would be able to expand its on-campus housing, according to the New Haven Register.

Kate Ramunni of the Register reports that the revised definition would “permit all university-owned and/or operated buildings used to house students to be permitted by Special Permit. It would further require that any such buildings permitted as a dormitory to require the university to assign a resident assistant to monitor the behavior of the students residing therein.”

By adding more on-campus housing, Quinnipiac could take students out of residential neighborhoods and the single-family homes the university owns would be considered a dormitory, which requires a resident assistant to monitor student behavior, according to the Register.

The Planning and Zoning Commission will consider the application at its upcoming meeting on April 14 when it will also hold a public hearing on several issues related to Quinnipiac, including a second application relating to the requirement of a five-year Institutional Master Plan.

Read the full story at the New Haven Register here.