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Volume 110, Issue 112
Residential
Occupancy
Guidelines
Nearly Set
Plan changes limits
on unrelated renters
By Michael Davis
Assistant City Editor
In another step toward changes in
town land-use standards, the Chapel Hill
Town Council voted last week to clarify
occupancy standards to allow no more
than four unrelated residents per housing
unit - or four per side of a duplex.
The final draft of the land-use man
agement ordinance, which officials
hope to adopt in December or January,
must be passed before the limits go into
effect.
The council voted 8-1 last week in
favor of the increased occupancy limits,
with council member Mark
Kleinschmidt the lone dissenter.
The existing ordinance allows for
only two unrelated people per resi
dence, or four in an entire duplex struc
ture. The move largely formalizes exist
ing practice, bringing the ordinance in
line with the
interpretation of
the law held by
town officials
until earlier this
year.
Supporters of
the occupancy
limits -most
notably longtime
town residents -
argue that traffic,
noise and garbage
problems caused
largely by student
renters are detri
mental to neigh-
Chape! Hill Town
Council member
Mark Kleinschmidt
voted against
occupancy limits.
borhood environments.
The brunt of opposition toward the
limits has come from students and land
lords worried that off-campus students
would be pushed to the outer limits of
Chapel Hill or Carrboro.
But Kleinschmidt argued that other
groups - including ethnic and sexual
minorities - are being targeted with
restrictions that limit the number of
unrelated persons allowed to reside in
one dwelling. “A lot of people are treat
ed unfairly because of this,” he said.
Kleinschmidt also contends that the
occupancy limits are largely useless. “I
think unenforceable laws are an insult
to ... citizens,” he said. “It’s asinine.”
But Mayor Kevin Foy said that while
the limits are not enforceable, they still
aim to “ensure that neighborhoods are
respected.”
“We’re not going to inquire into peo
ple’s relationships,” he said.
Council member Edith Wiggins said
that property owners must certify with
the local renters association but that lit
de else can be done to ensure that limits
are respected. “We expect people to tell
us the truth,” she said.
Kleinschmidt said using occupancy
as a measure to limit other problems in
See OCCUPANCY, Page 5
GOP Snags Southern Support
By Jamie McGee
Staff Writer
Recent gains in the number of elected seats held by
Republicans in the South are challenging the region’s tra
ditionally Democratic slant -but experts say they are not
sure whether the trend will continue in the next election.
Republicans gained many high-level elected offices in
Tuesday’s midterm election, including the governorships
in Arkansas, South Carolina and Georgia. Nationally,
GOP candidates - including N.C. Sen.-elect Elizabeth
Dole and Rep. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga. - won enough
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Officials: System Unlikely to Get Full Funds
N.C. legislators doubt chances for $4 billion request
By Faye Fernandes
Staff Writer
State legislators say the $4 billion, two-year
budget request the UNC-system Board of
Governors made for its 16 campuses has little
chance of being fully funded because of last year’s
emergency budget measures.
The BOG requested the funds Friday to con
tinue normal university operations, to increase fac-
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2004 SPOTLIGHT SHINES
ON DEMOCRATIC DARLING
By EMMA BURGIN / Assistant State & National Editor
Some have called him North Carolina’s “golden boy.” Others have
described him as “Kennedy-esque.”
There is no doubting the popularity of North Carolina’s young,
charismatic senator, John Edwards -a self-proclaimed “advocate for the
people.”
And pundits and reporters have been speculating about a 2004 presi
dential bid for months.
After growing up in Robbins and attending the UNC School of Law,
Edwards, D-N.C., came into the public’s view as a successful Raleigh trial
lawyer, claiming to have championed the state’s less fortunate.
He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1998, usurping Republican
incumbent Lauch Faircloth by gaining 51 percent of the popular vote in
See EDWARDS, Page 5
Senate seats to shift the balance of power from Democrats
to Republicans in both chambers of the U.S. Congress.
In North Carolina, Democrats retained narrow control
of the Senate but Republicans triumphed in many state elec
tions, gaining a narrow 61-59 majority in the House as of
Friday’s unofficial results. Several candidates have request
ed vote recounts in counties with particularly close races.
The trend toward Republican representation in the
South did not begin with last week’s election, said Ferrel
Guillory, director of UNC’s Program on Southern Politics,
See GOP, Page 5
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ulty salaries and to expand and improve facilities.
The request has to be approved by the N.C.
General Assembly and Gov. Mike Easley.
But legislators said the request is unlikely to be
met in full because of the state’s budget crisis.
It will be difficult to accommodate all areas of
necessary funding because of the state’s precarious
budget situation, said Sen. Walter Dalton, D-
Rutherford, co-chairman of the Higher Education
Appropriations Subcommittee.
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“It will most definitely be hard to provide all the
requested funding because last year we preserved
educational priorities through one-time initia
tives,” he said. “This leaves a huge hole in the bud
get for this year.”
Sen. Charles Carter, D-Buncombe and co-chair
man of the Senate Education Committee, also said he
does not expect the BOG request to be funded fully.
“It’s going to be a tough budget year coming up, so
I imagine we’ll fund less than was requested,” he said.
But Carter emphasized that schools’ suffering
will be reduced by allowing administrators to
select which areas to cut within their budgets.
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“The General Assembly does define certain
appropriations, but universities have a great deal
of flexibility with funding,” he said.
It is difficult to speculate on how much of the
requested budget will be approved because not all
the legislative races have been determined, said
Rep. Margaret Jeffus, D-Guilford, vice chair
woman of the House Education Committee.
Budget decisions will be affected largely by the
party that ends up gaining a majority in the legis
lature, politicians have said.
See BUDGET, Page 5
Energy Source
Referendum in
Congress Today
By Elizabeth Daniels
Staff Writer
Student Congress will vote today on whether to cre
ate a task force to study renewable energy on campus
and whether to place a referendum on the February gen
eral election ballot asking students to approve a student
fee increase to support further investigation.
The resolution calling for a referendum states that by
creating a student fee for renewable energy, the
University can fund projects such as developing solar
energy on campus and purchasing alternative energy
from outside sources such as N.C. Green Power.
If the referendum passes in
February, students will pay an
additional $4 per semester. This
price would amount to $192,000
per year. The fee would go into
effect in 2004, and a similar refer
endum would be placed on the
ballot every four years beginning
in 2008 asking students to reap
prove the fee and set its amount.
Members discussed the pro
posed bill and resolution at the
Rules and Judiciary Committee of
Student Congress meeting Nov. 5.
The Renewable Energy Special
Project Committee, charged with
creating and funding projects on
campus that would encourage the
use of renewable energy, would be made up of seven stu
dents appointed by the speaker of Congress, the student
body president and the Graduate and Professional
Student Federation president, along with nonvoting
members of University administration.
At the moment, 67 percent of UNC’s power comes
from fossil fuel combustion and 32 percent comes from
nuclear generation, according to proposed legislation. By
implementing cleaner renewable energy sources such as
solar, wind and small hydroelectric, the University
would reduce pollution, as well as electricity costs, pro
ponents said.
Carey Richter, chairwoman of the Student Affairs
Committee of Student Congress, brought both pieces of
legislation forward after a decision by the Student
Environmental Action Coalition - which, as a student
group, would have needed 2,700 votes to place the refer
endum on the ballot - to turn it over to Student Congress.
SEAC members originally proposed and researched the
issue and conducted a poll to see whether students would
support a fee to pay for renewable energy.
“By going through Congress, it allows us to debate
and discuss it more before going to the student body,”
Richter said. “Also, with a re-election every four years,
we would be able to see if the money continues to be
needed or not.”
At the Nov. 5 meeting, some members questioned
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“By going
through
Congress, it
allows us to ...
discuss it more
before going
to the student
body. ”
Carey Richter
Student Congress