Oakwood residents press council for stronger enforcement of student-housing rules after large University of Dayton parties

Oakwood residents urged the Oakwood City Council on April 7 to step up enforcement of housing, noise and sanitation rules after what several speakers described as extreme student partying tied to University of Dayton events.

At a public-comment segment of the council meeting, residents said the problem centered on the Irving Avenue and Volusia Avenue neighborhoods north of the central business district, where they described repeated incidents of loud parties, litter, property damage and public urination following Saint Patrick’s Day weekend celebrations.

The complaints came from multiple nearby homeowners, including Jeremy Guinup, who said he and neighbors want “to figure out if there’s any kind of corrective action that can be done” to rebalance relations with the university and students who rent in Oakwood. Roger Smith said residents want “enforcement of the sanitation, rubbish, property maintenance codes, the disorderly conduct codes, and maybe just a little bit more increased patrols between, like, 10 and 1 in that area.” Val Smith described seeing milk-jug-sized mixed-drink containers and said the neighborhood felt “overrun” on party…