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Let's not go there." Ben Irwin, a spokesman for the Boulder Public Works Department, declined to address Byrne's comments for this story.dye backpack gw2 "The city is not commenting further on this case, or on any statements made by the defendants and their attorney, because this is a pending case," Irwin wrote in an email. wheeled backpack 50x40x20"Any additional statements are best left to the courtroom." The owners have been summoned to appear in Boulder Municipal Court on Oct. 11. The city is accusing the owners of Sterling University Peaks of violating Boulder's building code by installing pivoting bookcases in rooms within 92 units in the apartment complex. Boulder officials say this illegal subdivision occurred after a city building inspector had signed off on the units, which were recently renovated.

When the illegal subdivision was discovered last month, city officials deemed the building uninhabitable, which forced some 400 tenants — many of them University of Colorado students days away from the start of classes — out onto the streets for one night. The owners quickly brought in crews to attach the bookcases to the wall, which meant tenants who were promised a private room were forced to share a bedroom with a roommate. The city accuses the owners of the complex of completing work without a permit and making changes to the building without approval. The city also says that the moveable bookcases prevented tenants from accessing an egress window and created ventilation issues. The subdivided rooms were also smaller than the required minimum 70 square feet and did not have lighting outlets. Byrne said he has several issues with the city's charging decision, including the fact that all of the building's owners are being cited. A city official delivered summonses Monday to Crack Shot LLC, White Fox LLC, Marletta Properties Two Holdings LLC and Sterling University Peaks LLC.

City officials also delivered a summons for Matt Johnke, an investor in several of those companies who has been managing the property. Byrne said he believes that only Sterling University Peaks LLC should be cited, rather than all of the complex's owners, because Sterling University Peaks LLC is the decision-making authority for the building. He said he also does not believe Johnke should be cited as an individual. "If you're going to list 184 counts of violations, you don't need to multiply it by five to make your point," Byrne said. Byrne also said he believes that because the owners took steps to fix the violations immediately, they should not be facing charges. "If the notice (of violation) says, 'Fix it or else,' and you fix it, should there be charges at that point?" he said. He said the owners already have paid a fair price for the violations, spending "hundreds of thousands of dollars" to make the units compliant. He said the owners also spent $6 million renovating the complex to make it nice for students.

"If the goal is not just to provide a disincentive for Sterling University Peaks but to send a message to others in the community who might be considering doing the same thing, the message is clear," he said. "To the extent a fine is necessary to prevent this from recurring, the lesson has been learned and we can demonstrate what it cost." Byrne's view is not shared by everyone, including some Sterling University Peaks tenants and their parents. Though many tenants broke their leases after learning they would no longer be living in a private room, some chose to stay. Madelyn Trujillo, a CU sophomore who continues to live at the apartment complex, said she believes it's not enough that the owners fixed the violations after they got caught. She's glad the city is citing them for violating the building code in the first place. "They're finally getting what they deserve," she said. "The way things played out and how they told us about it ... they definitely knew something that they were doing was wrong."

Trujillo said she and her roommates continue to pay the same rent, despite the fact that they are now sharing bedrooms when they were promised singles. Sandra Knauf, whose daughter Lily lives in the apartments, said she also believes its appropriate for the city to charge all of the owners. "People not assuming responsibility by saying, 'Oh, so-and-so should've done it,' or, 'I didn't know,' that's just a way of diluting the responsibility," she said. "That's a very irresponsible business practice." She, too, said that her daughter has not been offered a lower rate for the shared room she's now living in. "What bothers me about it is what they put these students through," she said. "They were just trying to make as much money as they possible could, and they still are. (The city) is doing its job. How would you feel if your children were treated like that?" Byrne has defended the apartment's owners, saying that they were trying to give the tenants privacy by installing the movable bookcases.