1968-07-03; Central Michigan Life

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CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN
Wednesday, July 3, 1968
WILUAM B. BOYD, Central^ seventh president h&» €BRi¥«cL
The proposed Mt. Pleasant Housing Ordinance was questioned again last night at the
Mt. Pleasant City Commission meeting but the
questions dealt more with specific requirements
of the proposal than with the need for the ordinance.
In previous hearings the right of the city to
enact a code was questioned.
At the public reading last night such questions
were raised as: why must there be IV2 foot ceilings? Why is there a need for a wall between the
kitchen and the living room?
Difficult to enforce?
According to Larry Johns, a Mt. Pleasant City
Commissioner, the code may be too hard to enforce as it now reads.
"The kind of specifics called for in the code
seem to me too difficult to enforce consistently. It
may be just too stiff," he added.
The code was put aside until Aug. 5 when
another public hearing on the proposal will be
heard. The city attorney will review the code before that hearing.
The proposal, as it now reads, puts the following restrictions on the owner.      «
Owner siill liable
Every owner remains liable for violations of
duties imposed upon him by this code even though
an obligation is also imposed on the occupants of
his building, and even though the owner has, by
agreement, imposed on the occupant the duty of
furnishing equipment or of complying with this
code.
Every owner, or his agent, in addition to being
responsible for maintaining his building in a sound
structural condition, shall be responsible for keeping that part of the building or premises which he
occupies or controls in a clean, sanitary and safe
condition including the shared or public areas in a
building containing two or more dwelling units.
Every owner, shall, where required by this code,
the health ordinance or the health officer, furnish
and maintain approved devices, equipment, or facilities as required by the code.
Public nuisances
The code also makes substandard buildings public nuisances. According to the code, all buildings
or portions thereof which are determined to be
substandard as defined in this code are hereby declared to be public nuisances and shall be abated
by repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal
in accordance with the building code of the city.
An appeals board would be set up by the code
to handle complaints by owners who run amuck
of the code.
The code also sets down mechanical requirements for rental dwellings such as ceiling height,
floor area, ventilation, sewage, plumbing and heating.
Structural requirements are set for covering
windows, wiring, bathrooms and appliances.
City officials felt that the new code would help
check the rental industry over which there is almost no control at present.
Students offer
legal assistance
Central's student legal counselors are keeping active during the summer so that "we will
be most able to take any sort of case that comes
up next fall," according to Byron Kuxhaus, director.
Contacts with other universities around the
nation have been made to determine what legal
services are available to students. The Michigan
Civil Rights Commission, the American Civil Liberties Union and Mt. Pleasant lawyers have also
been contacted for advice and aid.
One of the main projects of the service for the
coming year is the accumulation of all information on University policies regarding student conduct.
The counselors hope to show possible University actions based on past cases.
The service handled 12 cases dealing with a
variety of problems this spring.
Present counselors include Kuxhaus, Bill Willett, Bob Kennett, Diana Davison, Steve Prior,
Leslie Johnson and Bill Erb.
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j With an expected enrollment of 11,300 next
iiiall, Central's portion of the higher educational
^appropriations of the state legislature is more
fian $9.1 million.
j,   Surviving possible cuts, the appropriation of
t"50,105,881 is the .amount recommended by Gover-
ao? George Romraey. This represents almost a 20
-_ - - companies are expected to display audiovisual aids, textbooks and supplementary materials at the thirteenth Bookmen's Exhibit
"Wednesday and Thursday in Finch gymnasium.
I The esdsibit wiE opera officially with a ribbon
jmttirag ceremony at 10 a.m. Wednesday and close
j&he foUo^riag afternoon at 3.
per cent increase over last year's operating appropriations of $7.7 million.
Earlier this year, the legislature approved a
sum of $4,092,139 for capital improvements.
With this money, the speech and dramatic arts
building will be started, plus $500,000 is designated
for an athletic complex to be constructed at the
South end of campus past Broomfield Rd.
Funds have also been set aside for the completion of the new library, for underground utilities
and for the purchase of land.
All construction on campus has been halted for
the past two months by strikes. The carpenters'
strike which is presently stalling work is expected
to last another month.
Central had planned an operating budget of
$15,945,000 for the fiscal year 1968-69. Of this sum,
state appropriated funds of $10,948,814 were requested.
This leaves Central with a million dollars less
than the anticipated income for next year.
Last year the cut in budget was met partially
by increased tuition.
There is no expected increase for this year,
however.
The cut will be met by a decrease in hiring of
new faculty and staff members and less equipment
and supplies will be purchased.
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More than 3C0 new faces appeared on
campus Tuesday for freshman orientation.
The new students are the first of eight
groups who will spend time on campus
this summer.
The freshmen get a two-day view of college life and receive help in setting up their
course of study.
The freshman quota for the fall semester
of this year has been set at 2,640. The total
enrollment is expected to climb to 11,300.
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