Animals in the Community

In University Housing, we value the comfort, safety, and well-being of every member of our apartment communities, humans and animals alike. While we support the role that animals can play in students’ lives, whether for support, service, or companionship, it is essential to balance these needs with shared community standards, facility care, and University policies. Please note that residents are financially responsible for all damage to university property that their animal causes, regardless of that animal’s status (ESA, Service Animal, Pet).

Pets

Students are not permitted to have pets in the apartment communities or adjacent grounds. One exception is that residents are permitted to have fish in their units within the following guidelines: 

• Aquariums are permitted in the room as long as the aquarium is stocked with (non-dangerous) fish only.
• Aquariums must not exceed 25 gallons in capacity.

Emotional Support Animals & Service Animals

Colorado State University recognizes that some types of disabilities may require animal assistance as an accommodation. There are two categories of animals that may be allowed on campus to provide assistant to students with disabilities – service animals and emotional support animals.

Students may work with the Student Disability Center (SDC) for management of the accommodation and receive approval to have an emotional support animal in their apartment unit. Students are responsible for the behavior of the animals in regard to other standard policies of the apartment communities and city codes. Students will be required to complete a supplemental agreement and meet with the Residential Coordinator before bringing the emotional support animal into the apartment communities.

Students are responsible to follow any and all guidelines and rules stipulated in the supplemental agreement and the University reserves the right to require the removal of the animal from University premises at any time. For more information on Emotional Support Animals and policies at CSU visit this website.

Quiet Hours

Seven Days a Week (10 p.m. – 7 a.m.)

Residents have the right to sleep and study in their apartment environment. Residents must follow the Quiet Hours and Courtesy Hours Policies in the apartment communities.

Courtesy Hours are in effect 24 hours a day. This means that even on weekends, residents have the right to sleep and study and may ask other students to keep the noise level down if they are being bothered by excessive noise.

A Quiet Hours violation is defined as any noise, from any source, being audible two doors away from the source, or an individual’s failure to comply with Courtesy Hours.

Guests

Residents may host overnight guests in their apartment for a period of up to one week. In shared apartments, the resident must obtain consent from all roommates before allowing overnight guests in their apartment. In graduate and family apartments, occupancy limits of two (2) individuals per bedroom apply to both overnight guests and listed occupants. Housing & Dining Services does not make any special accommodations for overnight guests, and no additional furniture or keys will be provided. The additional residents of the apartment must be notified in advance and agree to an overnight guest being present in the apartment unit.

If the resident wishes to have guests stay for more than one week, a request must be submitted via the Housing Portal to have guests approved as additional occupants. Residents are responsible for the behavior of their guests, and any violation by such persons shall be deemed a violation by the resident.

Unauthorized and/or disruptive guests may be required to leave the premises immediately upon instruction by University staff. Furthermore, the number of individuals in an apartment unit at any one time cannot exceed that which is safe, as determined by the University and other applicable guidelines.

Passive Participation

Students present for and aware of violations of the Student Conduct Code or housing policies may be considered involved in the activity.

If you are ever in the presence of a policy violation, you have some choices:

• You may attempt to stop the violation,
• You may contact University Housing staff, or
• You may remove yourself from the situation.

Everyone living in the community has the responsibility to take positive measures to intervene or otherwise seek assistance if a policy violation comes to their attention.