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Neighbors of Le Chateau, UC Berkeley’s most infamous student co-op, and the University Students Cooperative Association have reached a tentative settlement on the neighbor’s nuisance suit. 

Under the terms of the agreement, scheduled to be signed today (Tuesday), USCA would drop the appeal of a small claims court ruling in favor of the neighbors, and pay the 15 plaintiffs a total of $32,000. The settlement also stipulates that future disputes be settled by mediation, according to USCA Community Relations and Development Director Kathryn McCarthy. 

Two months ago, Small Claims Court Commissioner John Rantzman ordered the USCA to pay neighbors $63,250 for creating a nuisance at the corner of Hillegas and Parker streets. 

Since the ruling, the USCA has changed Le Chateau’s theme. Instead of housing undergraduate students, the co-op, when it reopens this fall, will house only graduate students, visiting scholars, post doctorate employees and reentry students.