Evanston, Ill., Home Of Northwestern University, Will Enforce 'Brothel Rule'

City:

The Northwestern administration will not ask Evanston to reconsider its "brothel law," a zoning ordinance that will cause hundreds of students to be evicted next year from off-campus housing, a University official told THE DAILY on Monday.

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Comments

[Nerdiac]

04:20 PM on 03/02/2011

"City officials said they are not concerned with what the law might do to the real estate market.

'We're not in the business of controlling the housing market,' said Eric Palmer, an Evanston spokesman. 'We don't address that at the local government level.'"

Translation: We don't care if the area turns into a festering trailer park. That's none of our city's business.

[DrFunkenstein22]

04:00 PM on 01/27/2011

perfectly reasonable

[pnc]

09:02 PM on 01/26/2011

this article is already out-of-date. City of Evanston has already changed its mind: http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/breaking-evanston-changes-tune-on-brothel-law-1.2448459

[ChiGuy]

08:01 PM on 01/26/2011

"The city is attempting to use the measure to reduce density in the residential neighborhoods surrounding NU's campus..."
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What utter bullshizzle.
Over the past decade, downtown Evanston has undergone a transformation with many, MANY condo buildings being built near the NU campus. At least one thousand residential units have been erected in that time, and in a relatively small geographic area, in and around downtown.

This was the city's choice by way of greed which added to the density in the area. And now, they want to boot the lower income renters (students) in favor of the condo owners, 99% whom have parking on site at their residence.
You can bet that the condo owners and developers are behind this BS.

I am SO damned glad I got out of that city 37 years ago. I moved south of the Ev/Chi border into Rogers Park and have been completely happy just visiting Evanston ever since. (And only when absolutely necessary) Usually, I just pass through en route elsewhere on the North Shore.

[EvanstonPatch]

07:55 PM on 01/26/2011

The city just released a statement saying this isn't true: http://evanston.patch.com/articles/city-no-july-1-change-to-brothel-law-enforcement

[sempronia]

03:26 PM on 01/26/2011

In Philly, there was (still?) a rule that sororities could not serve alcohol because a house with four or more girls and alcohol was considered a brothel.

[in deserto]

03:10 PM on 01/26/2011

Where are all the tea-party, "that's unconstitutional" trolls?

Oh, I forgot. Palin & Co doesn't want anyone to become educated anyway.

[Spartan112]

01:42 PM on 01/26/2011

I don't see the problem. By limiting the number of unrelated people that can live in a house you help eliminate noise problems and the existence of student slums.

[Trisha Faulkner]

03:55 PM on 01/26/2011

Evanston is one of the richer suburbs of Chicago, there's no student slums. I live in a 5 bedroom apartment with 4 other people in a large apartment complex and will not be able to continue my lease because of this antiquated law.

[Spartan112]

05:17 PM on 01/26/2011

Have you ever tried to raise a family in an area where college students live 5 or 6 to an apartment?

[Farro]

09:51 AM on 01/26/2011

This is a pretty naked attempt to drive young people out of evanston and it is WRONG.

[Milwaukeetj1]

08:59 AM on 01/26/2011

And how much do they pay for tuition? This is ridiculous sounds like a sort of city population control measure. Is there an allotment for students having to travel? I hope they have something like that included in tuition.

[BlindChance]

04:17 PM on 01/26/2011

Most colleges in Chicago (and nearby), at least all the major ones, offer discounted train and bus fare cards. They're quite inexpensive.

[jlschaefer]

05:47 PM on 01/26/2011

Northwestern is not one of these schools however, which makes this ordinance even more of an inconvenience.

[MMRDO]

07:47 AM on 01/26/2011

This situation reminds me of Troy NY, a lot of the college kids are at ends with the U Albany, RPI, and Siena students. Blue collar vs. white collar.

[MMRDO]

07:53 AM on 01/26/2011

Mind you in this case, it is white collar vs. white/starched collar.

[Howard53545]

05:07 AM on 01/26/2011

Time for the students to go live at Northwestern and stop messing up Evanston

[in deserto]

03:16 PM on 01/26/2011

Evanston would be another wasteland without Northwestern. And Howard, stop blocking comments you don't personally agree with. I've kept a copy and will forward it to the Huffpo.

[BlindChance]

04:19 PM on 01/26/2011

Much of NU is in Evanston, why should they live elsewhere?

[YOKEL13]

02:21 AM on 01/26/2011

The obvious remedy is for students to enter into domestic partnerships to be dissolved when convenient.

[bleeplander]

12:59 AM on 01/26/2011

If the University actually supported the community financially then maybe the town and gown relationship would be better. Evanston continues to harrass students and make life hard, hoping the University will help the town survive, but no......

The only thing is, when the town forces all these rich kids to spend their money in other communities along the El and bus lines, will the businesses on and near campus survive.

Town leaders may cut off their noses.

[onwisconsin]

03:51 PM on 01/26/2011

I got a masters degree at NU and until now I had no idea I was considered a "rich kid".

My parents would have been surprised as well.

[BlindChance]

04:20 PM on 01/26/2011

My first thought, as well, was for the nearby businesses.

[Jack Barron]

08:57 PM on 01/25/2011

Without Northwestern Evanston is just another Lombard. Good luck with your future boarded up businesses.