15° Limits unrelated tenants to three 'Council passes zoning ordinance By ANNE CLIFFORD Daily Collegian Staff Writer 14 4 . State College Municipal Council last night unanimously approved an amendment to the borough's zoning ordinance reducing the number of unrelated persons in a converted single AL family dwelling from five to three. , The amendment redefines "family" as an unlimited number of persons related by blood, marriage or adoption living in a dwelling. All others are !'unrelated persons," the amendment , 4 clarifies. The amendment also increases the lot area for two-family dwellings from 12,000 to 20,000 square feet and lot width from 100 to 125 feet. Converted residential dwellings currently renting up to five unrelated persons will not be affected by the # legislation. ,James Deeslie, chairman of the State College Planning Commission, said he hopes the ordinance answers the con cerns of students, property owners and prospective property buyers. While student leaders have said the ordinance c ip ould later contribute to a housing shortage for students, residents have petitioned the planning commission about noise and appearance problems resulting from converted housing in low- density neighborhoods. The amendment will still protect , 11') students by permitting them to still live five per dwelling where this situation currently exists, Deeslie said. ' , Deeslie also said the ordinance keeps residential dwellings within the price range of single families by discouraging investors who would convert the homes and drastically push up property values. 111 1 ' Deeslie said the goals of the amend ment are "to provide adequate housing for all and to protect residential areas from changes and intrusions inviting deterioration." • By reducing density in the future, for Y College of Education forced to fight for it's survival By NANCY BOYD wily Collegian Staff Writer Faced with a "no-win" situation of spiraling inflation, decreasing enrollment and uncertain funding from the state, the College of Education will be forced to fight for its survival, Dean Henry Hermanowicz said. Hermanowicz said the college has been asked ~ to cut $.5 million from its operating budget in the CP next five years a figure that represents an 11 percent cut in the college's costs. "This retrenchment impresses me as being very steep," he said. "I believe we are being hit harder- than perhaps other academic or ad ministrative units." The assessment, based on a projected 7 per *cent inflation rate, a drop in enrollment and a $2 million to $2.5 million gap in the University budget, was raised this fall from the $372,000 estimate given Hermanowicz last spring. *Wider conflict' warned by U.S. Rebels form new government • BANGKOK, Thailand ( UPI) Communist Cambodian ft^ rebels announced formation of a revolutionary government in captured Phnom Penh yesterday after Vietnam claimed victory over "almost all" the country. The United States warned there was danger of a "wider conflict" and said China was throwing troops and warplanes into its border area with Vietnam, whose forces led the rebels' 16-day blitzkrieg against the Khmer Rouge regime of 110 Premier Pol Pot. The Soviet Union, which backs Vietnam, said the victory brought "profound satisfaction and joy" to the world. China supports Cambodia. There was no word of the defeated Khmer Rouge leaders, but Premier Kriangsak Chomanan of neighboring Thailand said he thought they were organizing a guerrilla war. "I _believe fighting will continue. They will form small groups Viand wage guerrilla warfare," he said. Hundreds of foreigners, mostly Chinese, fled Cambodia for Thailand in truck convoys. Prince Norodom Sihanouk, former Cambodian chief of state who was held under house arrest by the Khmer Rouge for three years, was scheduled in New York today to state the case of the Pol Pot government at a U.N. Security Council debate. • In a meeting with American newsmen in Peking, he • Criticized the Khmer Rouge but angrily attacked the invasion and predicted that after taking over Cambodia the Viet namese would move against Thailand and later seize Singapore and Malaysia. "The more you eat, the better your appetite," Sihanouk ' said. Nations in Asia and Pacific regions reacted with shock and alarm to the fall of Phnom Penh. . Kriangsak, whose nation has a 500-mile border with • We'll have no relief from this Arctic weather for the next few %,, days, as today will be partly to mostly sunny, breezy, and cold With a high of 22. Tonight e'll have considerable cloudiness, a few flurries, and breezy c nditions with a low of 12. Tomorrow will become mostly sunny despite a few high clouds late in the day and a high of 23. 1111 . . . . . .. - . . .. . .. . .:: . .. ... . .. Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1979 Vol. 79, No. 100 12 pages University Park, Pa. 18802 the daily No relief Allen Krall,above, of College Heights, testified in favor of the zoning ordinance that will reduce the number of unrelated persons allowed to live in a converted single example, Deeslie said he hopes his own neighborhood will remain "intact" so that another younger person will be able to appreciate its older architectural styles. Allen Krall, of the College Heights Association, which helped initiate the amendment, favored the legislation because he said the association's "housing areas are being taken over and filled beyond capacity," adding, "We feel we are being intruded upon." Yvonne Hunter; 714 N. McKee St., said Hermanowicz said frequent and . drastic changes made in budget cutting defeats an essentially good long-range planning program. He said it is "close to impossible" to make rational decisions about tightening the college on such an unstable base. The five-year, budget plan, which began last year, was initiated with the knowledge that it would work on a "rolling" basis, modified each year and extended annually for a total of five years. However, two circumstances in the past two years have caused the additional modification that made reassessments necessary this year, University Provost Edward Eddy said. In an address to the University Faculty Senate in December, the provost said the "freezing" of University appropriations by the state legislature throughout the summer and into the fall, and the technical-service employees' strike Cambodia, called for a special meeting of the five-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Radio Hanoi, monitored in Bangkok, said rebel forces "have liberated almost all of Cambodia." It said the invasion force was pushing westward seeking total military control. Just a day after the rebels raised their gold and red flag over the temples of the capital, they anounced formation of a governing People's Revolutionary Committee. Radio Hanoi reported rebel leader Heng Samrin, a 44-year old former Khmer Rouge who says he was on a Pol Pot death list, signed an order appointing himself chairman of the commmittee and naming a 7-member cabinet. Hun Sen, a former regimental deputy commander for the Khmer Rouge, was charged with foreign affairs, Chea Sim was made interior chairman and Chan Ven was given responsibility for education. The rebels also named officials to handle the departments of defense, information and agriculture, social welfare and health, and the economy. Some 686 diplomats most of them Chinese streamed into Thailand after a grueling 250-mile drive from Phnom Penh under armed Khmer Rouge escort. They came through the Cambodian border town of Poipet and across a narrow bridge which was later barricaded by Thai troops. All ap peared tired, slumping to the ground on the Thai side, and mostly depressed. Yugoslav ambassador Mihailov Lompar said, "We were treated excellently, given all care, respect and courtesy on the trip out." But he was also bitter. "The Cambodian people are victims of aggression," he said before his wife grabbed his arm and pulled him away. Burmese diplomat Ohn Kinene, who came out in a 20-truck convoy, said, "Along the way we saw workers in the fields and no signs of panic. About five to 10 security people ac companied us, but other than that we saw no military movement on the road and no sounds of battle." In Washington, State Department spokesman Hodding Carter 111 said the invasion of Cambodia "raises the danger of wider conflict," and he declared, "Vietnam is guilty of aggression." she favored the amendment because the current housing market situation, with more than three unrelated persons per single dwelling, is "economic discrimination against the family." Parking and noise problems are other reasons for the amendment, Hunter said. Andrew Moore, 137 Logan Ave., op posed the legislation, saying "There are laws on the books regarding parking and occupancy which, if enforced, would alleviate much of the problem, were responsible for the "temporary recycling." The kind of judgments the college must make to meet the cutback reflects the decision the provost's advisory committee had to make in setting the retrenchment assessments, said Loren Fortado, director of the office of budget and planning. "The assessments were not the same for each college," he said. "However, all of us must operate under similar constraining conditions." Fortado cited the failure of the state to keep pace with inflation and a projected drop-off of student enrollment at the University of up to 30 percent in the next 10 years, as factors that necessitate long-range planning and revision. Hermanowicz said enrollment in the college of education has dropped about 44 percent in the last 10 years to its current level of 2,400 un dergraduate and 800 graduate • students. However, he said the college is the greatest Published by Students of The Pennsylvania State University Photos by Lynn Dudlnsky family dwelling from five to three. Jeff Moore, right, Undergraduate Student Government liaison with council, spoke against the ordinance. especially in College Heights." Moore said that although the main problem is "stuffing houses" with students, the non enforcement of parking laws is another. Glenn Meyer, president of the Organization of Town Independent Students, said the amendment un necessarily applies to single-family dwellings in all residential zones, in cluding high density ones. The amend ment may cut the housing supply for students if the student population in creases in the future. Council action 'decided' By TIM KONSKI Daily Collegian Staff Writer Student organization representatives who last night spoke at a pubk hearing against State College Municipal Council's adoption of an amendment to the zoning ordinance accused council of reaching a decision before Ihe public hearing. Jeff Moore, Undergraduate Student Government liaison to council, said extensive communication between planning commission and council members influenced last night's decision. "There's been quite a hit of contact between planning commission and council," he said. "They've been in agreement on this issue." "For the past three months it's been contributor to the cost efficiency of the University and should not be dealt with on just the basis of enrollment. Considered one of the top 20 educational programs in the nation, the college will have to continue a leadership role to justify its existence, even under extensive budgetary constraints, Hermanowicz said. "At a time when we are all afraid to take risks and try innovations in the field, the provost is asking us to exist on an economy imagination," he said. To comply with the assessment, the dean said he has no doubt that programs will have to be cut back sharply or eliminated altogether. Already asked to eliminate $277,500 from the budget since 1975, Hermanowicz has cut 22 positions from administrative and student service areas. In addition, the industrial arts program is being gradually phased out. obvious what they planned to do," Moore said. Glenn Meyer, Organization for Town Independent Students president, also said council reached a decision before last night's public response. He said council supported the or dinance because it was determined to preserve the 'quality of residential neighborhoods. Meyer said council was also influenced by a change in capital gains tax, which allows citizens over 55 years old to sell property without paying taxes on the first $lOO,OOO. Meyer saki the tax change would help reduce property values, allowing middle income families to buy houses in strictly residential areas. Fortado would not say how much other colleges were cut. However, eliminitions of staff postions in the future will be more difficult because of the retirement age having been raised to 70, Her manowicz said. He said his staff is,young and he forsees few retirements during the 'Bos. The elimination of programs will be decided on the basis of quality, potential, cost effectiveness and demand of each program. A meeting to discuss what cuts will be made is set for Jan. 18. Hermanowicz said the cuts will not be made "across the board," but will he made in an at tempt to "phase out the weaker programs and capitalize on the department's strengths." A committee of education faculty has been studying each program to make recom mendations for "responsible cutbacks," he said. The committee and department staff will meet before the college's budget hearing in February.
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