Roommate Living Agreement

Roommate Living Agreement (Revision 2 – 28 May 2015)

I the undersigned agree to the following terms and conditions:

Scope of this Document

This document encompasses all, but is not limited to, the rules, regulations, statutes, requirements, payments, restitutions, and agreements associated with the co-residency dwelling with those identified in the signatory section of the document as residents. All disputes that arise as part of this co-residency should be referenced back to this document unless reasonably prudent to involve outside arbitration or conflict resolution. Changes to this document are subject to the approval of the residents in order to be applicable under this agreement. The appeal process is described in detail in Appendix A. FIXME

Definitions

The house in which scope of this document is applicable will hereby be referred to as “the house”.

The rent-paying members of the house, collectively “the residents” or “residents”, as well as approved “voting members” shall herein be referred to as “voters”.

An interpersonal gathering of ten (10) or more non-residents shall herein be referred to as a “party”. Any number of non-residents under ten (10) shall be referred to as “a get-together” or “gathering”.

A bedroom is defined as the singularly contained area in which it is mutually agreed to be the exclusive domain of the specific resident occupying said domain.

The Owners of The Roommate Agreement are Jordan Bussanich, Ian Pasiak, Hayward Peirce, and Simon Perrault.

Non-residents shall be defined as anyone who is not covered under the above definition of a voter.

Terms and Conditions

Section. I – Fundamental Rights

  1. The entirety of the Roommate Living Agreement is subject to the limitations as defined in The Bro Code (ISBN: 978-1439110003).
  2. All sections of this document are subject to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as per the Constitution Act of 1982 . The exceptions are Section 25 and 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
  3. The end of the lease as defined in the rental agreement with the landlord shall automatically end the coverage of The Roommate Agreement. Any extension of the coverage of The Roommate agreement must be conducted under a completely new (but potentially identical) agreement between voters.
  4. All official documents and signage, including this one, shall be published exclusively in the English language.

Section. II – Bathrooms and Facilities

  1. All persons living in the house have equal and non-exceptional access to all bathrooms regardless of race, gender, age and mental capacity.
  2. All persons utilising the bathroom are under the obligation to flush the toilet after they finish utilising the bathroom facilities. All persons are equally responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the bathroom in accordance with Section VII.

Section. III – Bedrooms

  1. All persons have the right to privacy provided that their bedroom door is shut. All persons must knock before entering a bedroom that they are not occupying when the door is closed.
  2. One must not enter the bedroom of another without explicit permission from the resident of the room one is wishing to enter.
  3. Subsection ii is subject to reasonable breach in extenuating life or limb circumstances.

Section. IV - Coitus

  1. Coital relations are only allowed in the following circumstances:
    1. When one participant in the coital activities is a resident
    2. When the coital activities take place within the confines of the residents bedroom.
  2. Coital relations must conform with the regulations outlines in Section X with regard to free time.
  3. Coital relations that take place in common spaces are subject to the following sanctions but the non-participating residents.
    1. Social ridicule at discretion of the non-paticipatory residents, subject to reasonable limitations.
    2. the disturbance of future coital activities by the non-participatory residents, subject to reasonable limitation and Section X, i
  4. Clause iii is nullified if the coital activity would reasonably be considered to have been spontaneous and/or with the influence of alcohol provided Section X, i is not breached, and the participating resident cleans up the area to the satisfaction of the non-participating residents.
  5. Interpersonal relations are subject to a fair-use condition when applicable to Sections VII and Section VIII.

Section. V – Social Interpersonal Interactions

a. Internal Interactions

  1. The invitation of non-residents is acceptable when reasonable and prudent while subject to Sections X.
  2. The hosting of a gathering is subject to Sections VIII, and X. The host of said gathering is responsible for the repercussions of said gathering.
  3. The hosting of a party is subject to Sections VIII, and X. The host of said party is responsible for the repercussions of said party.
  4. The hosting of a LAN-party is subject to Sections VIII, and X.
  5. LAN-parties take precedence over other gatherings classified under Section V, Subsection A, clauses ii and iii.
  6. LAN-parties are not subject to Section X and VIII if and only if they do not conflict with Sections X.

b. External Interactions

If a member of the household is invited to a party, they shall, with due consideration, enquire regarding the attendance of the remaining housemates.

Section. VI – Nutrition

a. Food

  1. Food purchased through an amalgamation of monetary assets shall be available to all residents of whom contributed to said amalgamation.
  2. Food which does not fall under Clause i is the sole property of the purchaser.
  3. In relation to Section VI, Subsection A, Clause i, President’s Choice products shall take precedence over all other store brands.

b. Beverages

  1. Beverages purchased through an amalgamation of monetary assets shall be available to all residents of whom contributed to said amalgamation.
  2. Beverages which do not fall under Clause i are the sole property of the purchaser.

c. Beverages Containing Ethanol (C2H5OH)

  1. Beverages purchased through an amalgamation of monetary assets shall be available to all residents of whom contributed to said amalgamation.
  2. Beverages containing ethanol are not subject to Section VI are the sole property of the purchaser, but are also available to all residents on the condition of reasonable and fair consumption and compensation.
  3. The consumption of Alcoholic beverages is subject to Section VII, X, and XI. Residents, and non-residents are responsible (thought their voluntary consumption of alcohol) for all repercussions and damages caused directly, and indirectly, from their actions.
  4. Should one member purchase beer on behalf of the other members, the following brands must not be purchased: Labatt Blue Light, Bud Light, Budweiser, Labatt Blue Light Lime, Bud Light Lime, Bud Light Lime Mojito, Molson Canadian 67, Corona, Corona Light, Michelob Ultra, Miller Chill, Big Rock Lite Lime, Old Milwaukee or any of its sub-brands, Pabst Blue Ribbon or any of its sub-brands or any beer with an alcohol by volume content less than 4.0%.
  5. Alcoholic beverages as described in Section VI, Subsection C shall be purchased at locations with precedence, in the order of: price, availability, travel distance.

Section. VII – Hygiene

  1. Personal hygiene is the responsibility of each resident and is subject to a continuance of a reasonable standard of living for all residents.
  2. No products of any kind shall be smoked on, or within 9 metres (30 feet) of any entrance to the property. This includes any balcony, porch or other outside area on the property.

Section. VIII – Reserved Spaces

  1. The designated “man-cave” or “nerd-room” or “nerd-zone” shall be the exclusive dominion of those with both an X and a Y chromosome.
  2. Section VIII is subject to the conditions as defined in Section III.

Section. IX – Internet Connectivity

  1. Where possible, telecommunications service shall be provided by wholesale re-seller rather than the “last mile” provider. There are no exceptions to this. Each provider established under this section shall henceforth be referred to as “the provider” in the context of the type of service they provide.
  2. The internet plan shall be the provider's highest tier plan of either cable or digital subscriber line (DSL). Precedence is given to features in the order of speed, bandwidth (both download and upload), and price.
  3. Internet access is subject to an equal share of the monthly payment of the internet.
  4. Quality-of-Service (QoS) and throttling may be enforced without warning such that higher priority traffic is not affected.
    1. Higher priority traffic includes school or work related traffic, basic http(s) traffic, video streaming (maximum of one high priority stream per person at a time), and VoIP (maximum of one high priority VoIP call per person at a time).
  5. All peer to peer network transfers shall be limited to 400 kB/s downstream and 20 kB/s upstream between the hours of 10:00am and 2:00am on weekends and between 8:00am and 12:00am. Weekend limits hours shall be in effect on holidays and on study breaks. All other traffic, such as HTTP and FTP are not subject to these limits.
  6. Individual ownership rights of the router plugged directly into the modem, here-after named the “main router”, are relinquished to the collective control of the residents until the original owner moves out.
    1. Premature removal of the main router without majority consent of the other residents and a viable replacement main router option shall result in the disconnecting of the offending resident from use of the internet connection.
  7. The main router and modem shall not be removed for any reason and may only be turned off momentarily for the purposes of a power cycle or other maintenance related activities.
  8. Ownership rights of the cable modem are suspended until the Resident moves out.

Section. X – Scheduling

  1. Free-time shall be defined as a period within which no resident is preparing for any form of educational evaluation, or preparing educational or work deliverables
  2. General purpose studying may also invoke the free-time clause provided the other residents are notified seven (7) days in advanced, and it is not on a Friday or Saturday evening.
  3. The activities of a resident who's actions fall under the classification outlined in Section X, i take precedence over all other activities in the house.

Section. XI – Personal Attire and Accessories

  1. The adornment of a form of textile attire is subject to reasonable visibility.
  2. Section XI does not apply when Section III is applicable.
  3. A breach of Subsection i will result in disciplinary action at the unanimous discretion of the non-offending party(s).

Section. XII – Electronic Usage

  1. The usage of electronic devices is subject the conditions of Sections IX and VIII.
  2. Should one possess a photograph of an intoxicated resident, they must not, under any circumstances, upload said photo to any internet based service.
  3. Group photos of all members are not to be taken unless mutually agreed upon.
  4. Electricity usage shall be limited to necessary and essential activities only while not observing “off-peak hours” as defined by HydroOttawa.

Section. XIV – Additional Sections

  1. This document is subject to change through approval of a majority of voters.
  2. Any additional topics will be added to Appendix D.

Section. XV – Amendments

Section. XVI – Rules for the Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages

  1. The rules for any competition involving the consumption of Alcoholic Beverages as defined in Section VI, Subsection A shall be mutually upon by all members of the household excluding guests.
  2. All persons in the household, including guests, are obliged to comply with the rules as set out in Section XVI, Subsection i.
  3. All beverages must be placed no less than one inch (2.5 centimetres) from the edge of the surface to which they are placed on.
  4. The rules as defined in Subsection i shall be laid out in Appendix B.

Section. XVII - Security

  1. The front door of the house is to be locked at all times unless someones is actively using the entrance way.

  2. The backdoor of the house is to be locked at all times when there is no resident in the house.

  3. Windows in residents rooms are the responsibility of the resident occupying the aforementioned room.

  4. Windows on the main floor are to be closed when there are no residents in the house.

  5. The last resident to leave the house shall be, until the return of a resident, the charge person.Responsibilities of the charge person are as follows:

    1. All windows in the common area on the main level are to be closed
    2. All door are to be locked.

  6. Fault for unauthorized entry shall fall on the charge person.

  7. Subsection vi. does not apply if the entry was through a private domain, in which case the fault lies with the specific resident occupying said domain.

  8. Subsection vi. and vii. do not apply if the entry was not caused by an access point being left open.

Section. XVIII - Terms for Redistribution and Re-licensing

The use of these agreement upon termination of lease is subject to the following conditions:

  1. Re-use of this document requires attribution given to the original authors as defined in the Scope of the Document.
  2. Ownership of this document is retained by Jordan Bussanich, Ian Pasiak, Hayward Peirce, and Simon Perrault.
  3. Unlimited copies of this document may be made and modified.
  4. All future modifications of this document must be re-distributed under the preceding terms.

By signing this agreement, one agrees to fully be bound by the terms and conditions as stated above. By signing this document, you are agreeing that you are utilising your dominant hand and correct legal signature to approve this document.

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Appendix A - Drafts

Appendix A - Drafts

Appendix B - Storage of Third Party Alcoholic Beverages

Appendix B - Storage of Third Party Alcoholic Beverages

Appendix C - Gaming Rules and Regulations

Appendix C - Gaming Rules and Regulations