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probably have other friends’ cars
there too, Turck said.
Four unrelated students still
could live together as long as they
didn’t agitate neighbors, Turek said.
“If students handle it well and
are considerate of where they park,
they won’t get complaints.”
Once the housing department re
ceives a complaint, inspectors go to
the residence to verify the com
plaint, Turck said.
They will check lieense plates of
the cars and see if they are all reg
istered at that address, he said.
“Sometimes people have visi
tors, and the complaint would be
i unjustified.”
If the cars are registered with a
parent at students’ permanent ad
dresses, inspectors may need to go
further, Turek said.
Inspectors check with landlords,
and if the residents arc all on the
lease, the landlord goes to court
and typically gets a S100 fine, Turek
said.
Steve Champoux, Forseth’s
landlord, said he was facing three
court cases in which he had more
than three unrelated people on his
leases.
Champoux, who rents to about
200 students, said he didn’t used to
comply with the ordinance because
7 don't like it at all. I
don’t think it’s fair,
especially in a college
town’ It makes it hard
on students. ”
STEVE CHAMPOUX
landlord
he didn’t know how strictly the city
enforced it.
“1 don’t like it at all,” he said. “I
don’t think it’s fair, especially in a
college town. It makes it hard on
students.”
; Cities with smaller student popu
lations, such as Omaha and Fre
mont, allow more unrelated people
to live together than Lincoln,
Champoux said.
His tenants don’t cause an over
crowding problem, and some don’t
even have cars to congest the streets,
he said.
The ordinance caused problems
for students trying to find housing
on a limited budget, he said, be
cause dividing rent saves money.
Champoux said students pre
ferred his duplexes over residence
halls, greek houses and run-down,
older houses downtown.
“We’re providing good afford
able housing and getting penalized
for it,” he said.
Champoux said he eould face a
court injunction stipulating that any
other violations of the ordinance
could bring further fines and jail
time.
He said he would comply with
the ordinance but was concerned
about tenants who brought in more
roommates after the lease was writ
ten.
Turek said if the landlord were
not aware the tenants were violat
ing the ordinance, the management
would not be liable. Instead, in
spectors would try to get a court
order to make some of the tenants
move out.
“Frankly, it’s a tough one to
prove,” Turek said. “The problem
is, you have to prove a person is
living there, not just visiting.”
Inspectors will get a warrant to
search a house and find visible
proof, such as mail, to convince the
court the tenants are in violation, he
said.
If the tenants are students, in
spectors will check university
records to see what address the stu
dents use, Turek said.
Usually, tenants and landlords
will comply when the housing de
partment tells them about the viola
tion.
“Most of them don’t know, and
most don’t require legal action.”
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Lincoln.
In Nebraska, S2.3 million has been
spent in the 13 buildings across the
state, he said.
Federal workers don’t seem wor
ried about the anniversary of the Okla
homa City bombing on Friday.
“There’s always some people that
worry about everything that happens,”
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have that general paranoia.”
As the anniversary approaches,
Avary said no extra security measures
would be taken.
“The best thing is just to be pre
pared every day,” Avary said.
“We’ll be keeping our eyes open.
We’ll have the same security on April
19 as we haye on the 18th and the
20th”
Public buildings are more likely to
get bomb threats when bombings are
in the news, Avary said. The Okla
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Avary said federal workers were
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by the anniversary.
“As soon as April 19 hits again,
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see in the national news about the
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phone calls,” Avary said. “Potentially
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“We’re as safe as anyone can be,
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