Campus Master Plan: 2.7 Housing

GOAL 1: To ensure the provision of public and private housing facilities on campus and within the host community adequate to meet the needs of the projected University enrollment during the planning period.

OBJECTIVE 1.1: To ensure the availability of affordable housing units and support facilities, on campus and through University affiliated housing off-campus, that will meet the projected need for student housing.

POLICY 1.1.1: The university shall provide enough beds to house at least 15% of the projected student body including 80% of the beds will be made available to the freshman classes.

POLICY 1.1.2: The University will continue to provide a variety of on-campus housing options for students.

POLICY 1.1.3: University owned housing shall be built on campus grounds.

POLICY 1.1.4: Parking ratios for student housing shall not be less than one space per 1.85 residents.

POLICY 1.1.5: Future housing sites shall be located on the redeveloped Apollo housing complex, the area east of the Libra housing complex, and in the Northwest portion of campus, as shown on Figure 7-1.

POLICY 1.1.6: The Apollo housing area shall be redeveloped at a higher density to provide more student beds and provide opportunity for other University development.

POLICY 1.1.7: Support facilities for the south-central housing village shall occur around a centralized village green. These facilities shall also occur on the ground floor of their respective buildings and carry two or three floors of housing above them.

POLICY 1.1.8: Densities for future areas on-campus dormitories shall be relatively dense, similar to the new future Academic Village development with a minimum of 57.2 and maximum of 125.0 students per acre.

POLICY 1.1.9: Land for privately developed housing on campus shall be sub-leased . This area shall be leased to requesting alumni associations that meet the requirements set forth by the Greek Park Committee and the Division of Student Development and Enrollment Services.

POLICY 1.1.10 The timing and phasing requirements and priorities for future on-campus student housing are identified in the Capital Improvements Element.

POLICY 1.1.11: Sanitary sewer, potable water, stormwater management and solid waste facilities shall be provided at established levels of service prior to occupancy of future housing facilities.

OBJECTIVE 1.2: To ensure the availability of off-campus housing and support facilities, within close proximity to the campus, which will meet the projected student enrollment.

POLICY 1.2.1: University-affiliated housing facilities off-campus shall be provided to ensure the availability of off-campus housing within close proximity to the campus. The University will apply similar rules and regulations to students living in these facilities as on-campus housing, and provide services such as shuttles to create and maintain functional linkages with the main campus.

POLICY 1.2.2: The university shall provide information on projected student enrollment to private developers and local governments to ensure that the off-campus housing stock and support facilities shall continue to meet the demands of the projected student body not to be housed on campus.

POLICY 1.2.3: The university shall continue to provide information to students concerning the availability of off-campus affordable housing within the immediate context area.

POLICY 1.2.4: The University shall establish, in conjunction with Orange and Seminole Counties, a housing coordination committee for the purpose of:

Monitoring the supply, costs and suitability of off-campus housing;

Establish a registry of off-campus housing providers;

Monitoring factors pertaining to safety, transit utilization, pedestrian access, etc.;

Ensuring that future off-campus student-oriented housing opportunities are located within walking or bicycling distance to campus; and

Ensuring that convenient service and shopping opportunities for students exist near off-campus student-oriented housing units.

OBJECTIVE 1.3: To prevent sub-standard housing and to provide resources for remodeling to an acceptable condition for student use.

POLICY 1.3.1: Preventive maintenance programs shall be established consistent with the policies below and with the Facilities Maintenance Element policies and reviewed on a periodic basis.

POLICY 1.3.2: Plumbing and HVAC units shall be inspected on a periodic basis, kept in reasonably good repair, and replaced as need and available funding dictate.

POLICY 1.3.3: On-campus housing shall be reviewed on a regular basis during the second quarter of every year in order to determine possible disrepair. These inspections shall be conducted by qualified University personnel.

POLICY 1.3.4: Routine maintenance shall be conducted on campus housing facilities exterior walls, windows and doors as needed. Routine roof maintenance shall be done every year.

POLICY 1.3.5: Campus housing interiors shall receive the following maintenance: walls shall be painted every 8 years or as needed, carpets (where applicable) shall be replaced every 7 years or as needed and ceilings shall be replaced every 10 years or as needed.

POLICY 1.3.6: The University shall identify ground level housing units that may be adapted for use by people with disabilities. The adopted campus master plan shall be amended as needed to reflect the timing and phasing requirements and priorities for adapting these units.