JeffM22 (Washington)
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Hi. New to the site and grateful for this resource. I belong to an HOA and was the president when the first board was formed. Our CC&Rs has two issues that deal with parking of vehicles. The first section states - "All vehicles must be stored in garages or in a manner the board determines in not offensive when viewed from the street or from the ground level of adjacent lots". The second sections states - "The board shall have full authority to determine if any vehicle is obnoxious or undesirable to other lot owners and take appropriate steps to correct such a violation of this covenant.
While I was on the board, the board decided that based on these two sections, that homeowners were not to park their vehicles on the street. This was based on allowing emergency vehicles free access to residences without obstructing their ingress, safety for the children living in the HOA so a child did not run out between parked cars into traffic (which has happened prior to the decision not to park on the street), ease of city street crews to clean the streets and remove snow,for sanitation crews to pick up garbage and for delivery trucks to be able to conduct their business without blocked or obstructed streets. The board took the issue to the homeowners at the first annual meeting and there were no challenges nor arguments.
Then, because the declarant was still involved with the ongoing development, the entire board resigned due to the declarant's continued usurping the boards position on the HOA matters.
A new board was formed about a year latter and that board agreed with the previous board on the no parking allowed on the street issue. However, the original property management company quit and the new board brought on a new property management company. This new property management company is now telling all of us that the issue of parking on the street falls to the city to enforce. The city allows up to 14 days of street parking which totally goes against what the board homeowners want.
So my question here is, who is right, the board and homeowners or the new property management company? Thank you for all of your input on this matter.
While I was on the board, the board decided that based on these two sections, that homeowners were not to park their vehicles on the street. This was based on allowing emergency vehicles free access to residences without obstructing their ingress, safety for the children living in the HOA so a child did not run out between parked cars into traffic (which has happened prior to the decision not to park on the street), ease of city street crews to clean the streets and remove snow,for sanitation crews to pick up garbage and for delivery trucks to be able to conduct their business without blocked or obstructed streets. The board took the issue to the homeowners at the first annual meeting and there were no challenges nor arguments.
Then, because the declarant was still involved with the ongoing development, the entire board resigned due to the declarant's continued usurping the boards position on the HOA matters.
A new board was formed about a year latter and that board agreed with the previous board on the no parking allowed on the street issue. However, the original property management company quit and the new board brought on a new property management company. This new property management company is now telling all of us that the issue of parking on the street falls to the city to enforce. The city allows up to 14 days of street parking which totally goes against what the board homeowners want.
So my question here is, who is right, the board and homeowners or the new property management company? Thank you for all of your input on this matter.
