A Palos Verdes Estates woman who upset neighbors by renting her 7,000-square-foot house for weddings, film shoots and other large gatherings, including an art and furniture auction, pleaded no contest today\u00a0to creating a public nuisance. <\/p>\n
Melahat Uzumcu\u00a0was sentenced to three years of informal probation and fined $500. She is not allowed to rent the home for commercial purposes and must give the city 72 hours’ notice if more than 50 people will be visiting her at once.<\/p>\n
Uzumcu was charged with four misdemeanors before agreeing to a plea deal with the city prosecutor. She faced two years in jail and a $4,000 fine. <\/p>\n
The home on Paseo del Mar was advertised on several websites for weddings and other large parties, but also for film shoots and vacation rentals at $2,000 a night and $10,000 a week. <\/p>\n
The house sits on a cliff overlooking the ocean. It has seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms and floors made of wood from Brazil. <\/p>\n
Police responded to noise and parking complaints from neighbors 18 times in July, August and September. Neighbors compared the noise to a rock concert. <\/p>\n
When she originally was charged, Uzumcu said she had just returned from a year in Argentina and her native Turkey. She said then that neighbors complained because they were \u201cjust jealous they don\u2019t have my home.\u201d <\/p>\n
She could not be reached for comment today. <\/p>\n
–Jeff Gottlieb from the South Bay <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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