Out-of-Town Owner and His Vehicle

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AlexL1 (Florida)
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Posted:

An owner of a condo unit rents his condo unit out and he lives in another state. He is assigned a carport and that carport is on his deed of property. He stores his vehicle there full time and his tenant must park their car in a "free" space. Is this legal?

Another owner is comparable to the one above but, this owner keeps his vehicle parked in a free space. Is this legal?

SteveM9 (Massachusetts)
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He stores his vehicle there full time and his tenant must park their car in a "free" space. Is this legal?

If each place has two spots on their deed, and the person only uses two spots, I dont see the problem.

Another owner is comparable to the one above but, this owner keeps his vehicle parked in a free space. Is this legal?

Same answer. If each place has two spots on their deed, and the person only uses two spots, I dont see the problem.

You should look at your condo docs. But if the docs say each owner has two spots, and they use two spots, there is nothing you can do except leave them alone.

As far as legal or illegal, those words mean nothing when talking about association issues. Illegal issues are for the courts, or police, this is simply an internal condo association issue.

SteveM9 (Massachusetts)
Posts: 3,699

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Ugg.. i wish this forum had an edit button. Darn HTML formatting.

AlexL1 (Florida)
Posts: 305

Posted:

Each unit has either a garage or a carport deeded to that particular unit

DonnaS (Tennessee)
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Posted:

Alex,
Then the "free spots" are there for guests and overflow vehicles? As was said, there is nothing illegal about this situation. If your governing docs say that NO vehilcles may be STORED on the property, then that would be affecting the absentee landlord and his leaving his vehicle not moved for long durations of time.

SusanW1 (Michigan)
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I think the issue is that the tenant - a full time resident - is using the "free" spot, because his landlord is using the slot that belongs to the unit.

What is the definition of the "free" spot? Should it be used for as resident parking?

A renter is not a "guest".

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