The Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) will adjust the regulations to require Quinnipiac’s five-year plan as a condition of any application the university files for a special permit. This means Quinnipiac’s five year plan must include enrollment and student housing plans that will provide current and projected needs for academic programs as well as plans for future building projects and information on transportation and parking.
According to an article written by the New Haven Register, “The plan does not require formal commission approval but must be updated every five years. The university has been providing master plans to the commission but there has not been a formal requirement specifying what the plan must contain.”
Under these new regulations, Quinnipiac must expand its on-campus housing which will ultimately reduce the amount of students living off campus in Hamden. Building more student resident halls will increase the amount of housing units available on-campus to underclassmen.
According to the application, “any building occupied by individuals meeting the definition of student who were assigned to live in that building by an educational institution, college or university, trade school, training facility or similar entity shall be considered a dormitory under these regulations.”
Quinnipiac University’s attorney, Bernard Pellegrino, has filed an application which will be heard on April 14 at the Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing to alter the regulations about on-campus student housing.
The PZC will hold a public hearing on April 14 on many issues regarding Quinnipiac University.
