Liverpool, N.Y. – American High has paid $10,500 in fines to settle allegations that its movie studio in Liverpool has repeatedly violated village building codes.

Village codes officer Bill Reagan said the movie studio admitted to 18 code violations in village court on Tuesday and paid $10,500 in fines. The admission was part of a settlement in which six other violations were dismissed.

The deal is the latest development amid ongoing tensions between the film studio, which uses a former neighborhood school as its set, and surrounding residents. Neighbors have frequently complained about late-night truck traffic, noise and other activity at the studio.

And in June, they filed complaints with the village about fumes from diesel generators the studio was using outside to power studio light

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