Wrongful eviction: Town regulation a burden on innocent students
The decision by the town of Chapel Hill to enforce the law banning more than four unrelated people in a home fails to recognize the realities of life here and places a heavy and unnecessary burden upon students. The Land Use Management Ordinance has long been on the books, but Chapel Hill Senior Code Enforcement Officer Chelsea Laws has decided to step up enforcement. A law limiting the number of non-related individuals in a single-family unit to four makes little sense. Chapel Hill is fundamentally a college town.