They weren't keen on the rules common to big buildings, including restricted hours for moving.
Because of restricted hours and access, visitors are advised to telephone (212) 713-2885 for daily entrance times.
All commercial drivers, for example, work restricted hours to prevent accidents.
City councils, buffaloed by competing claims, often accede to the industry's suggested compromise: a measure that mildly restricts hours of use.
A spokeswoman for Hertz says: "We will ask customers for the DVLA one-time pass code, or for the PDF of the driver record, or we will use the DVLA premium-rate line – but this has restricted hours of operation".
But during those restricted hours, anyone caught pausing to take a picture, read a map, point at a cathedral or stare in amazement at $2 silk ties will be fined.
And people who live in Manhattan could take their cars on the streets without passengers, officials said, but if they left the island and tried to return, they could be prevented from doing so during the restricted hours.
Some of this decline can be attributed to the 2007 Intoxicating Liquor Act, which introduced random breathalyzer tests for drivers and restricted hours for liquor sales, but cultural factors may have played an even bigger role.
Omar, who's also a board member of the SVP, told me that two weeks before I met him in July at the Urban Justice Center's offices, a police officer tried to ticket him for selling during restricted hours.
Among them: Restaurants may not serve water unless patrons request it, and washing sidewalks, driveways and streets -- as well as watering lawns and turf -- is prohibited from Nov. 1 through March 31 and is permitted only during restricted hours in other months.
