1980_05 The Daily Collegian May 1980

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Pets, children cm mean a
by Cstty Carothers
The structure of an apartment com-
plei often determines whether or not
pets' and children are allowed, Tr"tig
to Doris Clover, raraa——at of Freano
Apartment Association.
"People's first thought may'to tow
terrible not to' allow d——ren and peta
but there are usually many good rea¬
sons,' said Clover.
A- complex that allows children
should i_——to adequate play areas:
children need areas to play; if there
aren't adequate play areas, they will
t—ituirt> ot—sr tenants, an* ean.
'Peta need so—teone there to care for
them. If they are left alone all tto time
"The owheriCdon'i^
want the liability
t       of children.'
they will destroy the arjartment,' Ctever
said.
One apartment cot—plex involved in
controversy for not a—owing duldren ia
Tangtewood.
The camp—x was originally built as
an adult cotnplax. HUD (Housing
and Urban Desvelt>p>_ent) tooght the
complari and opened Mtos-yona. .
Now in its third owuersliip, managers
want to convert Tanglewood back to a
trtrictly adulI oomplai,
'The owners don't want the liability
of children. Tto COMplM ia t—ngerous to
have children in,' said Clover.
Clover cited tto danger of tto pool
in Tanglewood. Tto pool area ia not
fenced and there have been several near
drownings of young children, ahe said.
'No one has been evicted te having
children at Tanglewood, but it's not a
safe place for them, * aaid Clover.
Clover supports tto move of Tangle¬
wood and feels managers should con¬
tinue to have tto right to decide tow the
complex should be run.
'There is a high vacancy factor in
Fresno, over 10% and it's growing. Peo¬
ple should have tto right to choose
where and bow they want to live, in
Fresno there are plenty of choices," said
Clover.
Judy T——one, of Fresno Apartment
Aaaodatton,   gave   several   aramplaa
'We had tenants who
were in an actual
war over a dog.'
ot problems created by pets in com-
' A couple of weeks ago we had ten¬
ant— who were in an actaal war over a
dog. Tto dog would defecate in tenants'
yards and m turn tto tenants would
throw tto defecation on tto dog own¬
er'a door step,'she said.
Another example given was of a ten¬
ant who bad a fear of cats. Other ten¬
anta' cats would follow tto tenant and
she would become hysterical, said
Tto——t.
"While tto tenant ia jot o—learned
with himself and his own little world,
tto manager has to worry about every-
one,* said Clover. Tto manager mat
decide what ia tto moat good te tto
most people.'
According to Ckrver, matre apartments
do allow pets and childiron thian do not.
Of tto following apartments in the
CSUF area. Meadow Wood, Parkwood,
Peppertree, Plaza and Village, only
Parkwood allows animals. Parkwood
requires a (160 deposit to allow tto ten¬
ant to nave a cat, no dogs are allowed,
however.
Parkwood, Peppertree, and Plaza
do allow children. Peppertree puts a one
child  under  three   years   old,   limit
in tto
tolling
ontotenants.
Grantree furniture rentals
piled a Bat of all tto
Freano anti surro—_
whit:b allow pets and—i—dren.
The list is militily to heJp new people
locate and to assist them,' aaid Kris
Holmberg, Grantree employee.
■Vacancies are avaflahle in Fresno
and people can find a complex that offers
what they want,* said Clover.
Correction
A story in last Friday's Daily Coll¬
egian on the Mt.  St. Helens volcano
trip mistakenly identified CSUF student
Howard Gustafson aa Harold. Tto Coll-.
egian regrets the error.
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