4. Care of the Facilities

Cleaning

The University shall provide regular custodial service to common areas and maintenance services as needed.
If you are assigned to a suite-style room or to an apartment, it is the responsibility of you, your roommate(s) and/or your suitemates to clean the bathrooms and shared living spaces. Limited cleaning supplies can be obtained from the Resident Assistant on duty. Regular inspections for cleanliness and compliance with state health guidelines will take place.

If you notice insects or rodents in your room, apartment or building, please call Auxiliary Services at extension 5812. Pest control professionals are on campus on a weekly basis. Residence Life staff members can also provide insecticide spray for emergencies.

Maintenance technicians work in the buildings between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. During these hours you are advised to use discretion in your dress when walking through the hallways and common areas.

Any needed repairs should be reported to the Facilities Services maintenance line, extension 4898. Facilities Services repairs include heating or air conditioning, broken windows/window parts, holes in walls or other surfaces, screens, broken lights and plumbing, electrical or carpentry needs.
You shall make your assigned premises available during normal business hours to University staff for the purpose of entering to make necessary repairs, decorations, alterations or improvements, or to supply necessary services, or to show the premises to prospective residents, workmen, or contractors.

Incandescent light bulbs may be obtained from the Resident Assistant on duty.
Replacement of fluorescent bulbs should be requested through the Facilities Services maintenance line, extension 4898.

Vacuum cleaners are available in each residence hall and in Li and Welch Apartments; may be checked out through the Residence Life staff.
Each Beachcomber, Lido Mirada, Tradwind, and Tropicana apartment has a vacuum cleaner provided. Replacement bags, if needed, may be obtained through the Residence Life staff.

In an emergency, the University's staff may enter the premises at any time for the purpose of making corrections or repairs.

You are expected to maintain your assigned premises in good condition and repair. Upon termination of this Contract, you shall surrender the premises in the same condition as when received, ordinary wear and tear and acts of nature excepted.

If for any reason you cause damage in your room or apartment or any part of a building, report it immediately to your Resident Assistant/Resident Coordinator or Resident Director. Timely reporting could decrease the cost of repair and could lessen the overall impact of the damage. Any fees for repair will be charged to your school bill.

If the individual responsible for damage, loss or defacement cannot be determined, the relevant costs will be automatically and equally assessed to the residents of the room, apartment, suite, hall, floor or building and may result in consequences appropriate to the situation.

A wastebasket is provided for every residence hall room and apartment bedroom.
Trash is to be dumped in the large bins outside the buildings.
Lobby and laundry room trash containers and those in front of building entrances should not be used for depositing trash from your room or apartment.

In keeping with the University’s campus-wide recycling program, trash must be separated into appropriate bins.
Receptacles for mixed paper and commingling hard items, e.g. aluminum, plastic or glass, are in each on-campus building.
You may obtain mixed paper recycling boxes for your room or apartment by calling Facilities Services, extension 4898. Non-recyclable trash should not be placed in recycle containers.
E-Waste must be disposed of separately from other trash or recyclables. E-Waste includes anything that can be plugged in or that uses batteries: computers, monitors, calculators, hair dryers, etc. E-Waste also includes all sizes of broken fluorescent light bulbs. Place E-Waste in lobby containers labeled "Batteries & E-Waste Only" or in the E-Waste drop-off stations behind Hope hall and Alpha Chi.

Housing inspections will be conducted by Residence Life staff at least one time per year. Failure to comply with safety regulations will result in a fine and/or disciplinary action.
Room and apartment inspection is handled by the Resident Director and University Housekeeping staff for the purpose of ensuring that rooms, suite bathrooms and apartments are cleaned in accordance with the standards of cleanliness established by the County Health Department.
These inspections will also be used to ensure that decorations are in keeping with Housing regulations and the behavioral standards of the University.
University personnel reserve the right to enter a room or apartment at any time upon reasonable cause to take those precautions deemed necessary to protect the health and safety of its occupants and the condition of the facility, or to enforce University policy.