Frequency of Filming at House to Be Decided Los Feliz: A city board will be asked to settle a dispute over a Frank Lloyd Wright structure. Residents say movie crews cause traffic and disruption.: [Home Edition]

The Los Angeles Board of Public Works will be asked to rule on a dispute over filming restrictions at a historic Frank Lloyd Wright house in Los Feliz, after negotiations appeared to falter Tuesday between neighbors, film industry representatives and the house's curator.

The board is scheduled to decide May 3 how often movie and commercial filming can take place at the Ennis-Brown House, a famous mock Mesoamerican block structure with a Mayan motif at 2607-2655 Glendower Ave.

The distinctive house is owned by a nonprofit organization. Designed by Wright in 1924, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated as a Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument.

The house has been featured in movies such as "Black Rain" and "Karate Kid III," TV shows such as "Twin Peaks" and numerous car commercials, said Charles Weisenberg, director of the motion picture and television division of the public works board.

But its popularity with the film industry has angered neighbors, who complain that frequent filming causes...