It shouldn’t surprise anyone that Nazis elected to positions of power within local governments behave like Nazis. I note that this is a college town, these people don’t want college students renting houses in their neighborhoods. College towns tend to reflect the Nazi attitudes of the staff and faculty and are among the worst offenders when it comes to restricting liberty and property rights.
I know Winona very well, and you’re right.
I’ll bet this isn’t the college that’s against it, but homeowners who don’t want every other house in the neighborhood to be a semi-frat house.
There is a concept of encroachment. And the idea that people would rent their houses may negatively affect the value of the adjacent properties.
I am not particularly agreeing or disagreeing with the policy, but merely toss that concept into the mix of the discussion.
As in most college towns, I would bet that most of the houses near the campus have most likely long been given over to rentals.
The idea that they would preserve a “neighborhood” is simply tyranny at this point. It would seem to make sense to just allow these rentals close to campus, and concentrate the damage to near campus rather than let it infect other neighborhoods. If the pool of available rentals is too small then it would behoove the city to expand that blast radius.
Give the neighbors notice of an application for a zoning change, from R1 to R2 and they will have had fair warning to leave while their property has not been adversely affected. Let the City Council approve or deny the application and they can face the voters for that decision as well.