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Dr. John H. Pai n er
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Texas A& ~ University
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(Sa itszed Version)
ovemberr 5th, 2009
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This case study is a work in progress . It is augmented and upd ated as
further ordinance violations are obse rve d and documented .
case_study _noise.pdf
THE PROBLEM:
Student Outdoor Party Noise ... a e at ight
0 Student Rentals in R-1 Zoned eighborhoods.
• Mom 'n Pop Buying a House for Child.
Fraternity Involvement
~Using R-1 Residence as Chapter 'Annex'.
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0 Student Rental H using Busi ess Be"ng Run.
0 n erage Drinking -Mino s in Possession.
0 Par ing Partially ocking Street
0 ore han Four 'Occupants' uch of a-··m e.
C~ty nti-Noise Program.
0 niversity An i.. oise Progran1.
0 ell Organized, Effective, Cooperative.
0 Deals With Occupants and bsentee 0 ners.
0 Po ~ice, Fire, and unicipal Court lnvo vement.
0 A&M Office of Student Affairs In olve en .
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0 Education on How to Respond.
0 Organization -eighborhood Association.
CASE-STUDY: LATEaNITE, NOISY, OUTSIDE PARTIES
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Telephoto picture taken outside and above rear of side fence.
Picture shot at 11 :30 P .M., 26 September, 2009. 15 people outside.
Photo shows previously discarded drink cups, beer bottle, can.
THE PROBLEM:
Late Night, Loud Parties in the Ba ck Yard.
Males sh outing , Females shrieking .
Continues until 1 :00 -3:00 A .M., unless broken up
by con1plainant's appearance (3 times).
Wakes up Co 111pl ainant on far side of his house.
PARTY LOG:
26 August -Wed nesday -Police called.
04 September -Friday -Hanger tag #s taken .
17 September -Thursday -Complainant threatened.
26 Septe mber -Saturday -Complainant takes picture.
07 October -Wednesday -Police called@ 02 :20 (Th)
THE INVOLVED NEIGHBORHOOD
OWNER:
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OCCUPANTS:
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*Disturbed by loud parties
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GEOGRAPHY OF LATE-NITE OISE CASE
3-students.
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No problem.
Carol St.
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City:
·RESPONSE PROCEDURES
orce Complain~ F" e by Resident -Noise.
olice Respond o Address.
° Citati n or rn·ng Issued -Disorderly Conduct.
City loud Party eport -Internal Record-Keeping,
0 Warning Let er ~ssued o Ow e~.
0 epeated Offe ses, a e Ad ress.
0 econd arn~n etter ~ssue to 0 er.
-About Invoking State Noise Abatement Statute.
-About T ABC State Alcohol Statute Violations.
-Warning of Possible Civi l Litigation .
0 Municipal Court Convict~on n Occupants.
-Mandatory University Classes for Occupants.
° Fire e . -Party ar ing Inspection.
-Emergency Equipment Street Clearance.
0 Joint City/University tA gie Up' Comm"ttee.
0 oise batement Classes fow Cited Students
alk n' Talk Program -Visit Complaint Sites
~ Fraternity Warning -Chapter Faculty Advisors.
THER PROBLEM EXAMPLES
GARBAGE:
Filled garbage container on
street from
27 October (Tuesday)
until 04 November (Wed.)
- A total of 9 days. -
Blocked f ron1 City Pick Up
by Vehicle Parking on
28 Oct.
GE:
Carol Street access from Merry Oaks partially blocked,
by vehicle parking. Difficult for emergency vehicles to
make turns, northbound or southbound.
Need additional picture of street blocking, here.
ORGANIZATION CHART -City/University/Renter Linkages
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A&lvl -VP. CS.
Stud. Affairs -Noisy Student Rentals -Counci l/lvlgr.
Ge n. Weber I Ne ighborhood Disturbance Glen Brown
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Asst. VP Assoc. VP/Dea1 .Asst. City lvlgr Asst. City lvigr Complaint Stud. Affairs Stu cl . .A.ffai rs l\leeley Merrill Site Woods Parrott
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Greel< Life Dept Stud. Life Dept Plan/Dvlpt Svcs Fire Dept. Police Dept k-Zuniga Binzer· Colwell Chief All8y Chief Capps
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Off-Campus Student Scr1<ices. ,l
Faculty AGOSS"' Pgrrn. i--. 'J1ggie Up' I+-!\lei ghbor Svcs Parking ~ H-Comunty. Svcs
Advisors Stefancic Committee lvloorn Rani<? Dwyer Lt. A nclerson
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Fraternities 'Walk 'n Tall<' Code Enforc. Fi rn Marsha II Cornunty. Svcs 'Noise Class' l<uyl<e ndal I i't'-f-l> Various
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WHO'S WHO -Noisy Student Parties
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION :
Council.
Jon Crompton -He originally pushed to lower residents, 3 -t 2.
Neighborhood Services -Planning and Development Services:
Barbara Moore, Coordinator -bmoore@cstx.gov, 979.764.6262
Lin ks to Un iversity -Office of Student Affairs, Student Government.
Student Group: Off-Campus Aggies.
Cod e Enforcem ent:
Cindy Kuykendall -ckuykendall@cstx.gov , 979.764.6363
Julie Cater -jcater@cstx.gov, 764.3845
P.O. C. cannot be a resident -Owner or Manager.
Rental Registration;
Cindy Kuykendall is also Contact on th is. See above.
Police :
Lt. Craig Anderson* -Code Enforcement -canderson@cstx.gov .
* 'Aggie Up' Committee Member. (Works with Student Life Dept.)
Lt. Billy Cou ch -Sector A -bcouch@cstx.gov, 764-5090 , "Zero Tolerance "
Sgt. Mike Dean -Our sub-sector -mdean@cstx.gov, 764-5097
Nite Shift -Lt. Couch -10:00 PM -6:00 AM -W,Th,F
Sgt. Kyle Patterson
Sgt. Tom Brown.
Sgt. Janice Kemp, Supervisor, Community Services.
Patricia Alvarado, Community Svcs -palvarado@cstx.oov, 764-6.277
Fire Departm ent:
Eric Hurt - Fire Marshal -ehurt@cstx.gov, 764-3727
Emergency response needs might require removing street parking.
Inspects at party-time, taking pictu res of parking .
Cindy Geidraitis* -Public Ed . Officer
* 'Aggie Up' Committee Member. (Works with Student Life Dept.)
Bart HL1-mphries -PIO -bhu mphri es@cstx.gov, 764-3708)
Traffic Engineering :
Troy Rother, Traffic Engineer -troth er@cstx.gov, 764-3838
Street/Parking specifications -See Sec. Sec.8.2.A.7.j., UDO
(Downloaded from City Website,
Neighborhood\specs_streets_2009.pdf)
Chairman , Traffic Management Committee (Staff, only)
WHO'S WHO -Off-Campus Aggies
TEXAS A& M UNIVERSITY:
Student Services :
Dr. Weber (3-star), VP-Student Affairs, 845-4728
Dr. Carol Binzer -Office of Student Affairs -Director, Student Life Dept.
11788, Cain Hall, 845-3111 -carolb@tamu.edu
Program Coordinator -Stefanie Stefancic
114C, Cain Hall, 845-1741 -stefanies@studentlife.tamu.edu
Asst. Prog. Coord -Margaret Langford -margaretl@studentlife.tamu.edu
'Aggie Up' Committee -(All Staff -Me mbers in Police, Fire Depts.)
'Noise Abatement' Class -For cited students.
'Walk n' Talk' program -Visit complaint sites, off-campus.
Greek Life Dept.:
Asst. Director -Nick Zuniga, 862-5636, 22 5 Koldus, nickz@tamu.edu
Reports directly to Asst. VP, Student Affairs, C.J. Woods
Deals with Fraternity Fa culty Advisors.
Student Organizations.
Off-Campus Aggies -
Coordinator -Stefanie Stefancic -Student Life.
Advisor -Stephanie Zuniga -Student Life. -845-17 4 1
BETA TH ETA Pl :
Texas Epsilon Eta Chapter. -Jones Rd ., off Hiway 60 , past 47.
President: Matthew C. Brown, 214 213-251 o (C)
·mbrown6987@tamu.edu
Vice-President Christopher A. Ellis
Fae. Advisor: Dr. Mary E. Herring, Assoc. Prof., 845-0459
. herring@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Humanities in Medicine Dept., 102D Reynolds, Health Sci. Ctr.
OCCUPANTS' VEH IC LES AT COMPLAINT SITE
Occupant #1 -Chevy -753-8AV
Occupant #3 -Toyota -23D-MF3
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Occupant #2 -Ford -23V-HT9
Visitor #1 -Chev -Z64-VCS
Party #4 -7:00 A .M., -18 Sep 09
AFTER-PARTY VEH ICLES AT COMPLAIN T SITE
Visitors #2, #3 -99W FF9 & 12L X28
Party #4 -7:00 A .M. -18 Sept. '09
Visitor #4 -Chev -645 BGV
Party #4 -7:00 A.M., -18 Sep 09
CITY ORDINANCE S - R-1 Rentals Iss ue
A Key Issue in Enforcement:
Definition of "Resident"
Other cities that do a good job.
Ordinances :
Ft. Collins, CO -Colorado State.
Gainesville, FL -U. Florida.
-Mich igan State.
Chapter 1 -General Provisions -Sec. 20: Disord e rly Conduct.
Chapter 4 -Business Regs. -Sec. 19: Rental Registration.
Chapter 9 -Subdivision Regs. -In corporated into C hap. 12.
Chapter ·10 - Traffic Code -Sec. 6: Adjudicati on, Parking.
No regs. for parki ng on city streets in residential
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areas fo r passenger vehi cl es weighing < 2,000 lbs.
CITY ORDINANCES -R-1 Rentals Issue
Ordinances, Continued:
Chapter 12 -:/Unified Development Ordinance
Art. 1: Gen. Provisions.
Sec. 1.3 -Scope -Decisions under UDO guided
by Comprehensive Plan .
Sec. 1.4 -Jurisdiction. -Not clear w.r.t. land uses
prior to UDO eff. date of 6/13/03.
Sec. 1.5 -Applicability - w.r.t. prior ordinance, highest std. wins.
Sec. 1.1 OB -Zoning Districts -Remain in effect. (R-1)
A rt. 4: Zoning Districts .
Sec. 4 .1 -Establishment -Overlay Districts (f\JPO,NCO)
Sec. 4.2 -Official Zoning Map -Controls.
Sec. 4 .5 -Application of District Regs.
Art. 5: District Purposes, Standards.
Sec. 5.1 C -Residential Zoning Districts -Single-Family Residential.
Sec. 5.8 -Overlay Districts -
Sec. 5.9 -Single-Family Overlay Districts -10 years <Age
Sec. 5.9.D.1 -NPO -Applies to sizes, only.
Sec. 5.9.D.2 -NCO -Req. stakeholder committee and
Conservation Study.
Sec. 5.9.D.2.d.11) -Off-Street Parking.
Art. 6: Use Reg ulatio ns .
Sec . 6.2C -Types of Use. -Use Table.
Sec. 6.2C Table -R-1 =Single-family Detached (undefined)
A rt. 7: Gen. Development Standards
Sec. 7.2 -Off-Street Parking.-Table -Single-family Dwelling = 2
Sec. 7.3.C.5 -Access Mgt. and Circ. -Driveways -Corner clearance
Sec. 7.12.B.1 -Traffic Impact Analyses -Trip Gen. Rates. (ITE Rpt.)
Higher trip generation=> higher zoning (R-4 -> R-7)
Professional Engineer Reqd. to perform TIA.
Art. 8: Subdivision Design and Improvements.
Sec.8.2.A.7 .j. -Gen. Requirements, Standards, Urban, Streets
"BCS Unified Design Guidelines and the BCS
Unified Tech. Specs." Control.
Art. 10: Definitions.
Family: No definition.
Single-family: Defines residential unit, not "family."