fines
Mar 30, 2009, 05:20 PM
I am a small business owner and rent commercial space for my store front. Recently my landlord sent out a note to all tenants stated no trash/boxes can be left outside the backside of the building for any length of time. If management should have to pick up any of our trash, they would back bill the tenant for charges incurred to pick it up.
Normally we have 1 employee working and the trash cannot be thrown out until the end of the day. So, during the day, we will put empty boxes outside our unit (which is in the back of the building). Nobody has even picked up any of our trash. We got a note yesterday that boxes were sited outside out unit and with it came a $25 fine. The original letter stated we'd be billed if management had to pick up our trash, but never were we told we'd be fined for violation.
So, my question is, we were never told that we'd be fined. Can they come back and fine us for this?
Thanks for your time!
Normally we have 1 employee working and the trash cannot be thrown out until the end of the day. So, during the day, we will put empty boxes outside our unit (which is in the back of the building). Nobody has even picked up any of our trash. We got a note yesterday that boxes were sited outside out unit and with it came a $25 fine. The original letter stated we'd be billed if management had to pick up our trash, but never were we told we'd be fined for violation.
So, my question is, we were never told that we'd be fined. Can they come back and fine us for this?
Thanks for your time!