KarenT (Washington)
Posts: 250
Posts: 250
Posted:
Our HOA has a private road and the CCR's specifically state "no parking of any kind shall be allowed on the roadway". The issue is that the BOD made 2 exceptions. 1) To allow one (1) car for each residence to park on the roadway. 2) For the two houses at the entrance to also park one additional car but they cannot be parked at the entrance nor can they block another homeowners driveway. Keep in mind the entire subdivision has only 12 houses. Little background - one of the houses was the original house in this area (on the historic register because it was an old train station) and it does not have a driveway or a garage (no choice but to park on the road) or they have to park out in front of the subdivision. The second house at the entrance has a tandem garage and is "inconvenient" (they don't like to move one car out of the way so they don't park in the garage just the driveway.
The initial reason for the "no parking" on the roadway was the fire code and the width of the road for emergency vehicle access. We could put up "fire lane, no parking" signs, and have the fire department fine those vehicles, but instead opted to send out notices, then fines, then finally towing. The BOd is now enforcing the one (1) vehicle and imposing fines and finally towing. Everyone is mad at everyone - the renter (the house with the tandem garage is a rental) says the owner didn't tell them until the day before about the parking. This tenant has lived in the house since May and the owner wouldn't let us talk to the tenant because of another matter but told us he told the tenant about the one (1) car rule. The first no parking sign went up in September and the renter still parks more than one car onn the roadway.
Now the snow if flying and the road must be plowed, notices were sent out to all homeowners that all vehicles must be removed from the road when it snows. Yes, they can still park there, but need to remove the car so the snow plow can plow. The notice stated any vehicle left would be towed without notice. We also posted a new sign from a towing company. The renter who keeps parking more than one car on the roadway left a vehicle there for 2 days and the snow plow had to go around it so it was towed. The renter is more than peeved! She used some very colorful 4 letter words because she says we should have talked to her before towing and we told her the owner told us not to talk to her under any circumstances and that we had asked the owner for the 3rd time to have the cars moved. Today, the plows came (yes after she was told last night to move it - this was after paying a $400.00 towing bill) and the car was still there. The car was plowed in. The towing company could not come because someone took both no parking signs down and we have not posted a new sign.
Only 1 or 2 of the homeowners understand and comprehend the reasons for the no parking - the others think the BOD is too harsh and making it a huge issue causing animosity. The reasons are: access for all homeowners by not blocking the entrance or their individual driveways, allowing for emergency vehicle access, utility vehicle access such as the trash truck, ability for the snow plow to remove the snow without restricting the roadway for all the above.
The problem is the BOD can't get this across? Anyone have any suggestions?
The initial reason for the "no parking" on the roadway was the fire code and the width of the road for emergency vehicle access. We could put up "fire lane, no parking" signs, and have the fire department fine those vehicles, but instead opted to send out notices, then fines, then finally towing. The BOd is now enforcing the one (1) vehicle and imposing fines and finally towing. Everyone is mad at everyone - the renter (the house with the tandem garage is a rental) says the owner didn't tell them until the day before about the parking. This tenant has lived in the house since May and the owner wouldn't let us talk to the tenant because of another matter but told us he told the tenant about the one (1) car rule. The first no parking sign went up in September and the renter still parks more than one car onn the roadway.
Now the snow if flying and the road must be plowed, notices were sent out to all homeowners that all vehicles must be removed from the road when it snows. Yes, they can still park there, but need to remove the car so the snow plow can plow. The notice stated any vehicle left would be towed without notice. We also posted a new sign from a towing company. The renter who keeps parking more than one car on the roadway left a vehicle there for 2 days and the snow plow had to go around it so it was towed. The renter is more than peeved! She used some very colorful 4 letter words because she says we should have talked to her before towing and we told her the owner told us not to talk to her under any circumstances and that we had asked the owner for the 3rd time to have the cars moved. Today, the plows came (yes after she was told last night to move it - this was after paying a $400.00 towing bill) and the car was still there. The car was plowed in. The towing company could not come because someone took both no parking signs down and we have not posted a new sign.
Only 1 or 2 of the homeowners understand and comprehend the reasons for the no parking - the others think the BOD is too harsh and making it a huge issue causing animosity. The reasons are: access for all homeowners by not blocking the entrance or their individual driveways, allowing for emergency vehicle access, utility vehicle access such as the trash truck, ability for the snow plow to remove the snow without restricting the roadway for all the above.
The problem is the BOD can't get this across? Anyone have any suggestions?