Plan to red-tag homes of rowdy partiers in Reno considered
By: Associated Press - | ∞
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Those who party too hearty in Reno would have their homes marked with a red tag and face fines under an ordinance that could go before the City Council.
A neighborhood advisory board that oversees the area near the University of Nevada, Reno is considering a plan to red-tag houses of repeat offenders who hold parties that result in a police or ambulance response.
Opponents think the plan goes too far.
"A lot of people like the idea of red-tagging the house, so people would say, `Oh, this house had been fined,"' said Lora Nay, the board's chairwoman.
"Neighborhood humiliation is what it is. I have a problem with that, but I may be in the minority. I think a fine is enough," she said.
Chris Peri, 23, a senior at UNR, said the city's concern about rowdy parties is understandable.
"But this whole scarlet letter thing is ridiculous," Peri told the Reno Gazette-Journal. "If a party gets that bad, then people should be cited, not ostracized."
Andrew Snow, 24, a recent UNR graduate, said he has held parties at his rental house near campus but rarely gets complaints.
"I think the whole thing is ridiculous and hilarious," he said.
The proposal could be considered by the City Council early next year, city officials said.
Under the proposal, a first offense would be overlooked but every successive offense would cost the property owner a fine as well as a charge for any emergency services rendered.
Nay said the board has had good cooperation from UNR in trying to curb excessive student partying, and the Reno Police Department recently began sending two officers out to cruise the neighborhood.
Information from: Reno Gazette-Journal, http://www.rgj.com
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Steve wrote on Nov 13, 2006 10:26 AM:Sounds like an idea that should be implemented nation-wide. The guilty people never like a law that targets them. Before I read the article, I thought they were going to say that the red tagged property would be bulldozed. That's what they normally do to a red tagged building. I'd be for that too!
Sandy K wrote on Nov 13, 2006 2:04 PM:Go Steve! I thought the same thing. If they thought like us they would be relieved it was only a "scarlet letter" type thing.
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