Handicap parking

Question, In our condominium declaration it clearly states that any
home owner/Renter with a garage and extended driveway leading to
that garage is not authorized a parking spot in the common area
parking lots near the condominiums. They must use the driveways
and garage related to the condominium they live in.

Those who do not have a driveway and enter the garage from the
parking lot road will be assigned a parking area and so marked for their
use in the parking lot, Note: authorized only two, one in parking lot
and one in the Garage.

Question is???, if a handicap area is designated in the common area
parking lot, can the home owner ( and note: with driveway and garage)
and with a handicap plate-- still use the common area Handicap parking
or do they still need to abide by the ruling set for garage’s and
driveway??. This homeowner/Renter may end up with 3 parking area’s
with one in the parking lot, and the rest of us two. Also NOTE, Access
for the Handicap owner if they park in the driveway is so much better,
15 Ft. rather then 60Ft when they traverse the small hill and related
bushes’s. I’m bewildered

Thanks
Richard.

Richard, I sincerely suggest the Board discus this with the HOA's attorney before it does anything. Besides the headlines "HOA Picks on Handicapped", I can see a lawsuit for not allowing a reasonable accommodation. IMO since s/he has a driveway they would not qualify for a space in the garage even if they are using the handicapped space in the common lot.

Hello Kelly, 
For the past year or better that same vehicle has been parked in the
parking lot against regulations and they have been told so. Reason is
they have three vehicles and now have found a way to park the third car.

Bottom line and I can’t prove it YET, it is a borrowed tag from a
family member, Just can't prove it. I have talk to the family
member and father and as much as I can SEE, I don’t find a handicap
member living in that Condo. Handicap may have many descriptions and definitions.
Thank You.
Richard.

Sorry, I meant to ask even if there's a real handicap, why should they be permitted to park in those spaces? Aren't all of those spaces designated for folks without driveways/garages?

Handicap requirements for a handicap tag does indeed have varied qualifying factors.

Richard

Handicap aside how do you handle where someone parks if they have more vehicles then spaces?

Is the issue use of the Handicap spot or just the 3rd vehicle in the parking lot?

Inquiring minds want to know.....LOL

The residence that has someone who uses the handicap pk. sp. has a driveway AND garage, right, Richard? So, I'm still trying to understand why they should be permitted to park in visitor parking?? Those spaces, you say per your documents, are reserved for visitors only, including visitors with handicaps.

It should not matter if any residence has no cars or six.

Please clear this up; I feel that I'm misunderstanding something???

(13 of our 211 res. units have only one deeded parking space. If they have two cars, they must park off them off the premises. They, handicapped or not, are not permitted to use our VP spaces, which include one handicapped space.)

Thus it is an enforcement issue for all. Handicap or not.

My sincere thanks for those who have offered information. As such I
feel that I have sufficient information to offer the board more assistance
and may be able to help support them in the duties they try to uphold. I
feel that they had in the past very little support so I will try to do what I
can to help. Again, my thanks to all that have helped. :-)