City Lawsuit Prompts Possible OKC Motel Shutdown

An Oklahoma City motel had until October 27 to complete demands from the city, or risk being shut down.

The Plaza Inn, which was recently the subject of a city lawsuit had until today to meet the terms of the agreement which included installing more than 2-dozen surveillance cameras and having two armed security guards on-site at all times.

Today, a chain link fence was put around the property. The lights were off and the sign was taken down.

Plaza Inn Faces Possible Shutdown Following City Complaint

City leaders wanted Plaza Inn to shut down because of crime rates at the motel, but they gave owners a chance to make changes first.

Court filings call the Plaza Inn ‘one of the most dangerous places in Oklahoma City.’ Oklahoma City police received calls to this address hundreds of times, more than 700 in the last two years.

Oklahoma City filed a lawsuit against the Plaza Inn earlier this year asking a judge to declare the motel a nuisance. Last Friday, Judge Don Andrews did just that.

A consent decree was filed that same day. It said, ‘the court finds that, based on the evidence, the Plaza Inn is a public nuisance due to the violent criminal activity on the property that continues unabated.’

The court filing outlines several steps the motel needs to take:

1. 22 additional surveillance cameras *they're required to maintain at least 10 days of recordings and make them available to OCPD 
2. A minimum of two armed licensed security guards on the site and they must call police if there's any criminal activity 
3. They also must provide *records of the schedules, payments and a list of arrests or attempted arrests to police every Monday
4. Addition of "no trespassing signs" around the property

The owners have until October 27th to meet the terms of this agreement or they will have to shut down. 

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