The fraternity's two houses are treated separately by the Boston Licensing Board, a city agency that licenses more than 200 fraternities and sororities, including 20 from MIT.
Based on a hearing yesterday, the board will suspend indefinitely the dormitory license for the SAE's building at 480 Beacon, said Licensing Board Chair Daniel Pokaski. The suspension will take effect Dec. 19.
The board had to suspend the license because MIT will no longer recognize the fraternity, Pokaski said. Official affiliation with a college or university is required for a dormitory license.
The SAE's other house, 484 Beacon, was vacated on Monday, after the board revoked its permit in late October.
That permit was revoked because of the September incident, health and safety violations, and neighborhood complaints, Pokaski said.
Fraternity members allegedly urinated on neighbors' cars, played lacrosse on the roofs of nearby homes, and caused smoke damage when they stuffed trash down a neighbor's chimney, Pokaski elaborated.
"No one seemed to care," said Carl F. King, a Boston attorney and former SAE member representing the alumni commission. He said alumni have been cleaning the houses.
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