Parking violators

Looking for suggestions in dealing with repeat violator of parking rules. Some owners/occupants continue to park their vehicles in the guest parking. Any suggestions on how to deal with this problem? BOD members have left violation notices, but, have not gotten to the point of actually bringing fines to bear. Is there any other tip we can use to somehow correct this behavior before we levy fines? CCR's and HOA rules clearly states that no homeowner/occupant may use the Guest parking. Thx Lorenzo, Island Villas, CA.

There are a number of ideas posted on this site regarding parking. You can do a search to find them. Anything from fines, towing, stickers for residents and guests, etc.

Let's not forget people will be visiting for the holidays throughout
the end of the year. Remember to be cosistent in what you do ion fact do.

Stickers, etc all well and good BUT... what happens in a condo area where 60% are renters and the tenants change (in many cases) every other month. How is the policing done to control the stickers, the uncaring tenants. It even seems plausible that we would have to hire a person to JUST take care of the issuance of parking stickers due to the heavy changeover.. Any suggestions on this point?

In our HOA, we have found that being "nice" or "patient" simply will not work with some people (owners or tenants) who do not care about the rules. The thing that gets their attention is a fine, or threat of a fine. I would rather it not get to this point, but sometimes this is the only thing that seems to work.

We had a car which appeared to be "stored" on our property for three weeks. It did not move; we had no idea who it belonged to. We put a notice on it one Sunday afternoon stating the owner needed to move it or contact the PM or it would be towed within 24 hours.

The car was gone within the next 45 minutes.

It is unfortunate but a very real fact of life that some folks just push the limits. It is so very ego-centric...the boards and PMs end up dealing with adults who act like immature adolescents.

Slap a boot on there and give them the key after you receive the cash...

Lorenzo,
Start with fines, if that doesn't work tow. Be sure you are in complaince with CA Vehicle Code Section 22658. It allows hefty fines to the associaion if you don't. Also only a law enforcement offical can use a boot type device in CA.
Jane

Jane,

The CA vehicle code you've cited is for towing from private property, including HOA private property. That does not mean public streets located within the HOAs private property, right? As I mentioned earlier, I don't believe you can legally tow from public streets; but of course I may be wrong. Just quoting what I've heard from attorneys here in AZ.

Jane,

It's a hot topic in AZ. Most assn docs state no parking on the street, even those HOAs that are planned communities with public streets. For the past two years there has been a bill b/4 the legislature making it against the law for HOAs to restrict parking on public streets. Both years it's gone nowhere because of the overwhelming outcry against the bill.

Our streets are public.

There are very few communities or developments over the last 10 or 15 years that are gated or have private roads.

We can still restrict parking on the public streets within the stated designation of our subdivision (whatever the boundaries are listed in the declaration), but the parking of residents.

We can't restrict anyone who doesn't live here, however, so that when people come to fish in our lake, and they park on the street in excess of 4 hours or overnight, there's not a darn thing we can do to them if they aren't part of the membership.

We can, however, restrict the homeowners, even with it being a public road.

I know. We had a resident who had an oxygen service visiting daily for quite some time.

We would invariably get calls from her neighbors.

Come on, people, aside from the fact that it's not a resident, have some common sense and compassion!

The complaint was mostly that it was a "commercial vehicle" *DUH -- commercial vehicles are allowed if there to do work!*

But sometimes the van would park in the street. That's when the calls would come in. And it wouldn't even be there 4 hours, which is our restriction, less than 4 hours is okay.

Michele,

Who sets the 4-hr timer?

LOL I love it!!!

We have 1,702 members so I'm sure there must be at least one! But, I'm not on the board so I don't know and don't have to deal with it. Been there, done that! We have an outstanding prop. mgr who checks the community herself and does a very good job of it. With this many homes, and even a nosy busy-body or two, it's hard to catch everything.

perhaps a nice sticker, with really GOOD glue, slapped right on the driver's window. You know the kind of sticker, the kind that takes 6 gallons of acetone and a propane torch to loosen, and even then, the glue sticks around for years, attracting dust and dirt.

Slap one or twenty of those on a window, and sooner or later, the owner will get tired of spending his sunday afternoons with a razor blade and nail polish remover, and will learn to park nicely.

And, since a sticker is temporary, and YOU cannot be responsible for the owner's inability to find the right solvent/removal method, it's non-tortable. Stick to windows, glue cannot damage glass. Glue can damage paint, so do NOT put on car itself. that is tortable.

Legal? Basically, anything you do in this world is illegal once you step outside your home (there's a law someone somewhere can use to prosecute you). However, i would simply practive my best puppy dog look, and repeat the following in a mirror:

Your honor, we had no idea these simple harmless stickers were causing such a ruckus. They were merely intended to advise and educate people, not be be any form of punishment.