Brandeis-Waltham relations were strained this week when the university requested a lodging license for the Ridgewood Residence Halls at last Monday’s Waltham City Council meeting. Councilors expressed anger that Brandeis came to request a lodging license for Ridgewood a year after construction began. Ward 9 councilor Richard Logan wondered why the university had not come to request a permit earlier. “It was rather presumptuous, as if we didn’t have a choice” Logan said. “It takes the city for granted.” Lodging house licenses are required for all university dormitories. “Permits have to be ...