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From:Linda White <
To:Advisory Bodies
Subject:1267 Fredericks
SLO Planning Commission
High Occupancy Permit
1267 Fredericks
I have some experience with high occupancy permits. I have been managing 1555 Slack St. for 20 years. It was,
I believe, the first property issued a high occupancy permit. When that occurred, there were very stiff
requirements for parking. The owner complied, and provides onsite parking for all 6 students. There has never
been a complaint regarding parking.
When I lived with my father for the last few years of his life at 125 Longview Lane, the house next door (?139
Longview?) housed a fraternity without a high occupancy permit and without adequate parking. The noise and
parking problems from this house was a nuisance to the entire neighborhood which has only 4 permanent
households remaining.
When I moved back into my own house at 2077 Slack St. the house next door, 2099 Slack also housed 7
students without a high occupancy permit. Noise and parking were impossible. This year, there are only 2
students living in the house and they are fantastic neighbors.
There is just no way that large numbers of students can inhabit one house, with or without permit and be good
neighbors. No matter what they tell you about walking or riding bikes, they still bring numerous vehicles with
them that need to be parked.
High occupancy houses with or without permits are a blight on a neighborhood. The fiction that a high
occupancy permit can be revoked is just that, a fiction. The city can't control the houses with high occupancies
with their present policies. Large groups of students will ignore the rules and take their chances on being
caught.
The city has loosened their requirements on onsite parking so that we are turning into neighborhoods of parking
lots with or without the parking districts. The Fredericks neighborhood has been improving, why would you
consider sending it back into a downward spiral?
Thank you,
Linda White
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