I live in a medium/large apartment complex with a security gated basement car park. The gate is remote control operated and each unit has an allocated space painted on the ground.
I have noticed many vehicles parked in non designated spaces including along walls, ramps and next to fire exits. This make it more difficult to manoeuvre in the car park yo say the least.
I called the strata manager and they said unless I can identify which apartment resident owns the vehicle, they can't do anything.
Is this correct?
I have two vehicles and only one space, and I do the right thing by parking one vehicle further away in the public streets.
Should I just park like the other a.holes as there seems to be no consequence?
How do I get the strata manager and other inconsiderate residents to clean up their act?
Vehicles Keep Parking Illegally in Apartment Building
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one of my neighbours found another car illegally parking in his private lot carspace repeatedly and arrogantly ignoring multiple warning notes
one day he found the car blocking his space when he came home, so he simply left his car blocking it from driving out
and left a note on the offender's car saying 'when you'd like to leave, call me on this number'
well - when the a/hole came back to his car, he called the lot owner pleading to let him out
but too late, the arrogant a/hole had left ID from his job visible inside the car - the lot owner knew the boss at that workplace, called the boss - and when the a/hole returned to their car, they had just lost their highly-paid job.
so yeah - illegal parking can be all yolo fun and games until you lose your job … ;-)
That story is so full of shit.
No one is losing a "highly-paid job" because of something unrelated to their job as miniscule as where they parked their car.
Try harder.
i sometimes think to do this then realise -what if they decide to do it back to me when i actually need to go to an urgent appnt etc
sounds like illegal parking on common property - a breach of a standard NSW strata by-law
'An owner or occupier of a lot must not park or stand any motor or other vehicle on common property, or permit a motor vehicle to be parked or stood on common property, except with the prior written approval of the owners corporation or as permitted by a sign authorised by the owners corporation.' - http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_reg/ssmr20…
process for breaches of by-laws - warning, official notice, mediation, tribunal, etc. - https://www.nsw.gov.au/housing-and-construction/strata/livin…
As an owner you can take action yourself.
If you rent - then up to the owner if they can be arsed.To rectify this legally you need strata onboard and the building manager or yourself available to police it proactively.
Towing does not work (legally) as 5 days notice must be given before being able to tow the vehicle.Steps you will need to do are:
1) Bylaws to give an 'administration fee' (a fine but called differently) for vehicles illegally parked in common areas. Because they are an 'administration fee' they are charged onto the quarterly strata levy which can be sent to debt collectors if defaulted on.
2) Strata will need to then have each apartment to register their vehicle(s) that will be parked in the complex (real estates need to also have their tenants comply with this).
3) Police the issue, you or the building manager need to photograph the offending vehicles and keep a record of their number plates.
4) Place the "administration fee" notice on any vehicle parked illegally every day (even if you do not know which apartment it belongs to). The fine should have the phone number and email of the strata manager to contest the fine and photographic evidence of EACH offence.
5) Look for the offending vehicles which are parked in designated spots. This is a time consuming practice as they may only park in their spots on occasion. I would go late at night and look at all the vehicles parked in designated spots looking for the repeat offenders.
6) Most vehicles should have stopped by the 3rd week of this and the only ones left will be the ones who only park their second vehicle illegally. CCTV or old fashioned police work is required to catch these stragglers. By chance if you see the offender parking, you can follow them into elevator and see which apartment they enter. I did this to one vehicle and with the photographic evidence issued 6 administration fees in one hit and the offender moved out of the complex within 1 month.
As I mentioned, this is a time consuming process and takes consistent effort. The same steps can be taken to solve visitor parking issues without using physical barriers.
That all said, If there is no CCTV and you don't mind the illegal route, you can pretty much do anything to any vehicles parked illegally and no one will park illegally for a while…
Source: I am the treasurer and secretary for the strata committee and did the above steps for a month straight. Issued over 50 'administration fees' and now have visitor parking available on any given day. i.e. trust me bro.
Just leave a note that your cars be towed/impounded if you continue to park there. as per building manager.
Remove air from tyres quickly be able to identify persons to strata manager.
If other people aren't following the rules you probably shouldn't either, especially if they aren't doing anything about it. F em.
Just buy a house and live there. Problem solved
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I was the EC chairperson of a previous building,
had a serial parker in the car wash bay.
Got sick of it and used my car to park them in the wash bay. Took my bike to work. It never happened again.