They block me in, park on my lawn, party all night long. She said attempts to reason with the young men and women have failed, and she s taken several to court for noise violations. City resident Robert Joyce doesn t live near college students, but he fears for his community if problems aren t addressed. Landlords are renting houses or rooms to several people at a time but not providing adequate parking space, he said. It s not just about comfort, he said.
Safety is at stake.
He pointed out that several streets that are largely occupied by college housing such as William, Couch and Helen are often so packed with cars that a fire truck wouldn t be able to pass through. As chairwoman of the City Democratic Party, Padula has received lots of complaints about disruptive and destructive students. She suggests one way the city might combat the late-night carousing would be to install surveillance cameras on light posts at certain intersections. Most of the complaints, though, are about the noise. He encourages residents to report noise offenders, and said the process of filing a complaint has gotten easier now that residents are no longer required to travel to the Police Department to fill out the paperwork.