Heard that Colgan’s old house (was Latino owned and since foreclosed) had the downstairs family room partitioned off for use as multiple bedrooms. Anyone else hear that?

No that changed in 1971 when the BOCS started the Prince William County Police Department. Prior to 1971 the Sheriffs office was the main “law enforcement” agency in the County.

Now they primarily take care of the civil process, court house security and processing inmates. They are still “law enforcement” and there is now a good working relationship between the police and the sheriff’s office.

Here is a link that has some interesting reads and some supportive programs they participate with.

http://www.pwcgov.com/default.aspx?topic=01000600063

I guess I was wrong. I assumed that the Sheriffs office had police powers and were considered a part of law enforcement.

I suppose it will be the CBOS who will come and enforce an eviction when the residents refuse to follow the law. The post never said the police were the primary enforcers of the law. They are the last resort for an eviction.”

No once again you are wrong evictions are handled by the Sheriffs office! And does the County “evict” persons for a house being over crowed???? I have never heard of that around here, I thought an eviction is a process between a landlord / tenant relationship?

You must be new here as the topic of residential overcrowding has been handled here for years and a simple Google search will point you in the right direction for the correct information on who handles these issues….unless of course you come across other people posting things just based on assumptions.

CBOS? BOCS / BOS are you referring to the Board of County Supervisors?
“Here we Go Again said on 17 Oct 2008 at 1:23 am: This all sounded pretty good, but I don’t think we have all the facts that we need. Square footage can be a down fall, as if the government says 70 to 100 square feet for each person, Do you know where we will be.?????”
The 70 to 100 sq foot is based on the International Property Maintenance Code with the updated VUSBC amendments. (check out FormerCOMemployee posts they seem to have a good explanation of the codes)

The Zoning changed sounded like it was going to be in the hundreds of Square ft per person.

Both seem to limit based on square footage the zoning appears to be most restrictive. So would the plan be to apply the zoning standard first and then apply the IPMC w/VUSBC amendments if there was a safety issue with the number of people or other safety feature in a particular room?

Interesting approach….hope it pans out

Square footage can be a down fall, as if the government says 70 to 100 square feet for each person,Do you know where we will be.?????

This counts the hall closet,under the stairs,bath rooms,kitchens,just what does it include?????

Someone besides Cacciato needs to make sure this will really help and not make it worse.

Maybe Stirrup and HSM has some ideas.

Since Congress won’t fix the policies that encourage illegal aliens, we can at least make somewhere that “welcomes” them bear the burden instead of those of us who would rather see these folks go home.

All of the above are STILL being provided and are mandated by Federal law. The resolution hasn’t stopped a single baby of illegal parents from being born in local hospitals, prevented children of illegals from attending our schools and getting free meals. So what has the resolution done?

I suppose it will be the CBOS who will come and enforce an eviction when the residents refuse to follow the law. The post never said the police were the primary enforcers of the law. They are the last resort for an eviction.

Gets real cozy with 5 plus people in a bedroom huh?

Thanks Greg (and David Core…)

Dwelling unit occupancy. In any district in which residential uses are allowed or legally exist, a dwelling unit shall be occupied only by a family as defined in Article VII, Definitions. Occupancy by any other entity or person shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and as an element of the use of land under this chapter to define and limit appropriate family use of dwelling units, occupancy of dwelling units shall be limited to the maximum number of occupants allowed by this section, to protect against threats to neighborhood quality that can accompany overcrowding of land, or undue density of population in relation to existing or available community facilities caused by excessive occupancy.
For the purposes of this chapter, an “occupant” is defined as a person 18 years of age or older, living or sleeping in a building, or having possession of a space within a building. The maximum occupancy of dwelling units is as follows:
1. For single-family attached and detached dwellings or two-family dwellings, the maximum number of occupants of each dwelling unit shall not exceed the quotient of the floor area (measured in square feet) of the dwelling unit divided by the number set forth below, rounded up to the next whole number:
i. For a dwelling with a floor area up to 1,500 square feet, use 300 square feet.
ii. For a dwelling with a floor area from 1,501 square feet to 2,100 square feet, use 350 square feet.
iii. For a dwelling with a floor area from 2,101 square feet to 2,800 square feet, use 400 square feet.
iv. For a dwelling with a floor area from 2,801 square feet to 3,600 square feet, use 450 square feet.
v. For a dwelling with a floor area greater than 3,601 square feet, use 500 square feet.
2. For multi-family dwellings, the maximum number of occupants of each dwelling unit shall not exceed the quotient of the floor area (measured in square feet) of the dwelling unit divided by 200, rounded to the nearest whole number.

See this is why I get snippy with people they KNOW NOT OF WHAT THEY SPEAK.

Pull your head out of your butt and read the freaking post..the police DO NOT ENFORCE this so once again someone is yapping and making snide remarks about the police when this is not even in their purview

Educate yourself before you go and try to get people fired up over your inaccuracies!