New Eureka Ordinance Proposals

The Eureka City Council is mulling some proposed ordinances to penalize people/ property owners that require repeat visits from the police. One ordinance will deal with places that have continual disturbances such as loud parties. Another will allow police to cite property owners whose properties are being used for drug use.

I might go along with the first one. Most of us have lived somewhere where you had neighbors that caused regular disturbances. I worry, though, about the original complainers. Some people have a low tolerance for any sort of noise and might end up putting someone, who really hasn't done much, in the nuisance category by frequently calling police cause they don't like what someone is playing on the radio, or some such thing.

The second one is more disturbing: Some properties are difficult to maintain control over. Hate to see some property owner get in trouble because transients keep using the property for parties or whatever. Besides, better they have some place to do their nefarious deeds rather than out in front of my house.

What I'd really like to know is just what properties and/ or owners were the reason for these ordinances being proposed in the first place. I don't think someone just made these ordinances up for lack of anything else to do.