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When Western University students return to Broughdale Avenue this weekend, they’ll be greeted by new rules to keep raucous partying in check.

A nuisance party bylaw — approved by city council Tuesday night after months of debate and legal tweaks — comes with the threat of a bill for anyone hosting, creating or encouraging a dangerous party that’s deemed a nuisance.

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It’s city hall’s contribution to tempering the out-of-control “fake homecoming” celebrations, with the goal of scaling back some of the tens of thousands of dollars in police, bylaw and other emergency services that taxpayers have been forced to absorb for the unsanctioned event near Western.

“Students are part of our community,” Ward 6 Coun. Phil Squire, whose ward includes Western, said Tuesday. “It’s important to me that people recognize the good work that they do in the city of London almost every day. But conversely, they have to recognize that behaviour maybe a few (students) are undertaking reflects on them also.”