A minivan with a dead battery in a permit lot off 88th, blocking the drive aisle, with a property manager standing there timing us — that's a normal August afternoon here. Water World traffic spills into every apartment and mobile home lot within walking distance of Pecos, and those lots are posted Authorized Parking Only for a reason. We do a lot of jump starts and lockouts on cars that shouldn't have been parked where they are.
On the private-property side we go by the book, because PUC complaints get filed in this town. Twenty-four hours' notice where notice is required, photographs of the reason before the hooks go on, signage documented. The whole city runs about two square miles along Federal, so getting a flatbed in from 84th off I-25 or down US 36 isn't the hard part. Squeezing it between a carport and a row of parked cars usually is.
Working the permit lots between 84th and 92nd
My car was towed from an apartment lot on Federal. How do I get it back?
Call us with the plate and the address you parked at. We'll tell you whether we have it, what's owed, and what ID the release needs. If it wasn't our truck, the Federal Heights police department can usually tell you who took it.
Can you get a flatbed into a mobile home park drive?
Usually, yes. Tell the dispatcher if the vehicle is under a carport, boxed in, or on a narrow interior lane — we'll send the truck that fits and bring a winch if we need to pull it out to open ground first.