Tar Heel Companies will relax the "conspicuous damage" portion of its new parking requirements at Abbey Court Condomiumiums.
In a story in Wednesday's News & Observer, President Ken Lucas says the media has overemphasized that part of the new policy, which management implemented two weeks ago to reduce crowding at the complex on Jones Ferry Road. (Read a resident's support for the new policy here."
PRESS STATEMENT
The Old Well Homeowners Association dba Abbey Court Condominiums responding to criticism from media sources and officials of the Town of Carrboro regarding the parking policy at Abbey Court Condominiums emphasizes that the rules regarding appearance of vehicles has been relaxed. The decision to do so was made more than a week ago. However, continuing media coverage of the towing policy emphasizes the appearance issue as the main source of objections.
Kenneth A. Lucas, President and CEO of The Tar Heel Companies of North Carolina, Inc., managing agent for Abbey Court stated “We would ask that anyone who has been denied a parking permit due to a vehicle appearance issue revisit the office at Abbey Court. We will be reassessing any vehicle that has been previously denied due to an appearance issue. The policy regarding the need for vehicles to be properly registered to residents remains unchanged.”
Those seeking parking permits will still need to provide appropriate documentation that they are a leaseholder or authorized occupant at Abbey Court Condominiums along with registration information on each vehicle. Rules limit the number of parking permits that can be issued to each condominium to two per two bedroom condominium and three per three bedroom condominium. Lucas further stated “Many that have been denied stickers are not leaseholders nor authorized occupants. We must remember that more than 212 residents have been issued permits and feedback from those residents has been very positive.”
Comments
WHAT?
Thu, 07/31/2008 - 14:35 — Anonymous (not verified)You guys are wack jobs. Seriously......are you telling me that everything that the illegal immigrants say is 100% true? I was an apartment manager and we walk apartments every day that had issues, the residents just do not realize they have to call the office to tell them about the issues for them to be taken care of...they expected us to know about the problems without telling us! For instance, we would walk apartments and ask the people more like try to SIGN to the people b/c of course they can't speak English where their smoke detector was, well, come to find out, they all had them, they just put them in the closet b/c they wouldn't stop beeping.....HELLO....CHANGE THE BATTERIES!!! I am not at all opposed to hispanics, I love having them here, I just believe that those who are here should be here LEAGALLY, they should pay taxes just like the rest of us because I for one am tired of paying for them to live here and most of all, they need to speak ENGLISH, we should not have to conform to their culture, they are in OUR COUNTRY, they should conform to ours....PERIOD!
Well at least I won't have
Wed, 07/30/2008 - 08:18 — acidqueenWell at least I won't have to drop a month's rent to get the ding taken out of my right door.
And what does this tell us?
Tue, 07/29/2008 - 20:32 — John Hoff (not verified)This turn of events tells us the folks at Abbey Court were mistreating some residents who have damaged cars, but now the Apartment Complex management is trying to mend their wicked ways. This is what happens when public attention is focused on a predatory and abusive bully, which is too often the case with towing operators acting on behalf of low-income apartment complexes all over the country.
Memphis, Tennessee had similar issues just recently which were reported by the "problem solvers" on Fox-13. Read my blog to get an idea of the national scope of these issues.
Does anybody have photos of these events they could share at www.towingutopia.com?
Lots more than Parking Disputes Going On
Tue, 07/29/2008 - 19:35 — BrianR (not verified)The situation at Abbey Court is much more serious than whether or not a tenant can get a parking permit. You can learn more about what concerns tenants at abbeycourt.info. A website put up and supported by several tenants.
Are ya'll planning a story about the testimonials provided at the Carrboro Town Hall meeting last Sunday? I was very moved at what many residents of Abby Court had to say. Read Ruby's notes of the meeting to get an idea. It was a unique bilingual discussion among residents and elected officials. So much more going on that people need to know about.