| Chapel
Hill, NC,
already has a "no more than four unrelated" ordinance
in place for housing unit occupancy. Licensing rentals is one part
of the Chapel Hill strategy.
Town
letter to rental property owners
| April
10, 2002 The Chapel Hill News
Council approves rental licensing requirement
Virginia
Knapp Staff Writer Lead
CHAPEL
HILL -- From managers of large apartment communities to homeowners
with rooms over their garages, all town landlords will have
to have a license to rent come January. "This ordinance
provides a very important tool for communication that is missing
right now," said Ruby Sinreich, a former renter and now
a homeowner in Northside. "It will improve neighborhoods
all across Chapel Hill." The rental licensing program
approved by the Town Council Monday
|
January
28, 2002 The News & Observer
Town hopes to turn up heat on rental owners
Anne
Blythe Staff Writer
CHAPEL
HILL -- Tony Lindsey likes living on a tree-lined street in
downtown Chapel Hill, just a short walk from the oldest public
university in the country. But there are times when the physician
and his wife, who also is a physician, are awakened in the early
morning by pulsing music and noise coming from rental properties
close to their quiet home on Basnight Lane. "It's parties, it's
loud," Lindsey said. "It's the 4 a.m.-Tuesday kind that really
get to |
| January
20, 2002 The Chapel Hill News
Chapel Hill seeks comment on licensing landlords
Virginia
Knapp Staff Writer Lead
CHAPEL
HILL -- Landlords could soon be added to the list of people
-- drivers, hunters, doctors, etc. -- who need licenses to operate
in Chapel Hill. After almost two years of discussing a rental
licensing program, the Town Council will hold a public forum
on the proposal at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Town Hall and may vote
on the plan in February. "It's going to do a lot for students
in terms of landlord accountability," said Brittany Whitesell,
a UNC senior who helped |
| March
28, 2001 The News & Observer
Chapel Hill debates licensing for rental properties
ANNE
BLYTHE STAFF WRITER
CHAPEL
HILL -- Chris Marthinson, like many landlords in Chapel Hill,
hears periodic complaints about noisy students and the hubbub
they create in the early morning while others try to sleep.
On the occasional Friday, he says, he even gets gripes about
the smell of fish coming from one rental unit. "I work with
my tenants," said Marthinson, 32, a resident who owns seven
rental units. "There's going to be bad apples everywhere, but
those can be |
Town
Approves Citizen Work Group
Tuesday, March 28, 2000
Rent
Plan Ready for Council Friday, March 3, 2000
The
Chapel Hill links below no longer are active, but the dates the
articles appeared in the Chapel Hill News are listed.
Rental
Licensing
Talk
continues on rental licensing (2/11/2000, CHN)
Town
mulls licensing rental units (11/21/1999, CHN)
Student
stereotype behind rental law (10/6/1999, CHN)
Council
considers new controls over rentals (9/29/1999, CHN)
Renting/Owning
for Students
Realtor's
Site from Chapel Hill, NC.
Web
site taps local rental market (12/24/1999, CHN)
Neighborhood
Preservation
Neighborhoods:
Cameron-McCauley Historic District (5/19/2000, CHN)
CHAPEL
HILL TOWN COUNCIL ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1999
Northside
residents seek help to preserve their neighborhood (10/17/1999,
CHN)
Carrboro
explores historic tag for 2 areas (6/4/99, CHN)
The
House Habit (5/28/99, CHN)
Talking
the talk about planning (2/24/99, CHN)
Editorial:
West Rosemary offers planning opportunity (11/22/98, CHN)
Neighborhood
on edge feels campus pressure (11/18/98, CHN)
Candidates
consider tools for preserving Northside (10/17/1999, CHN)
Council
changes course on downtown neighborhoods (06/17/98, CHN)
Northside
memories (04/24/98, CHN)
Council
favors rezoning over moratorium (04/08/98, CHN)
Northside
(01/01/98, CHN)
Affordable
Housing
My
View: It's time for a concerted effort to end the housing crisis
(1/31/99, CHN)
Response
to Reports from the Planning Board and Historic District Commission
(1/25/99)
Northside
Neighborhood Focus Area Report
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