COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – After the story of a massive mural on the roof of a Colorado Springs business depicting more than a dozen images of personified male genitals went viral, it seems that the neighborhood conflict has been resolved.

11 News was first to report the obscene mural painted on the roof of Fallen Heroes Tattoo and Piercing targeted a nearby apartment complex. The business is located east of the Old Colorado City neighborhood, and the owner says many of his customers’ cars have been towed in recent months by the neighboring apartment complex.

Signs are posted between the apartment complex and the business indicating that the lot is private and requires a permit to park there, but the signage is unclear on the apartment complex side. But for anyone visiting the area for the first time, it might be confusing as there is no signage on the east side of the parking lot which is right next to the tattoo parlor. The land is owned by the apartment complex, but this tattoo shop doesn’t want to hang signs over another pre-existing mural to make that clear.

The tattoo shop owner had a mural painted on the roof of his business showing cartoon-style male genitals doing activities such as driving a car and riding in a hot air balloon. WARNING, GRAPHIC IMAGES: You can see a non-blurred version of the mural in by clicking here.

The tattoo shop owner told 11 News on Friday that he is now communicating with the property management company about the mural, as well as the parking situation, and it appears the situation has been resolved. 11 News received updates from David Brown, the business owner, but has yet to hear from the apartment complex’s property management company on the supposed resolution.

Brown told 11 News that if the apartment complex simply marked the spots as private parking on the asphalt, the problem would be resolved.

Here are conversations shared with 11 News from Brown:

Brown shared the response from an apparent representative for the apartment complex:

Communication continued and it appears the property management company will mark the individual locations as private parking and Brown is expected to paint over the mural with an elastomeric paint she ordered.

No timetable was available for when parking spaces would be marked and when the mural would be repainted.

11 News has not heard from a representative of the apartment complex’s property management company since the first story aired, despite several contacts.

ORIGINAL STORY PUBLISHED ON 10/26/24:

Parking disputes aren’t unusual, but one Colorado Springs business owner’s reaction is getting a lot of attention online and sparking some controversy.

WARNING: Some details in this article may be considered offensive given the nature of the mural. A previously unpublished version of the obscene mural can be viewed in a link at the bottom of this article.

Fallen Heroes Tattoo & Piercing owner David Brown says problems with a neighboring apartment complex started several months ago. His business is located just east of Old Colorado City in Colorado Springs. Right next door to Brown’s business is a five-story apartment complex. The parking situation isn’t ideal for the complex or Brown’s business, with a small lot behind several businesses Brown shares the building with and a few spots on the street off Colorado Avenue.

There is a driveway between the two buildings, but the parking spaces right next to the west side of Fallen Heroes are owned by the apartment complex and are allowed parking only. There are signs on the side of the apartment complex indicating that it is a private parking lot with permits only, but no signs on the Fallen Heroes building. Employees say they don’t want to hang signs on a pre-existing mural advertising their store.

Brown says that over a period of about four months, 30 to 40 of his clients had their vehicles towed from the lot with private parking signs, but not from the side next to Brown’s building.

Brown thinks the apartment complex could do more to prevent towing.

In response to allegations that the neighboring apartment complex was responsible for the towing, Brown had a huge mural depicting male genitals painted on his roof and posted the process on Instagram.

“A new apartment complex just opened next to the store. They towed all of our customers’ vehicles along with other customers from neighboring businesses, we tried to play fair, but now we’re going to retaliate with a *** mural,” Brown posted in the video on social media .

Several residents of the apartment complex that 11 News spoke with didn’t even know the purpose of the mural.

“It was worrying,” said an anonymous resident. “I don’t have children or anything, I’m 40 years old. but even I as an adult don’t want to look out the window, I have a nice view of downtown since I’m on the east side.

The mural is cartoon style personifying male genitalia. There are over a dozen of these genitals on the roof, one on a hot air balloon, another on a bicycle, and a coupe driving cars. KKTV 11 News is choosing not to share certain other lewd details of the mural, but an unedited version can be viewed by accessing a link at the bottom of this article.

“I can understand the confusion of people parking right next to the building,” Brown said. “That would make sense to me, the spots seem to be part of the building. Without lettering in spots or anything like that. I can’t blame anyone for accidentally parking in either spot.

Brown doesn’t blame the towing company and says he understands they have a job to do.

There is a fairly new Colorado law when it comes to “non-consensual” towing of vehicles. By law, towing companies are now required to provide 24 hours’ notice before towing a vehicle from private residential property, but a vehicle can be towed immediately and without notice in the following situations:

• The residential lot requires a parking permit but the vehicle does not have it or the permit is not visible or valid.
• The vehicle is parked in a fire lane or in a parking space designated by another person.
• The vehicle is blocking a driveway or roadway.
• Among other new requirements, a tow carrier must release a vehicle if the vehicle owner pays the lesser of 15% of the total fee or $60, and agrees to pay the remaining balance at a later date. Towing carriers are also required to return a vehicle free of charge upon request if it is still on the private property where it was parked.

The towing company representing the apartment complex follows the law because this lot requires a permit.

When asked why Fallen Heroes employees don’t tell their customers about the private lot when they enter the store, they explained that given the way their store operates, they don’t have one. always the opportunity.

A representative from the apartment complex’s property management company texted KKTV 11 News the following message:

“Graffiti

At this time, we do not have much to comment regarding the situation at 532. We are actively working with law enforcement and the city to resolve the issue. It is important to note that the parking lot between Fallen Heroes and 532 is private property, owned by 532, and is for permit parking only for its residents. The neighboring building does not have legal access to this land.

Konrad Lipka with Boardwalk Property »

“If the spots were individually labeled, I think we would have no problem,” Brown added.

11 News is trying to connect Lipka with Brown. Brown says the controversy could be resolved if the apartment complex marked parking spaces with paint.

11 News had follow-up questions for Lipka, but we have not received a response since we sent the questions Wednesday.

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Click here to see the original Instagram post showing the mural without blur.

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