Contract Conditions
- Room Use
- Your residence hall space is to be used only as your own living quarters and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the University, which are subject to change from time to time, without notice. Those rules and regulations are contained in the Official Bulletin of the University of Rochester; in the student handbook titled UR Here; in this contract, Student Discipline: Conduct Standards, Policies and Procedures; the Residential Network Acceptable Use Policy; Area Handbooks; and other notices from the Residential Life Office.
- Failure to Occupy
- If you do not check in and occupy your assigned
room by 5 p.m. Sunday, September 7, you will forfeit
your specific room assignment. You may apply for a
waiver of this rule in writing at least five (5) days in advance
of the first day of classes, giving the reasons for
your late arrival. Any waiver must be approved by the
Director of Residential Life. Failure to occupy does not
void this contract. You will be assigned to an available
space when you present yourself at the Residential
Life Office to request a new assignment.
- Designated Room Assignment
- You are assigned to a specific room in the housing
system. Any change in room assignment must have
prior approval by the Central Residential Life Office.
If you change rooms without prior approval, you will
be assessed a $50 improper room change charge,
the room change may be revoked, and you may be
subject to disciplinary action.
- Reducing Crowded Spaces
- If you are in designated crowded housing, Residential
Life will attempt to place you in standard housing
as soon as possible, within established priority
procedures. Where space allows, you may elect to
remain in the crowded space. The decision to remain
in crowded housing must be unanimous among all
residents of a crowded room, otherwise uncrowding
must proceed. Unless all residents of a crowded
room mutually determine which person(s) will move,
Residential Life will make the determination.
- Vacancies
- If a vacancy occurs in a room or in a room within a
suite, you must accept a new occupant as assigned
by Residential Life to fill the existing vacancy. Behavior
that discriminates against an interested student
or assigned occupant will be considered sufficient
grounds for discipline, including reassignment or
removal from the residence halls, without refund, as
determined by the Director of Residential Life.
- Unauthorized Occupancy
- Occupancy of any room is limited to the student(s)
assigned to that room. Rooms may not be subleased
nor lent. All students involved in such situations are
subject to financial penalty and disciplinary action.
- Overnight Guests
- All overnight guest stays are contingent on the approval
of all occupants of the living spaces. An overnight
guest (any person staying in a room overnight
who is not the designated occupant of that room)
may stay in a room up to four (4) nights per month.
- Responsibility for Guests
- You are responsible for your guest’s (overnight or not)
conduct in your living area or building (whether you
are present or not), and you may be held accountable
for any misconduct, loss, or damage caused by your
guest.
- Business Use of Student Rooms
- Commercial use of your room or solicitation anywhere
on the premises is strictly forbidden. This
includes commercial use of ResNet connections.
Specific exceptions for approved student concessions
in residence halls and those participating in the
Kauffman Entrepreneurial Year must be reviewed and
authorized in writing by the Residential Life Office.
