Residents in a usually quiet Castle Rock neighborhood are scrambling to figure out how to shut down their neighbor's sex parties.
Fox31 first broke this story and oh boy, it's a doozy ... The Castle Rock suburbs are a great place to raise a family. But residents on Avery Way have had it with one of their neighbors ... and their massive sex parties. The neighbors are angry at the parking nightmare and noise (yes, noise) that these parties are causing worried about the effect these raucous gatherings will have on their impressionable children. "You can hear people doing what they're doing," one resident told reporters. The owner of the house, a father and husband who is also requesting to remain nameless, says that he has taken every precaution to insulate the soirees from the community. He has even gone so far as to install extra soundproofing and block off the basement windows. Residents have been refusing to go on the record and are so far refusing to publicize the address, but they are saying the problem is reaching a boiling point. The party-goers are apparently from all walks of life, stretching from twenty-somethings to the geriatric. "Some of them are so old that they struggled walking up the stairs," one neighbor recalled. The parties are being advertised online as the "Thunderstorm Play Palace" and promise attendees food, alcohol, and even a chocolate fountain (shudder). The last event had 400 invitations sent out, with at least 80 people who RSVPed yes.
The host takes donations at the door: $70 for couples and single men and $20 for single women.
Neighbors are hopeful that this -- the act of collecting a door fee -- could help them get the Thunderstorm Play Palace shut down. Police officers, however, aren't as convinced. Because the payments are collected as strongly suggested donations and not a mandatory door fee, the homeowner isn't technically running afoul of any local laws. While that hasn't stopped other departments from cracking down on underage house parties that charged covers, it's not as easy to file charges stemming from legal activities. On top of that, the "parties" take place exclusively indoors and can't be seen from the street, meaning that officers cannot charge anyone with indecent exposure.
Residents are still hopeful that they could get the parties shut down for violating noise ordinances. In order for that to happen, a police officer will need to stand 100 feet away from the Thunderstorm Play Palace while one of their get-togethers is going on and measure the decibels.
Castle Rock's noise ordinance states that "sound from stereos, radios, televisions or other sources must not disturb anyone 100 feet away." It is unclear whether "sex parties" falls under the definition "other sources." In order for the sound to be classified as a noise disturbance under Castle Rock's municipal code, it must measure 50 decibels from 100 feet away. That's not that loud (a running shower measures at 70 decibels).
The host of these parties claims that he is the real victim here. Neighbors have apparently tried to block his driveway with trash cans and one partygoer even had their car keyed.
What would you do if the Thunderstorm Play Palace opened up in your neighborhood? Would you try to shut it down? Tell us in the comment section below.