STUDENT HANDBOOK AND LOCAL ORDINANCES
STUDENT HANDBOOK AND LOCAL ORDINANCES
It's important to know your responsibilities as a Villanova student and as a citizen in your local community. Villanova students are expected to be knowledgeable of the local laws and ordinances in your township in addition to the Student Handbook and the Code of Student Conduct.
The Student Handbook outlines the regulations for which students will be responsible while enrolled at Villanova University. Additionally, the University has compiled a list of local municipalities where students reside and a list of applicable township codes to a student-renter. These specific codes were created to preserve the quality of life of residential neighborhoods and to protect the health, safety, and welfare of all those living in them.
If you have an issue with a landlord or need assistance with a code violation, please contact Sydney Scheiner, Coordinator for Conduct and Community Engagement.
Student Handbook
The Student Handbook and the Code of Student Conduct exists for three distinct purposes. These codes help:
- Motivate good behavior, create community, and enhance respect for individual differences while emphasizing a commitment to the common good;
- Represent limits, a description of behaviors that contradict the purpose and nature of Villanova University. Such behaviors violate presumptions of membership, and cannot be tolerated in an academic community;
- Recognizes the basic student composition of the community corresponding behavioral dynamics.
Local Ordinances
Chapter 109: Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 142: Certificates of Occupancy
Chapter 200: Noise
Chapter 206: Parking, Off-Street
Chapter 222: Property Maintenance
Chapter 226: Rental Properties
Chapter 82: Garbage and Refuse
Chapter 92: Housing-Property Maintenance
Chapter 105: Noise and Exterior Lighting
Chapter 111: Peace and Good Order
Chapter 91: Food and Drink
Chapter 95: Garbage, Rubbish, and Refuse
Chapter 117: Noise
Chapter 199: Nuisances
Chapter 128: Peace and Good Order
Chapter 138: Property Maintenance
Chapter 131: Nuisances
Chapter 141: Peace and Good Order
Chapter 149: Property Maintenance
Chapter 151: Property Registration for Student Homes
Chapter 35: Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 48: Drugs and Paraphernalia
Chapter 60: Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
Chapter 65: Housing Standards
Chapter 69: Noise
Chapter 70: Nuisances
Chapter 73: Peace and Good Order
Chapter 82: Property Maintenance
Chapter 90: Rental Registration
Additional Resources
We want to provide the best experience possible for our students and community members. Below are helpful resources and tools to get started with off-campus housing needs.
