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Guest and Overnight Guest Information
Updated Nov. 4, 2024
University Housing reserves the right to prohibit guests at any time based upon operational and/or public health needs. Should this occur, residents will be notified through Cal Poly email.
Term Definitions
- A Resident is defined as a student officially licensed, as a Licensee, to reside in on-campus housing.
- A Resident host is a resident of a room, suite, apartment, or building who invites and/or permits guests to be present in their space or within University Housing.
- A Guest is defined as any person visiting any building that they are not officially assigned to live "or given official University approval to access"
- General solicitation of members of the public through an advertisement, posting or any other format in any medium is not considered a personal invitation under this policy.
- A Overnight Guest is defined as any person who is visiting any resident/host in a space that they are not officially assigned to live in from 11pm to 8 am seven days a week.
Guest & Overnight Guest Visitation
Right to sleep, study, and feel comfortable in one’s own environment takes precedence over the social desires of a roommate. Roommates should establish norms ahead of any guest’s visit. Established guest norms between roommates may include standards for advanced roommate notification, preferred communication methods, and defining block-out dates for guests that best suit the room. These norms should be agreed upon and may be reflected in the roommate agreement. University Housing staff are available to help address and create these norms with roommates.
Resident Host Responsibilities
Room occupancy is limited to six persons per residence hall room or twelve persons per apartment (Cerro Vista and Poly Canyon Village). Occupancy may be adjusted based on occupancy needs and public health mandates.
Resident hosts are responsible for their own actions and their guests' actions.
Guests must be accompanied by the resident host while in or around University Housing.
Resident host must register all overnight guests which are limited to two per resident at any time. Any unapproved overnight guest will be required to leave.
Overnight Guest Registration
All Overnights Guest are required to register online in your Housing Portal.
Resident Host’s guests are not permitted to cohabit with them in residence halls/apartments. Cohabitation exists when a person who is not assigned to a particular room/suite uses that room/suite as if they were living there.
Overnight guests are not permitted during the following no-guest time periods:
Halloween
Thursday, October 24, 2024, at 8 p.m. through Monday, October 28, 2024, at 8 a.m.
Thursday, October 31, 2024, at 8 p.m. through Sunday, November 3, 2024, at 8.a.m.
Fall Break and Fall Finals Week
Sunday, November 24, 2024, at 8 p.m. through Sunday, December 11, 2024, at 8.a.m.
Sunday, December 8, 2024, at 8 p.m. through Saturday, December 14, 2024, at 8.a.m.
Winter Finals Week and Spring Break
Friday, March 14, 2025, at 8 p.m. through Sunday, March 23, 2025, at 8.a.m.
Sunday, March 23, 2025, at 8 a.m. through Monday, March 31, 2025, at 8.a.m.
St. Patrick's Day
Thursday March 13, 2025, at 8 p.m. through Tuesday, March 17, 2025, at 8 a.m.
Spring Finals Week
Sunday, June 8, 2025, at 8 p.m. through Monday, June 16, 2025, at 8 a.m.
Minor Guest Registration
Guests 17 or under must bring a signed Minor Guest Registration Form signed by their parent/guardian.
The Minor Guest Registration Form may be completed by printing, signing, and physically brought to the Front Desk.
