Video: Baltimore County Council passes bill targeted at loud house parties

T
IT.
THE COUNCIL PASSED THE BILL
QUICKLY AND UNANIMOUSLY.
OVERALL MEMBERS SAY THAT THE
PILOT PROGRAM, HOLDING STUDENTS,
AND THEIR LANDLORDS RESPONSIBLE
FOR UNRULY PARTIES NEAR TOWSON
UNIVERSITY IS WORKING.
PERHAPS EVEN BETTER THAN THEY
EXPECTED.
>> FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM
THE POLICE AND THE OTHER
COMMUNITIES WHERE IT IS
CURRENTLY REPRESENTING, IT IS
WORKING.
>> I MET SURE WE KNEW HOW IT WAS
GOING TO WORK AND DID NOT
EXPECTED TO WORK AS WELL.
REPORTER: THE COUNCIL PASSED THE
INITIAL PILOT PROGRAM LAST YEAR,
HOPING TO CRACK DOWN ON BAD
PARTY BEHAVIOR IN AREAS NEAR
TOWSON UNIVERSITY INCLUDING 7
NEIGHBORHOODS EAST OF YORK ROAD.
>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LOUD,
DRUNKENNESS, PEOPLE BUT SHUTTING
DOWN AT 2:00 A.M. AND GOING
AFTER HOURS.
REPORTER: THE NEW LEGISLATION
ADDS THE 'RODGERS FORGE' AREA,
NORTHERN TOWSON, WESTERN TOWSON,
AND LOCH RAVEN VILLAGE.
PART OF ARBUTUS, BY UMBC, IS
INCLUDED AS WELL.
SOME LANDLORDS HAVE BEEN
CRITICAL OF THE LAW.
SAYING THAT IT UNFAIRLY HOLDS
THEM RESPONSIBLE FOR RENTERS
BEHAVIOR
LANDLORDS AND STUDENTS CAN BE
FINED, AND LANDLORDS COULD LOSE
THEIR LICENSE.
BUT BILL SPONSOR COUNCILMAN
DAVID MARKS POINTS TO A DROP TO
JUST 20 NOISE COMPLAINTS LAST
YEAR -AS PROOF OF SUCCESS.
>> WE RELY ON ANECDOTAL
EVIDENCE.
WE TALK TO COMMUNITY LEADERS,
RESIDENTS AND STUDENTS, AND THEY
TELL ME THE MESSAGE IS GETTING
OUT THERE THAT THIS SORT OF
BEHAVIOR WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
REPORTER: THE NEW BILL GOES INTO
EFFECT ON MARCH 6.
THE PILOT PROGRAM IS SCHEDUED
TO RUN UNTIL 2018.

Video: Baltimore County Council passes bill targeted at loud house parties

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