Christyne Santisteban, associate with Siegfried Rivera in Coral Gables, FL. Courtesy photo Christyne Santisteban, associate with Siegfried Rivera in Coral Gables, FL. Courtesy photo

One of the most unusual condo dispute controversies ever to make local newspaper headlines caught the attention of our firm's community association attorneys in early December. It involved a parking garage exit pedestrian-warning alarm at a St. Petersburg, Florida, condominium tower that can be heard for several blocks and has drawn a nuisance lawsuit from a unit owner of a neighboring building. The report in the Tampa Bay Times, which was followed by an editorial from the daily newspaper suggesting a simple solution, is sadly yet another example of an association ignoring an issue until it becomes a five-alarm fire, and then fanning the flames rather than easily and effectively putting them out.