Owners & Residents – We Need Your Help Maintaining A More Positive Living Experience For All Our Resident!

With the cold weather, our team has seen a steady increase in cigarette smoke and marijuana odor complaints. Obviously it would seem less residents are taking it outside.

While smoking is not prohibited within units, your smoke must stay within your unit. The release of smoke into the hallways or other units due to cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, vaping, marijuana, incense or any other such products used in an individual unit, is prohibited at Park Tower. Not just because it says so in the Rules. It’s really intended help promote a more pleasant living experience for all.

When violations are confirmed, they do lead to fines. In fact one unit Owner was recently fined several times. The fee started at $250 per event, and because the condition has continued, the Board voted for the fine to double. It is now up to $2000 per event AND legal action may be next.

Our best advice, PLEASE DO NOT OPEN YOUR WINDOWS and despite the weather, if you can, PLEASE SMOKE OUTDOORS!

Here is a list of things everyone can do to help – EVEN SMOKERS:

1. KEEP YOUR WINDOWS CLOSED – especially when cooking, smoking, vaping, using scented candles and other activity that can generate odors! Even one open window can imbalance the air flow on an entire floor. If you are a smoker, you should know that in other cases at Park Tower, we solved this problem altogether when smokers started leaving their windows closed when they smoke. There is a tendency for air flow to be reversed with an open window, causing air to escape your unit into surrounding locations.
2. Support the building’s natural air flow! Fresh air comes through the vents in the hallway and flows through your unit door and into your unit, keeping it pressurized. Do not restrict or block this flow in any way. Even if odors are present, this flow will help them clear out faster.
3. Keep your exhaust vents clean and free of debris! Do not block kitchen and bath exhaust vents. With the proper air flow, these vents are specifically responsible for keeping bath and cooking odors from invading neighboring units, and of course can help rid your unit of any other odors.

It is impossible to have an air tight unit, but following these simple steps can help the air move the way it was intended, and support a more pleasant living experience for all residents.

Again, allowing problematic odors to escape a unit into hallways and other units, could result in fines by the Association, starting at $250 and doubling up to $5000 per event. We prefer to avoid that and everyone can help!

Are you experiencing excessive smoke odors or other disturbances from a neighbor? To report problematic conditions, call the office at 773-769-3250. AFTER HOURS, call our front desk at 773-769-3083. Someone from our team will investigate. If you suspect the location the conditions are coming from, please share that information with our staff.

The following post explains the process we follow in dealing with such conditions:

Dealing With Unruly Neighbors?