Off-Campus Handbook Information

Congratulations on receiving off-campus status! We hope that you are excited about living off-campus and securing your own housing for next year. Below is a handbook that can serve as a resource for you with respect to landlord-tenant responsibilities, City of Oberlin resources and services, and Oberlin College resources and services. We hope that this is useful to you and that you have a positive off-campus living experience.

Please note that this booklet is prepared as a helpful information aid for students who obtain off-campus status. Nothing in this booklet creates a legal relationship between you and the College or with any third party regarding off-campus housing. The information contained in this booklet was up to date at the time of publication (December, 2006) and is subject to change.

• Introduction
  • Introduction
  • A Message from the Dean of Students
• Important Numbers
  • Oberlin College
  • City of Oberlin
• Inspecting a Rental Facility
• Room Inventory Checklist
• Moving In
• Moving Out
• Personal Safety and Security
  • In Your Apartment
  • On the Street
  • Fire, Police, Medical Emergency Services
  • Fire Prevention and Fire Safety
  • Safety and Security Services to Off-Campus Students
  • COPS Program
• Parking
  • City of Oberlin Parking Restrictions
  • Oberlin College Parking Regulations
• Ohio Revised Code, "Landlords and Tenants"
• Appendix: Home Safety Council Fire Safety Measures