Towing notice to residents

The same notice three ways: an email with the details, a text of 160 characters or fewer, and a phone script of about 30 seconds.

A courtesy notice before cars have to move for street sealing, paving, or tree work. Towing from private property follows state law, including the signs it requires. This notice does not replace those signs.

Email

Subject: Park off Palm Drive by 7:00 a.m. Thursday for street sealing

Residents of Palm Drive,

Palm Drive will be sealed on Thursday, June 11, from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please park off the street by 7:00 a.m. Cars left on Palm Drive may be towed at the owner's expense, as the posted signs say.

You can park in the clubhouse lot until the street reopens at 5:00 p.m.

If the work moves to another day, we will send another notice.

Questions: call the office at 727-555-0100 or reply to this email.

Oak Hollow HOA office

Text

DewAlert - Oak Hollow: Park off Palm Dr by 7am Thu for street sealing. Cars on the street may be towed. Questions: 727-555-0100

DewAlert adds the gray start, "DewAlert - Oak Hollow:", so residents know who the text is from. You write the rest. 127 characters in all. One text.

A resident's first text after signing up also ends with "Reply STOP to opt out":

DewAlert - Oak Hollow: Park off Palm Dr by 7am Thu for street sealing. Cars on the street may be towed. Questions: 727-555-0100 Reply STOP to opt out

149 characters. Still one text.

Phone call

This is the Oak Hollow office with a notice for Palm Drive. The street will be sealed on Thursday, from 7 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon. Please park off the street by 7 Thursday morning. Cars left on Palm Drive may be towed. You can park in the clubhouse lot until 5. Again: park off Palm Drive by 7 Thursday morning. Questions, call the office at 727-555-0100. Thank you.

About 29 seconds read aloud.

Writing tips

One notice, three ways.

Email

Put the street and the time in the subject. Many residents read only that.

Text

Keep the whole text to 160 characters, counting the start DewAlert adds with your community's name, and the STOP line on a resident's first text. An emoji or a curly quote can cut that to 70 and make it two messages. Leave out links, and give a phone number.

Phone

Say who is calling first. Say the main fact twice. Write times the way you would say them: "9 in the morning," not "9:00 a.m." Keep it near 30 seconds, because voicemail may cut a long one off.

DewAlert

Write all three on one page.

DewAlert sends one notice by email, text, and a recorded phone call, written separately for each, to the residents who asked for it.

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These templates are for everyday notices. They are not the official notice for a meeting, an election, a budget, a fine, or a lien. They do not replace your county's emergency alerts.