University Daly Kansan, November 13, 198 Tenants can appeal complaints By TERESA RIORDAN Staff Reporter Tenants with cockroaches in their cabinets and water dripping from their ceilings have some recourse against negligent use of Kansas' landlord-land Act. If a verbal complaint brings little response, follow up on your complaint in writing. "Otherwise you can cause bad feelings between the tenant and the landlord without needing to." MANY APARTMENTS and houses rented by students, particularly in the area east of campus, do not meet one of the standards required for repair constitutes a health or safety problem, it is probably a violation of the city housing code. The housing inspector can examine your apartment and notify the landlord about necessary repairs. If your landlord continued to ignore your pleas, file a complaint with the Consumer Affairs Association, which will in turn come more loudly to your landlord and try to work out a voluntary solution. The housing code includes the following points: - Kitchen. There must be a sink in good working condition with adequate hot and cold running water. - Bathroom. The bathroom must have a properly working toilet, sink and bath tub or shower with adequate hot and cold water. - If your landlord remains unresponsive and the roaches have taken over your refrigerator, it is probably time to report your landlord to the City Minimum Structures inspector. - Light and ventilation. Every room must have at least one window or door "But the inspector should be called only when the landlord absolutely refuses to rectify the situation," Cydie Adams, director of the Consumer Affairs office. which opens to outside air or an approved system of ventilation. - Rats and roaches. The housing must not be infested with insects, vermin or rodents. - Leaks. Walls, ceilings and floors be weather-and waterproof to keep them dusty or barely dry.* Audio Visual Center Audio, Projection & Video Equipment Rental Service Free Dish Network Lawrence CALL 841-0299 Balloon-a-Gram Written on the Orcaion SENA A BALLOON-A-GRAM Fax # 122-2234 800-767-2925 - Sewage disposal. Housing must be connected with an approved sewage disposal system. - GARBAGE. An adequate number of SUA FILMS Friday, Nov. 13 The Dogs of War Christopher Walker stars as the leader of a group of mercenaries sent to overthrow the rulers of a nation, using artificial adaptation of Frederic Forrest's book, directed by John Invin (Tinker, Tallion, Scooter Spy). A continuation of his novels, this is a superb, intelligent action thriller. With Colin Blackake, Tom Berengger. Plus: Fiddlesticks, (1087 m/s), Color 3.35 x 2.69. Shampoo (1975) Warren Beauty stars as a hairdresser tangled up in affairs with a number of women. In *Goldie Hawn*, on the eve of Nixon's election in 1968 in Hal Ashley's satirical comedy, With Jack Warden, Lee Grant. Plus *Dome Doctor* (1982) at Color 7.00. Rock City The Rolling Stones, Jimi Henn*x, pink Floyd, Dream, Rod Stevens 1 The Faces, Joe Cocker, Otis Porter, Cream, Eric Burdon and John Donovan, Donovan, Cal Stevens 2 BROWN star in this class! cokumentary—unknown in the '80s, but, as you can tell, a one-footie. (12:12 m.) Color: 12:00 MIDnight (1973) Deal with your landlord Saturday, Nov. 14 Shampoo 3:30, 9:30 The Dogs of War 7:00 Rock City CANCELLED 1:00 Midnight Sunday, November 15 Claire's Knee The fifth of Eric Rohmer's "Six Moral Thieves" includes the Child in the Afterlife (among others one of the best. A young man (Jean-Leonard Chauvelin) becomes obsessed with a girl he knows—especially her wife. A delicious, witty film, with Aurora Cornu. (103 min.) Unless otherwise noted, all film will be shown at Wooldorf Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Midnight Morners are available at the SUA Building. Films are available at the SUA office, Kansas Union, 4th Level, Kansas Union. Information: 804-5477. No smoking or refreshments. covered garbage cans should be provided. (1971) - Electrict outlets. Every room must have a ceiling electric lighting fixture and at least two wall outlets. - Electrical Equipment. All electrical fixtures must be safely installed and maintained. - Fire exits. All housing must have one continuous quick and unobstructed way out of the building. Floors above the flooded story must have fire escapes. - Hallways. All public hallways, stairs and other exits should be adequately lighted at all times. - Maintenance. Buildings should not be dilapidated or improperly maintained so they endanger health or safety. The pressure from the City Minimum Structures inspector or from the consumer office works on may landlords, or they can work on new options if it does not work on yours. SOME TENANTS have successfully worked out arrangements in which the tenant pays for repairs and deducts the cost from his rent—although the law does not require the landlord to accept the agreement. State and local laws do not provide for rent-withholding. However, some tenants have used this tactic to get repairs made, Chapman said. "Some people hold rent or pay it into an escrow account, but if you do, your landlord can legally evict you," he said. In the case of serious defects that the landlord fails to repair after being notified, the lease is broken and the tenant can move out. Another solution is small claims court, according to Chapman. "A lot of people don't think of doing that but you can take your landlord to court for being negligent," he said. "You're getting services that you're not getting." Presents FRIDAY AND SATURDAY From the director of TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY Sat.-7:00 p.m CHRISTOPHER WALKEN in "THE DOGS OF WAR Fri.-3:30, 9:30 p.m. Sat.-3:30, 9:30 p.m. Fri.-7:00 p.m. R RESTRICTED UNION 11 INVENTORY ACCOMMODATION PATENT OR ADDITIONAL NOTICE The distributor has cancelled our midnight movie ROCK CITY SUNDAY $1.50 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. Woodruff Auditorium Transportation board to be formed by city By JOE REBEIN Staff Reporter The ground work was laid yesterday for creating an advisory board on transportation that would aid the Lawrence City Commission in solving the city's transportation problems. Meeting in a study session yesterday afternoon, the commission hammered out specifies about the board—how many members, areas of representation and goals—that should allow the board to meet at the beginning of 1982. "The board could coordinate services of both public and private transportation and examine areas like the needs of the elderly and handicapped," said Calvin Broughton, director of Independence, Inc., a resource center for the severely disabled. Broughton and other members of social agencies approached the commission last month about forming a transportation advisory board to help ease some of the problems brought on by the recent federal budget cuts, which reduced the city's programs. SOME SOCIAL agencies in Lawrence have already started to pool their transportation services to eliminate overlapping, he said. Mayor Marci Francisco said that a resolution would be made in the next month to create the seven-member board. Francisco said the city staff would gather all of the traffic studies and recommendations that had been made by them, in use as specific goals for the board. She said members of the board would be drawn from both private and non-private agencies that provided transportation. In addition, Francisco said, a member from the city planning staff would sit in on the meetings to keep the board updated on city plans for transportation and to offer advice. A member from the city's Traffic Safety Board—which specifies the speed limits, stop signs and crosswalks in the city—would be a viding position on the transportation advisory board, she said. BROUGHTON SAID the board would take an "incremental" approach by starting out small and later broadening its authority until it could deal with more of the city's transportation needs. He said last month that the board would not ask for a "public transit system" but rather evaluate the city's needs and try to meet those needs through expanding and improving transportation services. 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