CITY CLOSES DOWN CSUN FRAT HOUSE.

Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer

NORTHRIDGE - A CSUN fraternity house that last winter threw a party so wild police had to don riot gear to quell it has been shut down, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo announced Tuesday.

Delgadillo is also investigating complaints that two other frat houses associated with California State University, Northridge, disturbed neighbors and violated city codes.

``The party's over,'' Delgadillo said. ``The City Attorney's Office has zero tolerance for illegal fraternity houses in residential neighborhoods.''

Delgadillo will join City Councilman Hal Bernson at a news conference in Northridge today to celebrate legal action by neighborhood prosecutors against Pi Kappa Phi, at 17835 Parthenia St.

Last February, riot-clad police responded to complaints that more than 1,000 students blocked driveways and spilled into neighbors' yards during a rush party that left the community littered with trash and empty beer bottles.

A judge has ordered homeowner Hamid Halmandi to limit the house to four fraternity members and prohibit frat parties until 2004.

Halmandi, charged with lacking a conditional use permit for a fraternity and for allowing trash to pile up at the house, could not be reached for comment.

A CSUN Intrafraternity Council also ordered the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity to perform eight hours of community service each month until the end of the year.

Fraternity members could not be reached for comment.

Neighborhood prosecutors also have cases pending against Zeta Beta Tau and Sigma Phi Epsilon on Halsted Street for similar disruptions and code violations.

``Before, a lot of elderly residents were afraid to get involved out of fear of retaliation,'' said Anthony ``A.P.'' Diaz, the neighborhood prosecutor working with police and community members to clean up frat houses.

``It's nice to have someone they can come to. I told them, I'll be your voice.''

Jamison Keller, a CSUN activities coordinator who works with fraternities, declined to comment.

Sean Kargari, president of Sigma Phi Epsilon, said he wasn't aware of any city investigation. ``We haven't thrown a party in months,'' he said. ``If we do throw one, it'll be at a club.''

Nonetheless, Delgadillo insisted all fraternity-related shennanigans will cease.

``Other neighborhoods are suffering,'' he said. ``We've opened two more cases against illegal fraternities in the North Valley, and we're going after these, too.''