LMU Party Houses
August 4, 2008 by Westchester Tracy
Filed under For Realty Professionals, Westchester Community
There’s been a lot of chatter again on the Westchester neighborhood yahoo groups about LMU party houses.
We’re pretty lucky on our street. We’ve got the teenage boy who thinks he’s a rock star playing electric guitar at top volume on Sunday afternoons, but none of those party houses rocking out until all hours.
If you’re not so lucky, I picked up some information from the yahoo groups that you might find helpful.
Reportedly, the City of LA has a very strict set of Loud Party Ordinances on the books (Municipal Code §§41.57 and 41.58).
If the codes are enforced, this is how they work:
- The police are called (1-800-ASK-LAPD)
- The police respond, identify the responsible party and issue a written warning which explains the consequences of a second police response
- The responding officer calls the station and places the responsible party’s name on a Loud Party Violation Log kept by the Watch Commander
- If the loud party persists and a second call is made to police, the following is supposed to occur:
- Officers respond with a Supervisor, find the responsible party from the first visit and issue a misdemeanor citation
- The officers request back-up, including a helicopter if necessary, to close down the party
- A bill for costs is generated and sent to the city attorney to add to the misdemeanor fine
Sounds perfectly simple and low cost for the city, doesn’t it?
Apparently this is all theoretical and the practical matter is that the LAPD doesn’t have the resources to respond to these calls. But isn’t it nice to know you have a muni code to quote when you make your call?
Hey, how about this for a solution? Pick one good party, organize the neighbors to lean on the LAPD and make sure one hefty bill gets generated for a student. You can bet that story would spread like electronic wildfire. In fact, I’d spend my lottery allowance to bet that by Monday morning, the amount of the fine would’ve grown to urban legend proportions. Now, that should put a stop to those noisy student parties.
Hat tip to “Andre’ from Croydon” for the municipal code information on the WPDRNENews Yahoo Group.
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Hate to say it, but this all smells like “too little too late.” Our street turned into a party ghetto and we split. Yes, split. Don’t bother calling LAPD - it’s a known fact around the neighborhood that they won’t show up. Don’t bother calling LMU student affairs office. Don’t bother to call Clarence Griffin. And for sure don’t bother calling LMU Public Safety (that’s a real oxymoron). All are ineffective, lack the teeth or the willingness to give a $@#&, and you will just wind up frustrated.
In the last 5 years alone, LMU has become an 800- pound gorilla to the adjacent Westchester blocks. Granted, people can’t stop LMU parents from buying up houses and renting them to 5 or 6 beer-swilling silver-spoon kids, but that’s basically the long and short of it. There are just too many such houses springing up. Go check out rotten neighbor.com. This site should grow in coming months and people need to be aware of what’s happening in their community.
What a great community this was and we will miss it.
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