[DolphinChicaDDD]

Yeah, that ban started earlier in the summer. Belmar has been desperatly trying to change its image. Last summer they cracked down on the "Animal Houses." The mayor doesn't understand the people who rent the houses aren't there for a week- they are there for the whole summer. Tons of violations were issued last year and a ton more were issued next year. I don't really see Belmar turning into a year round, raise a family kind of place though. There are very few such places- only ones that come to mind are Ocean City and Ocean Grove. And both of those have historical roots that make them so.

I hate to admit it, but the reason Belmar is being refered to as a 'frat town' is because typically the people who live in Belmar for the summer are recent college grads, who work in Northern NJ/NYC and yeah are typically Greeks in college. It doesn't take a genuis to figure out that when 5 people move into a house, and they all still have letters on there car, uhh yeah Greeks live here. I've meet more Greeks while partying in Belmar than I think while in college. Like it or not, there is a party image associated with Greek Life. Is it fair? No. But thats the way it goes down.

And the only thing the mayor probably knows about Greeks is Animal House, hence saying the town has a "frat" image and calling houses with noise violations "Animal Houses." Like it or not, thats what most of America thinks too.