Last night, the State College Borough Council voted to accept the Planning Commission's report regarding regulating balconies downtown.

The Commission recommended in its report to focus efforts on controlling the mischief that has been occurring on the balconies via the use of surveillance cameras, stronger penalties and the cooperation of students.

The council decided not to hold a public hearing on this issue. They decided to wait to hold a meeting until they have decided their own view on the ordinance and its effects, both now and in the future, before offering it up to the public.

The council did not want to take the ordinance into consideration until they determined that the problems of last year, between riots and objects being thrown from the balconies, still persisted.

The State College Police Chief Tom King did report to the council that some objects reportedly had been thrown from balconies downtown since fall semester has begun.

Although the Commission's report suggested sharing the cost of the proposed surveillance cameras, Janet Knauer, State College Borough Council President, said she thought the council had already voted against sharing that cost.

One council member, Thomas Daubert, was opposed to the idea of surveillance cameras and said that the surveillance could become a civil rights issue. The council decided to wait the recommended year to see what method of regulation is best for controlling the balconies.