Mayflower Tower 4th Floor Balcony

Mayflower Tower 4th Floor Balcony

Please read the previous piece on this situation:  http://sohocentralcondominium.blogspot.com/2013/03/more-cracks.html

While we had all seen the metal scaffolding hanging from the building on the Mayflower Tower side, were we aware of the damage to the property of the Unit Owners?  The top most part of that wall acts as the railings do on all other balconies.  Imagine if they arbitrarily decided to place clamps and metal scaffolding on your balcony railings.  We will get up close photos of the concrete railing walls for posting.

There are many issues that need to be addressed at the 2013 Annual Meeting.  Start writing extensive, clear and to the point questions and statements for the Board of Directors and Members (Unit Owners) of the Soho Central Condominium Corporation on August 30th.  Thank you.

(Click here for a .pdf of the above letter.)

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The Unit Owners on the 4th floor of the Mayflower Tower as elsewhere in the building need to read all documents such as the Master Deed.  Here is a quote from the Master Deed.

Section 3

"b) Nothing shall be done or placed in any Unit or in the common and limited common areas which would jeopardize the safety or impair the structural strength of the building.  Nor shall any alteration, change or modification of the architectural character of the building be made without the written consent of the Condominium Corporation and of the Unit owners directly affected by said work, if any;"

It seems someone or entities violated the Master Deed.  Should lawyers be called?

Rescue starts the month

UPDATE (08.02.13):  I have just been told additional information which fills in and gives the rest of the story involving this situation and what took place previously.  I know that this blog is read as is the skyscrapercity forum that had been exclusively posted to originally along with the Weebly site.  The skyscrapercity forum still receives posts by us and older posts will still be transferred to this blog from there.

What I have now been told is very disturbing and creates a sadder and greater picture as to the mismanagement in the building and a dilemma since such information as I was given in the US would be needed by the authorities.  Here, I do not know.  What I realize, if this information is true, is that our safety has been put at jeopardy and security is a joke or illusion.

Since much of our and others' work and concerns have been used or imitated after reading here and other websites, I will give 24 hours for the entire truth to be revealed.  After that, I must post what I have now been told.

A Distraught Person

Sadly from what I had gathered from various reports this morning after seeing a variety of emergency vehicles on Shaw Boulevard in front of the building, an individual apparently had difficulty coping with life and sought a solution much too final.  The media were also outside with cameras rolling and officials posing for their chance to be in the paper.  The sadness saw all aspects of life from the helpless to those helping themselves to their 15 minutes of fame.

As for the attention we all need to give in the building operation, why were only three elevators operating?  True, not a fire emergency but the situation involved the elevators, too.

At least one elevator, if not all those running, stopped at every floor.  Every single floor,  Why?  We should all be grateful that another life threatening medical emergency was not taking place at the same time.  If it had been, I can only assume that the person would have suffered more than they should or not gotten medical attention needed.  Do I need to state what their outcome may have been having the elevator stop at every floor?

And also in this excitement to start off the month, I heard people on our floor after being told that the 18th was where the individual was situated.  There was a group at the electrical room which included a maintenance engineer, guards, 4th floor administration personnel and, I believe, the guy who works in the gym.  But, why on this floor at the electrical room?  Then a guard came out the secondary stairwell door and announced the 22nd floor and like Keystone cops they all went running.  Again, I was told by two different people prior to that the 18th floor.

I was told the distraught person was taken to seek psychological care.  I would suggest there are more in the building needing such attention.

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The following are three articles we were able to locate online after all the media was outside yesterday.  Some of the details in the articles conflict with each other though the DZMM appears to have more accurate information.  The Inquirer seems to have a selective reporting.  The details also conflict what was being told about the building such as the age, relationship to the roommate and where the person was taken.

Manila Bulletin - Metro News

Man threatening to jump off a Mandaluyong building

By Francis T. Wakefield

Published: August 1, 2013

Tension is currently gripping an area in Mandaluyong City as a still unidentified man reportedly wants to kill himself by threatening to jump from a building. 

Initial reports reaching the radio operations center of the Mandaluyong City Police Station, said the unidentified man is threatening to end his life by jumping from the 16th floor of the Soho Central Condominium.

According to Police Officer 3 (PO3) Wilfredo Valle, the said condominium building is located along Mayflower St.,  Shaw Boulevard, Barangay Highwayhills, Mandaluyong City. He added that the incident started at 8:20 a.m. this morning.

As of press time, Senior Supt. Florendo Quibuyen, chief of the Mandaluyong City Police Station, is at the area talking to the unidentified man. Valle added that members of the Special Reaction Unit (SWAT) and Mandaluyong City Rescue, are also in the area trying to control the situation.

"Medyo tense ang sitwasyon at gusto nga magpakamatay ng nasabing lalaki [The situation is tense as the said man wants to commit suicide]," Valle said.

Valle said the identity of the man is still unknown. Its also unclear if he is a tenant in one of the condominium units at the said building. 

The road along the area has also been closed due to the situation. (Francis T. Wakefield)

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Philippine Daily Inquirer - Metro
Troubled dancer ‘one wrong step’ away from death at Mandaluyong condo

Friday, August 2nd, 2013

Tension gripped a busy area in Mandaluyong City on Thursday after a man reportedly tried to jump from the 18th floor of a condominium building.

Police said that when they finally got hold of Richie Zamora, 29, he first claimed that he just wanted “to get some air” but later admitted he was “emotionally stressed.”

Senior Supt. Florendo Quibuyen said Zamora, a bar dancer and a part-time driver, suddenly went over the balcony railing of his 18th floor unit at Soho Central condominium near the corner of Edsa and Shaw Boulevard around 8 a.m. Zamora shared the unit with a male live-in partner, who was not around at the time, the city police chief added.

For over an hour, Zamora held on to the railing and was “one wrong step” away from certain death, said another officer.

Quibuyen said members of the fire department and the building’s security chief tried to enter Zamora’s unit but the door was “chain-locked.” They also considered using a harness to reach him from a 19th-floor balcony, but a unit owner on that floor refused to let them in unless they sign a “waiver.”

Zamora later returned inside his unit and was placed under arrest for alarm and scandal.

Interviewed while in detention, he said he had been having family and money problems lately, and that he had just learned that morning that his six-month-old daughter with a former live-in partner in Cavite province was sick.  Kristine Felisse Mangunay

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Lalaki, nagtangkang tumalon sa condo unit sa Mandaluyong; lango umano sa droga

By dzmm.com.ph | 11:17 AM 08/01/2013

"Isang lalaking hinihinalang lango sa droga ang nagtangkang tumalon mula sa ika-18 palapag ng isang condominium sa Mandaluyong City."

Isang lalaking hinihinalang lango sa droga ang nagtangkang tumalon mula sa ika-18 palapag ng isang condominium sa Mandaluyong City.

Ayon kay Mandaluyong City Police Chief Senior Supt. Florendo Quibuyen na nangasiwa sa sitwasyon, nasa terrace ng unit 1811 ng Soho Central Private Residences Condominium ang hindi pa tukoy na lalaki, nakahawak sa railings at nagtangkang tumalon.

Agad namang rumesponde ang mga tauhan ng Bureau of Fire Department - Mandaluyong Special Rescue Unit at nakipagnegosasyon.

Ayon kay Sr. Insp. Roberto Samillano, hepe ng operations ng Mandaluyong- BFP, nadala sa pakiusapan ang lalaki at nakumbinsi rin itong sumama.

Ngunit pagbaba sa ground floor ng condo, nagwala ang lalaki at nagtangka pang tumakas bagamat napigilan ito at pinosasan.

Hinihinalang lango sa ilegal na droga ang lalaki dahil may narekober na mga drug paraphernalia sa loob ng unit nito. 

Kasong alarm and scandal ang isasampa sa lalaki.

Pagbabawalan na ng pamunuan ng condominium ang lalaki na kapatid ng mismong tenant ng unit. Report from Dexter Ganibe, Radyo Patrol 45


translation:

Male, attempts to jump from a condo unit in Mandaluyong; allegedly under the influence of drugs  

A male allegedly under the influence of drugs attempted to jump from the 18th floor of a condominium in Mandaluyong City.
According to Mandaluyong City Police Chief Senior Supt. Florendo Quibuyen who oversaw the situation, the unidentified male was at the terrace of unit 1811 of Soho Central Private Residences Condominium, holding the railings and attempting to jump.
Members of the Bureau of Fire Department - Mandaluyong Special Rescue Unit immediately responded and negotiated.
According to Sr. Insp. Roberto Samillano, chief of operations of Mandaluyong- BFP, the male agreed and was convinced to join them.
However upon reaching the ground floor of the condo, the male went crazy and attempted to escape though was prevented and was cuffed.
The male is believed to be under the influence of a controlled substance since drug paraphernalia was recovered inside his unit.
Alarm and scandal will be charged to the male.
The male who is brother of said tenant of unit will be prohibited by the person in-charge of the condominium. Report from Dexter Ganibe, Radyo Patrol 45

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Lalaki muntik nang tumalon mula sa condo sa Mandaluyong


Ni AJ Bolando (Pilipino Star Ngayon) | Updated August 1, 2013 - 9:56am

MANILA, Philippines - Isang lalaki ang nagtangkang magpakamatay sa pamamagitan ng pagtalon mula sa ika-18 na palapag ng isang condominium sa Mandaluyong City ngayong Huwebes ng umaga.

Ayon sa isang ulat sa radyo, nasa terrace na ng unit 1811 ang hindi pa nakikilalang lalaki at nakaambang tumalon nang makita ng isang residente.

Nang malaman na may nakakita sa kanyang gagawin ay bumalik ang lalaki sa loob ng kanyang unit sa Soho central private residences na nasa panulukan ng Shaw boulevard at kalye ng Mayflower sa Greenfield District na dating EDSA Central.

Kaagad rumesponde ang Special Rescue Unit ng Mandaluyong fire station upang kausapin ang lalaki na hanggang ngayon ay nakakulong sa loob ng kanyang kwarto.

Tumulong na rin ang Makati rescue upang mapigilan ang lalaki sa pagtalon.

Kasalukuyang hinahanap ang kapatid ng lalaki na siyang may-ari ng unit upang kumbinsihin na huwag ituloy ang pagpapakamatay.

translation:

Male almost jumps from condo in Mandaluyong

MANILA, Philippines - A male attempts to commit suicide by jumping from the 18th floor of a condominium in Mandaluyong City this Thursday morning.

 According to a radio report, the still unidentified male was already at the terrace of unit 1811 and imminently ready to jump when a resident saw him.

 When he discovered that an eyewitness saw what he was planning to do, the male went inside his unit in Soho Central Private Residences which is at the corner of Shaw Boulevard and t Mayflower Street in Greenfield District which used to be EDSA Central.

 Special Rescue Unit of Mandaluyong fire station immediately responded to talk to the male who is currently still locked inside his own room.

 Makati rescue also assisted in preventing the male from jumping.

 They are currently searching for his brother who is owner of the unit to convince him not to commit suicide.

 (By AJ Bolando of Pilipino Star Ngayon)

Condition Worsens at Soho Central Prison?

UPDATE (08/06/13):  In the past you may have read here or at the skyscrapercity forum messages still not copied to this blog regarding the elevators.  Of course, there are the developers, builder and developer controlled Board all with their hands in the mess.  But, there are also the companies hired to maintain and fix and inspect.  There is also the city or other government agencies that have seemingly no knowledge or lack of concern to inspect quickly determining whether we are riding safe elevators when they are working.  Finally, there is Otis.  I had called their headquarters long ago in Connecticut and also spoke to the person in charge here in the Philippines.  Overall I am disgusted with this entire affair.  As a Unit Owner who has been kept in the dark on this and so many other issues, I have complete contempt for the lack of information provided and consistently aggressive action that should have taken place from turnover to get the elevators safe and fully operational.  This is just another disgraceful event for the infamous builder.

 

Condition Worsens at Soho Central Prison?

I thought of several titles but kept coming back to this one given the deplorable condition that is getting worse.  Below is a memo from a signature originating at the PMO.  We assume that it is the Property Management Office and the signature might be the property manager.  Why this was posted in the lobby on the concierge desk without a typed name and official position is unknown.  Please read it very carefully.

Paragraph three has someone or thing create a new law for the nation, I believe.  What law in the Philippines gives Unit Owner rights to tenants?  Once a Unit Owner has a tenant they require the Unit Owner to sign as would a visitor!  Paragraph four further emphasizes this status lumping all Unit Owners who are not residing in the building with all others such as visitors.  Yes, when the 2013 Annual Meeting takes place Unit Owners who do not reside in the building will have to sign in first. 

Is Century Properties leasing required to sign in each morning?  We have never been allowed to see any contract made with them to issue a judgment as Unit Owners.  They are SPAs but are they exempt from the edict?  Meridien, I believe, still has their employees come to Soho Central and they may be seen from time to time in the lobby.  Are they, too, required to sign in?

Will we all have to sign out at some future date for a daily release allowance?

The following citation is from the Rules & Regulations just addressing the common areas.  Of course, the national laws state rights of Unit Owners and not arbitrary management rules as to whether or not property owners transfer rights and power.

"3.3 Use and Maintenance of Common Areas and Limited Common Areas

3.3.1 The Common Areas are for the use of all the Unit Owners. Their use is regulated to enhance community welfare.

 

3.3.2 The Limited Common Areas are intended for the exclusive use of particular Unit Owners or their duly authorized representative. Other Unit Owners shall not obstruct nor interfere with the use of such limited common areas. A limited common area shall be used for the purpose for which it is intended.
 

3.3.3 Only baggage and suitcases are allowed to be unloaded at the building main entrance and brought inside the front lobby. Grocery bags and similar items only allowed at the basement parking areas and brought up to the units via the service elevators.
 

3.3.4 The common areas inside the building premises, especially the floor elevator lobbies, ground floor lobbies, the upper ground floor facilities and basement parking are strictly NO SMOKING areas."

 
The letter that follows is from someone on the Residential Areas Committee (RAC) which is an organ of the Board to someone from Meridien.  That person from Meridien also sits on the Board.  The person that signed the letter did so without their position on the Board noted.  What is written is "Atty."  Well is this person now acting as a lawyer for the Board?  Or, are they acting as a lawyer for the Residential Areas Committee?  The Board has lawyers approved by the Board without full knowledge of the Unit Owners and the Residential Areas Committee has seemingly engaged (hired?) a law firm.  How much is all this costing and what is going on?

None of the Directors on the Board were elected by Unit Owners.  Many still think an election took place.  All members (Directors) of the Soho Central Condominium Corporation Board of Directors were appointed by the Board.  Yes, self appointing.

Both the memo and letter are dated July 26, 2013.  I had written about the problem of the elevators and posted to the blog on the prior day.

I consider the letter a Dog & Pony Show for distraction for what I see as emergency repair not of elevators but the disjointed managing of the property.  Has anyone seen this audit report?  This would not be the first.  Has anyone seen this Undertaking?  Recall, there was a question about legal action at the end of the 2011 Annual Meeting? What was done?  Nothing.  There was an announcement that January 31st of this year would be another deadline and nothing was done.  Many words and no action.

A unit owner at a building in QC had said at a meeting I attended that buildings were required to have a certain number of elevators running for a certain number of units.  Is that just a city rule or national code?

The last paragraph gives another threat.  Let me yawn first before the show continues.

Please read each carefully and pay particular attention to paragraph three of the memo.  It seems an edict above all law has been proclaimed.

 

(Click here for a .pdf of the above memo.) 

 

(Click here for a .pdf of the above letter.)

Bidding

Bidding

Even for small jobs?

The other day I had witnessed a disgusting reply in an exchange between an Owner of units and a member of the Board.  The Unit Owner was showing, once again, the condition of the lobby comfort room (CR) and what needs to be done.  I was not in the CR area when they had part of the talk but heard the conversation when approaching the elevators.

The reply and attitude of the Board member was not a surprise.  The contempt of Unit Owners and apparent disregard of our concerns must end.

It seems that the conversation had the Board member saying something about bidding and the rules, I believe.  I fully support bidding for large costs.  I also support more openness on such matters which does not take place here since everything is done in private and secret meetings.

But, this CR job is small in cost yet they want three bids.  Why three bids?  Why not fix the CR since it is low cost according to the Unit Owner who had a career and knowledge of such work.  Why bids?  I am also concerned about the quality given to us by the illustrious builder.  After all, are not their buildings advertised and promoted with such high regard as was this one.  Now the CR needs the walls replaced.

So many questions and no answers.  So many concerns and no addressing by the Board controlled by the developer.  All that is gotten are words, if that, and rudeness.

UPDATE (08.05.13):  Below are photos taken of the lobby CR.  Well, once again the Soho Central Condominium Corporation of which all Unit Owners are members is fixing or supplying what should have been done or made by that builder surrounded by big names from the US and art work to make themselves feel good.  More of our money for not only mailboxes but poor construction.  When will it end?

Additionally, a Unit Owner once told me she wondered why there was no toilet tissue in the lobby CR since she sees it come in and then up to the 4th floor.  Yes, much money and supplies.  Where does it all go?

EMERGENCY!

UPDATE (07.27.13):  TOP SECRET

Today the elevator situation worsened.  I was entering one of the three remaining elevators that work to one degree or another and two unrestrained dogs were in the car.  I did not enter since the recent dog attack I was told about has me concerned.  I asked the guard on the 4^th floor to make a report in the log book (~10:30am) and he refused.  He then used his radio, and I asked that the head of security come there and nothing happened in that regard, too.  He also gave a smiling smirk.  Nice.  I then went to the lobby and filed a complaint form.  I know futile but further evidence of the mismanagement.

 

Later in the day when I returned after being out for short time, I experienced as many others the third elevator away from the front on the right side not working (~1:50pm).  But, I had packages to bring up and I would return for a photo.  Upon returning the elevator was now working.  Oh, it took 15 minutes for the elevator to arrive to bring me downstairs.  This is now common.

The elevators are now often packed.  Imagine you get stuck on a packed elevator for two hours?  Given the state they have been in since turnover this is a possibility.  I was told when stuck and the electric lights are out there is no natural light.  There are also no fans and no cameras.

I went to the concierge desk asking why the elevator had not been working.  After all, as someone asked, how long before we have to use the stairs?

The head of security came to the lobby area and just stood there until I initiated the conversation and then a talk of evasion and clever remarks took place.  I had to finally explain, as if in sick comedy, that I was not talking about the three elevators on the left but the third one on the right.  He said it was now working and then said they are being worked on reverting back to the three on the left.  I said I wanted to know about the one on the right.  He then went out the doors and asked me to step outside.  Just what I need, to step outside for a possible serious encounter.  No thanks.
 

The photo below is now placed on all three elevators not working.  This was placed there after I had taken pictures yesterday and posted them here.  Rehabilitate to what?  Rehabilitation suggests to the previous condition.  We do not need that.  The previous and current endless condition has been operating without being fully functioning since turnover.

What we need are fully functioning safe elevators that have been inspected.  What we have now been in since 2009 turnover are elevators in a perpetual state of installation.  This is not what Unit Owners purchased.

We have had written and verbal words with threats of legal action.  Action has not taken place to finally repair the elevators from the Board controlled by the developers.

Oh, when talking to those gathered at the elevator after useless talk with the head of security he approached me once again asking me to go outside.  I had asked about the lack of reporting in the log on the 4^th floor, too.  He told me to “shut up.”

Our money paying for trash being spent in secret decided at private meetings.  Everyone must be told the game here so they know our pain.

This photo is the new sign posted on the three elevators on the left side not working.

 

EMERGENCY!

(the elevators)

Perhaps we all should just look the other way.  I know some may have heard as I did that two people were stuck in an elevator for about 2 hours today.  We all thought these repetitive incidents had stopped along with the falling elevator cars, right?

There are many posts about that and even I got to experience the dropping then tripping and almost falling myself leaving an elevator.  Yes, I had called Otis in Connecticut as I reported, spoke to the company here and with mismanagement and the Board.  What has been done?  Nothing.

All we get are words and supposed signed pieces of paper with more words and no action fixing what we now see as dangerous elevators.

The Board holds privates meetings in secret and management are puppets to the Board controlled by the developers.

So should we just look the other way hoping that all will be made good for us after spending so much money?  Let us all whisper about the problems and they will just get solved on their own.  Oh, if the guards come close by speak louder so they may write and report to the management and Board what is said.  That, too, is an interesting experience.

I know why am I spoiling the secret of the Board making like they were the only ones aware of the problems and the only ones supposedly concerned for years and now once again trying to fix what has been attempted so many times before.  Well for all those not here, the following are photos of what has been the regular situation, a lack of full set of elevators we all paid for.  Where the hell did all our money go?

Three elevators not working from left to right:  service elevator not servicing for over one year, middle passenger elevator not working for unknown reasons like all else, elevator that trapped two people.

 

Service elevator and middle passenger elevator

 

 

Middle passenger and current trapping elevator

 

The current trapping elevator

 

The three elevators that work, well function at best, with the middle sometimes used as service elevator for work and dogs.

 

Visitors

Visitors

Yes, security has been poor to non-existent in various aspects of the building from turnover in 2009.  We still do not feel secure given the Board transferred 10 guards from the previous service to the new company, unknown & unseen meetings and contract with other issues such as people coming and going and no one seems to know what to do.  Of course, the four attempted physical assaults and use of bakla against Ryan and FAGGOT against the both of us just adds to the lack of security.  Other xenophobic attacks are noted.

I was told someone had an item missing from outside their unit.  The solution from management is to have all visitors sign in (the norm) exempting Unit Owners and residents, of course.  But the change in those entering the building is to SPAs (those with special powers of attorney) who are either caretakers, friends, relatives or with other relationships to the Unit Owners have also been placed in the visitor category by mismanagement.

The action taken by mismanagement is not to satisfy security involving possible theft but a means to go after SPAs and possibly those who are caretakers specifically.  Theft, after all, has its own history in Soho Central.  I had touched upon some of what we were told took place before we occupied our unit and then afterward.

Why caretakers?  HINT:  who has an office here?

Were any of the thefts and break-ins properly dealt with and reported?  We may never know given all the secrecy.  Funny, Unit Owners are members of the Soho Central Condominium Corporation paying dues but denied with defiance full knowledge how our money is spent.

Once again, policies decided at private and secret meetings just compounding the increasing problems in the building.

Pets

Pets

I was told the other day by two different Unit Owners that they recall a different set of Rules & Regulations.  But, one no longer has the original and the other can not find it.  We need a copy of what someone would have gotten as close to turnover as possible.  When were any Rules & Regulations approved by the Board?  Where are the Minutes reflecting this as so much else?

The Rules & Regulations are in the "SCCC - Resident's Building Handbook."  After all, why be consistent and make it easy to discuss and find anything.  You know it is just like the childish game of who and how they want correspondence addressed though they know who to give it to.  Children doing adult work is what we are subjected to at Soho Central.

In the past, we were told no pets allowed.  Former property managers stated this and other Unit Owners also experienced such remarks.  There was one exception for a Unit Owner from what I was told in the past who had their little dog in the building prior to any rule.  At least this was the story I was told at the time.  You can only guess who had the little dog.

After I asked for a copy of the Rules & Regulations in the past, I then saw pets were there and allowed.  What happened to not only the management's declaration but what I heard with Ryan at the only "Steering Committee" meeting we were allowed to attend or notified about via the old website at Weebly?  Yes, another of the many tales that need at least some light to get as much a truthful story as any from this current regime.

What is the wording of the current rule for pets given the odd history others remember, too?

"3.7 Pets
 

3.7.1 Pets that are permitted at the SOHO CENTRAL premises are limited to dogs, cats, birds and fish. These pets are allowed as long as they do not disturb nor cause any harm on others. Each unit is allowed no more than one (1) small dog or one (1) cat and/or a reasonable number of birds and/or fish.
 

3.7.1 Owners should ensure that their pets are always kept in good heath. Dogs are required to have anti-rabies vaccine and a proof of this shall be submitted to the Property Management Office (PMO) every year.

3.7.2 All pets inside the unit should be registered with the PMO.

3.7.3 Pets are to be kept strictly within the confines of the owner’s unit and are not allowed in any of the common areas of the condominium building except only when passing through. Whenever they need to be taken out of the unit, they must always be on leash or similarly restrained, where applicable. The owners of the pets shall ensure that their pets are under the control of the owner/handler and do not cause offensive noise, odors, disturbance, damage and/or injury that presents a danger or nuisance to the condominium residents.

3.7.4 The Unit Owner and/or tenant shall be held responsible for any injury to person or property caused by his pet(s). The pet owner should clean any waste produced by his pet(s) in the common areas of the compound. Pet excrement must be securely bagged and disposed of properly.

 

3.7.5 Pets are not allowed in the lobbies or sitting areas of the buildings.

3.7.6 Pets shall not be walked at the swimming pool area.

3.7.7 Pets should not be kept in the parking areas, roof decks, storage rooms, or other common areas.

3.7.8 Pets shall be moved in and out of the building using the service elevator or stairways only.

Penalties for Violations

3.7.9 The owner of the unleashed or unrestrained pet involved in causing injury to a person or another pet shall immediately be required to remove the pet permanently from the building premises.

3.7.11 When the injury results despite the fact that the pet was leashed or restrained, the PMO will conduct an investigation to determine whether the offending pet should be removed from the building premises. The extent of the injury and the decision of the offended resident to pursue the removal of the pet from the SOHO CENTRAL premises shall be given greater weight versus the efforts made by the owner to restrain the pet or prevent the injury.

3.7.12 The pet owner who does not immediately clean the waste produced by his pet in the common areas shall be penalized with an order of the pet’s immediate removal from the premises.

3.7.13 SCCC reserves the right to require the pet owner to remove from the building premises any pet which has been the subject of any written complaint from a resident or which the Condominium Corporation finds to be a nuisance or danger to the community."

 
A definition of a small dog is needed in weight and height.

Recently, what happened to the dog that attacked in some manner a resident at the elevators?  Were the rules followed?  I was told by a Unit Owner that whoever was in charge of security at the time seemed to have a unconcerned attitude about the situation given his demeanor.

Again, if anyone has a prior (original) set of Rules & Regulations, please give me a copy.