Whatever you do, don’t dare park in one of the Manning Properties spots off the marietta square. They’ll gladly take your $50 or $125 when they tow your vehicle if you park in their ‘unmarked’ spaces behind Dupree’s. They claim each space is marked but that’s up for debate if you ask em.
Trust me, they took $50 from me today with no worries while I was trying to support a local business on the square. While they claim their spaces are ‘marked’ – a washed out yellow number on each space highly constitutes a ‘marked space’ imo. So if you ever think of parking back there, definitely think again or you might just find yourself out $50 (if you can stop the tow truck before they leave) or a full $125 if they tow you and you have to recover your car.
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Same goes for the lot behind McCrackens and the pottery place on Atlanta Street. On nights and weekends, those jokers will boot you to the tune of $125 cash. How hard would it be to just put up a chain at night, instead of waiting for folks to park and then holding them hostage for ransom money?
No kidding man. I can understand if the spot itself is clearly marked (like some of the merchants do) but to rely on some sign that is tucked around the corner and some faded out, not painted since 1981 number that is barely on the space itself, is just ridiculous.
I know a racket when I see one. Booting cars on poorly marked spaces is dirty pool. I don’t think they city would tolerate this if they knew what was going on. Anyone care to raise this issue at a council meeting?
There is a sign when you first enter the lot that states it is a private lot. Manning Properties only receives money from those that pay for the spots back there. Towing is requested by the person that rents the spot.
Yes, that might be true Paid Parker, but while there might a sign when you enter the lot, the signs on each space are TERRIBLE. They need to spend some money and upgrade those signs asap. The one next to where I was parked was an MPC spot and it was CLEARLY marked. Where I was parked was the worst marked space I’ve ever seen. So much so that I didn’t know it was a ‘paid’ spot. fwiw.