BOARDMAN — Township trustees have filed a civil complaint naming a group of Glenwood Avenue residents after reports of trash and excessive noise from a pool party over Memorial Day weekend.

On Tuesday, parties to the complaint in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court agreed to a temporary, preliminary order prohibiting large parties in the neighborhood. The case is being heard by Judge R. Scott Krichbaum.

The township claims three residents, Michelle Firman, Taylor Moore and Malcom Carter, were “operating an ongoing business and commercial enterprise — an event center open to the public for rent — at the single family residence.” The address is 8383 Glenwood Ave., according to the complaint.

During a Memorial Day pool party, Moore and Carter were asked by Boardman police to have guests of their home move vehicles from out of the street, as Glenwood is a densely populated residential area, the township’s complaint states.

One of their neighbors mentioned littering of liquor bottles and paper along the street near the defendants’ home. Moore said she used an app called Swimply to rent her pool to people.

The complaint states that Firman purchased the home, but she wasn’t there when police responded to neighborhood calls.

It also states “the backyard, which is enclosed by a wooden fence, contains a deck attached to the house, a covered enclosure with a hot tub on the decking, an in-ground pool with a slide, and a shed.”

“People began leaving the event at 10 p.m., and the event appeared to have been fully (dispersed) by 10:30 p.m. No criminal or home-rule citations were issued on May 29, 2023,” the complaint notes.

The next day, Boardman Township officials found out the event was advertised as “One Epic Pool Party” on social media.

Swimply soon after released the following statement:

“As of this date, we are not aware of any bookings made through the Swimply app, and the pool has only recently been live on Swimply. Swimply was founded with the intent to bring communities together. Upon listing, our hosts are required to abide by our host policy.

“Swimply’s host policy bans any promoted events, including those with ticket sales or entry fees. Reservations marketed as events with ticket sales, entry fees, or that are promoted on social media as open invite along with other significantly disruptive elements are prohibited. Violators of this policy will be removed from the Swimply platform.”

On the app, the exact location of the pool was not listed, but a “Luxury Pool Party Rental” was located on Glenwood Avenue where the residents live, in the “where you’ll swim” feature. Later posts, which tagged one of the defendants, Moore, also were made in reference to future parties and rentals of the venue.

A Boardman zoning resolution, adopted in 2021, addresses commercial use of properties for indoor and outdoor entertainment or recreation as prohibited in the specific R-1A Single Family Residential District.

Due to heavy traffic, excessive numbers of people and possible sanitation issues, board of trustees attorney Matthew Vansuch deemed the defendants as knowingly breaking the township’s zoning rules.

The agreed temporary order, signed Tuesday by both parties, explains that the township does not object to an evidentiary hearing being rescheduled (it was supposed to be Tuesday) as long as the defendants follow the township’s limited-home rule resolution, and will not schedule, organize, promote, or host any social gathering at the residence until further court order.