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College town approves off-campus party crackdown
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Tired of off-campus parties that are anything but fun for nearby homeowners, elected leaders in this college town on Monday unanimously approved new laws cracking down on nuisance party hosts and their landlords.
The ordinances include tougher punishments for loud or rowdy social gatherings of 10 or more people and define 16 different nuisance activities, from drug dealing and prostitution to littering and blocking traffic.
Violations can result in fines ranging from $500 to $4,000. In the case of repeated nuisance parties, the city could close the property for up to one year, the Columbia Missourian reported Tuesday.
Resident Kate Akers told the Columbia City Council that during several weekends a year she wishes she lived somewhere else.
“The parties that are the real problem have so many people at them that you can't count them,” she said.
Several University of Misosuri-Columbia students spoke against the measure, taking issue with the definition of a nuisance.
The ordinances were recommended by an eight-member task force appointed by Mayor Darwin Hindman that met over the past year. The changes take effect Aug. 1, 2007 to coincide with the next crop of incoming renters.
The ordinances include tougher punishments for loud or rowdy social gatherings of 10 or more people and define 16 different nuisance activities, from drug dealing and prostitution to littering and blocking traffic.
Violations can result in fines ranging from $500 to $4,000. In the case of repeated nuisance parties, the city could close the property for up to one year, the Columbia Missourian reported Tuesday.
Resident Kate Akers told the Columbia City Council that during several weekends a year she wishes she lived somewhere else.
“The parties that are the real problem have so many people at them that you can't count them,” she said.
Several University of Misosuri-Columbia students spoke against the measure, taking issue with the definition of a nuisance.
The ordinances were recommended by an eight-member task force appointed by Mayor Darwin Hindman that met over the past year. The changes take effect Aug. 1, 2007 to coincide with the next crop of incoming renters.
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