Tahoe Keys sign put up illegally

By Kathryn Reed

A sign on Tahoe Keys Boulevard reads like the South Shore neighborhood doesn’t want anyone to set foot or drive on the streets except for owners.

South Lake Tahoe officials, when told about the sign by Lake Tahoe News, contacted the Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association and told them to take down the sign.

For starters, it’s on a pole that belongs to the city. Permission was never sought by the TKPOA to erect the sign. The ordinances cited have to do with parking, which is not what the message is trying to convey.

The sign on Tahoe Keys Boulevard before Venice Drive.

Plus, all those streets are city owned – not private.

Mike Marek, architectural control coordinator for the TKPOA, said, “The sign has been there forever. They keep stealing them.”

However, people in the neighborhood disagree, saying they first saw the sign last weekend.

Bob Albertazzi, South Lake Tahoe community police officer, said this is the first he’s seen such a sign.

Marek said one of the TKPOA board members wanted the sign up. He wouldn’t divulge her name.

But another board member, who didn’t want her name used, said the sign issue never went before any committee and never had board approval.

Without a general manager at TKPOA, it appears no one is really in charge. Interviews of general manager candidates will begin soon.

In the mean time, the sign must come down.