Re: Vanguard Lofts - Visitor Parking


Subject: Re: Vanguard Lofts - Visitor Parking
From: Michael E. Rutkowski (mr@condomanagement.com)
Date: Tue Nov 22 2005 - 12:03:17 CST


The sticker will be on today (Julio had left for the day yesterday). Can't put it on the windshield...if the driver can't get it off, drives and gets in an accident, guess who is in trouble?

Michael E. Rutkowski
Principal
First Properties, LLC
Phone: 312.829.8900
Fax: 312.829.8950
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Mary Deskovich
  To: vanguard-talk@venus.soci.niu.edu
  Cc: Michael E. Rutkowski ; lw@condomanagement.com
  Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 11:05 AM
  Subject: Re: Vanguard Lofts - Visitor Parking

  I agree that we might wait a day or two. However, if it has moved to another spot, then we KNOW they are around. Is it possible to get some terribly hard to remove warning sticker and paste it smack dap in the center of the driver's windshield (in this case and in any subsequent cases)? This would be especially aggravating to the owner who has to scrape it off some cold morning. Maybe then they would get the message.

  Jim Thomas <jthomas@sun.soci.niu.edu> wrote:

> As of 8:45 this morning, the silver Audi A6 4-door (Plate Number: WI
> 355-DLD) is still in the visitor parking lot. The car has been in the lot
> for over 72 hours without moving. It is time to tow this vehicle and have
> it removed.

    Normally, towing should be done only as a last resort, and after
    sufficient attempts to contact the owner have occured. Although we've
    discussed this on the list, it's possible the owner isn't subbed (although
    about 2/3s of the units are subbed). However, 1P distributed the blurb
    about visitor parking under the doors and, as of yesterday, there was
    what appeared to be a warning note on the windshield of the Audi.
    Also, the condo docs are clear: Visitor parking isn't for long-term
    storage of vehicles.

    That said, I'd opt for giving the owner a few more days in case they are
    out of town or there is some other mitigating issue. This would be the
    first time we've responded to parking abuse, so erring on the side of
    caution might be a bit more neighborly, even in the face of the
    unneighborly in-your-face abuse by the owner.

    Perhaps somebody could put a new note under the Audi's windshield (or tape
    it instead) giving until Weds.

    Then, at the next board meeting, we develop a written set of enforcment
    rules specifying the policy and indicating the criteria that trigger
    towing. I don't have the condo docs at hand, but as I recall, there is
    a provision that allows for longer visitor parking with permission
    (ie, out of town guests who are staying for a week or more).

    I share Chris's anger and frustration, and my emotional side would like
    to see the hammer come down. But, the social justice side of me tempers
    that with an attempt to "rehabilitate," keep things fair--even if it
    costs us some time--and try to educate wayward neighbors about their
    responsibilities.

    Jim

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Jim Thomas / Department of Sociology / Northern Illinois University
    jthomas@sun.soci.niu.edu / http://www.soci.niu.edu/~jthomas

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