Summer at Ocean View
Eligibility & Minimum Rental Commitment
Any current Westmont student or student summer employee may request housing at the Ocean View Apartments for the 2012 summer season (Sunday, May 6 to Saturday, August 11). A 10-week minimum rental commitment (i.e. 70 consecutive nights) is required for applications which are submitted prior to May 1, and housing is granted on a space-available basis. The number of nights spent away in a Westmont summer travel program may be counted towards the required rental commitment. Additional nights beyond August 11 may be requested by students who are transitioning to campus housing in the fall, and these additional nights must be requested in advance by email. These should be requested prior to the start of the summer period to prevent additional change fees. Special rules apply to those who arrange for "additional nights" beyond August 11. See the application for details.
Student summer employees receive priority consideration until April 1. Any request submitted after April 1 will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis.
Application & Costs
Applicants who submit by April 1 will be notified in early April whether or not their application has been accepted. The calendars used in the application allow for requests which do not meet the minimum rental commitment of 70 nights, but priority is given to applications which meet or exceed the minimum rental commitment. Current Ocean View residents who will attend Mayterm may request to remain at OV for just the Mayterm period. The Ocean View Summer 2012 application should be used for this request, not the Mayterm on Campus application. Such requests will not be considered until the start of (spring) finals week in order to allow adequate time for other students to request longer-term housing at OV for the summer. If space is available, these shorter-term requests by OV residents can be granted.
Cost is per person, not per apartment. The application calculates total cost for the nights selected. In addition, change fees will be imposed for any Start Date or End Date change submitted after the start of the summer period. To apply, go to this housing application: Ocean View Summer 2012 application.
Check-in & Check-out
Those who request housing to commence on Sunday, May 6 may check-in at Ocean View from 2-3 PM or 7-9 PM on that Sunday. Anyone who does not check-in at one of these times, or who has a confirmed reservation for summer housing to commence at a later date, must arrange a check-in appointment with the Resident Director or summer Resident Assistant at Ocean View. The resident director at Ocean View is Daniel Clapp (dclapp@westmont.edu).
All check-outs must be arranged by appointment with residence staff. The last possible check-out date is Saturday, August 11.
FAQs about Ocean View
What is included? Each Ocean View apartment is a furnished, two-bedroom unit. Furnishings include: beds, desks, drawers, living room sofa, dinette, draperies, full-size refrigerator and gas stove/oven. Services include: utilities (gas, electricity, water, trash), high-speed internet through the campus network, campus telephone capability (residents must supply the phone instrument), and satellite television service. Things not included: microwave oven, kitchen and dining utensils, telephone instrument, television or computer, custodial service, or cleaning and paper supplies.
How do I get to Ocean View? The apartments are located three miles from campus, about one mile from the Vons grocery store on Hot Springs/Coast Village Road. Apartments #1-10 (750 sq.ft.) house up to four students. For directions with Google maps, enter 15 Ocean View Ave., Santa Barbara, CA.* Apartments #13-24 (600 sq.ft.) house up to three students because one of the bedrooms is smaller. For directions with Google maps, enter 11 Ocean View Ave., Santa Barbara, CA.*
Can postal mail be delivered to OV? No, there is no mail service available at Ocean View. Residents must use the Westmont Post Office for mail delivery.
What about transportation? Residents must provide for their own transportation. There is no shuttle service to Ocean View during the summer.
Ocean View has 22 residential apartments and can accommodate up to 75 residents (3-4 residents per apartment). Ocean View is staffed by a full-time resident director (RD) and one or more resident assistants, but it is not served by campus security. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Santa Barbara Police Department. A supplemental parking lot adjacent to Ocean View (not owned by Westmont College) is available to residents during restricted hours. Westmont is required by contractual arrangement to monitor the use of this lot and enforce its parking rules. Rules for the use of this lot are provided by the Ocean View RD. The Ocean View RD resides in apartment #12; the Ocean View office/lounge is in apartment #11.