“Moore and Carter indicated to
      Boardman Township officials that they do not have any intention of ceasing the activities.”
      BY JOHN A. DARNELL JR.
      associate editor
      Boardman Township Trustees have filed a complaint seeking a declaratory judgement and injunctive relief to prevent a home at 8383 Glenwood Ave. from operating as an event center.
      The home came to the attention of Boardman police on the Memorial Day weekend when an event that had been posted on social media drew hundreds of persons to the home, clogging roadways with parked vehicles and complaints about profane and loud rap music emanating from the party. According to a social media post, admission was charged for the party at $10 for woman and $20 for men.
      According to the suit, filed by Atty. Matthew Vansuch, the defendants, identified as the home owner, Michelle Firman (who purchased the home in Nov., 2022 for $280,000); as well as her daughter, Taylor Moore, and Malcolm Carter (who live in the home with three, small children) have been advised on several occasions that “their actions and activities violate the Boardman Township Zoning Resolution as well as other, limited home rule resolutions.”
      The suit notes that on June 3, Carter “indicated to Boardman Township officials that they would continue to have the parties unabated; and on June 10, Moore and Carter indicated to Boardman Township officials that they do not have any intention of ceasing the activities.”
      Notes the suit, “On June 10, Moore indicated to Boardman Township officers that they will just keep paying the tickets, in reference to civil citations that Boardman Township officials issue for violations of the limited home rule resolutions.”
      Atty. Vansuch says in the suit that Firman, Moore and Carter “have not secured any applicable permits from the appropriate regulatory agencies, this includes Mahoning County Public Health, for the commercial establishment that they are operating at the residence.”
      The law suit, that was filed this week, charges that Firman, Moore and Carter “are currently operating a luxury pool party event center at 8383 Glenwood Ave.” and “because of the nature of the defendants’ business, a public nuisance is created by the noise and light generated by the people and the music” and “the excessive numbers of people at the residence, the heavy traffic and parking on the roads in the area creating a hazard on the roads, and sanitation issues with the number of people using the residence...in particular, the pool and hot tub, all of which greatly disturbs the neighbors and the neighborhood.”
      Atty. Vansuch concludes that such an operation is prohibited by Boardman Township’s Zoning Resolution. A hearing on the matter has been set for June 27 in the Mahoning County Common Pleas Courtroom of Honorable Judge R Scott Krichbaum.