Frat House Activities Curtailed
The illegal use of a Northridge house by a college fraternity, which resulted in numerous complaints from neighbors, has ended, city officials announced Wednesday.
Under a June court settlement with the homeowner over a number of infractions, no more than four members of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity can live in the one-story ranch house in the 17000 block of Parthenia Street near Cal State Northridge.
Also, the residents cannot host parties in the rented house until 2004.
Pi Kappa Phi’s members must attend monthly meetings of a local homeowner’s association and spend at least eight hours each month cleaning up the neighborhood.
“The party’s over,” City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo said Wednesday, applauding the fraternity’s neighbors and his staff for pushing for sanctions for fraternity members’ “detestable behavior.”
A party at Pi Kappa Phi in February attracted more than 1,000 people, causing police to show up in riot gear.
Delgadillo’s office is also investigating neighbors’ complaints about two other fraternities that have members living in homes near the campus.
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