NpB (Arizona)
Posts: 605
Posts: 605
Posted:
Our CC&R'S prohibit overnight street parking. Obviously, not many Board members are going to wake up at 2am and walk the neighborhood to see if a vehicle is parked overnight on the street. An ex-Board member who woke up very early in the morning and used to walk around wanted neighborhood harmony and believed the best way to achieve it was to be soft on rules and selectively enforce them in order not to offend people. Decades of this philosophy have permeated the neighborhood, in spite of people wanting strict rules--just don't enforce them to create harmony. The ex-Board member would leave notes or send emails to the overnight street parking violator reminding them not to park on the street overnight. Obviously with no consequences ($$) the behavior continued.
New Board with new attitude and new management company now wants to run the HOA like a corporation with strict enforcement of rules, not looking the other way and treating everyone equally. This past summer, parking violator received a friendly reminder, then shortly after he received the letter, he parks on the street overnight again. Another letter goes out, with a warning, then behavior ceases until last week. Vehicle is parked overnight for two nights in a row, despite the driveway being empty. Homeowner receives letter with a fine. Homeowner suspects it's me taking the photos, because this past summer he wrote me instructing the Board to focus on bigger stuff instead of overnight street parking.
This homeowner is the bully and defiant type. I have a feeling the behavior will continue, and owner will again park on the street very soon almost as a way to convey a "come and fine me" message. All correspondence is with management company--meaning the letter states "During a recent inspection of the property, the following violation was noted" and it gives the name/email address of manager.
I feel that if I wake up at 2am, walk around the neighborhood and take photos the violator's vehicle and send it to the management company and he keeps getting fined, he might damage my property.
No other Board member wants to wake up at 2am to have a time-stamped documented photograph as evidence. Some Board members leave the property at 6am and see the vehicle parked on the street, but that won't hold up if the owner challenges.
New Board with new attitude and new management company now wants to run the HOA like a corporation with strict enforcement of rules, not looking the other way and treating everyone equally. This past summer, parking violator received a friendly reminder, then shortly after he received the letter, he parks on the street overnight again. Another letter goes out, with a warning, then behavior ceases until last week. Vehicle is parked overnight for two nights in a row, despite the driveway being empty. Homeowner receives letter with a fine. Homeowner suspects it's me taking the photos, because this past summer he wrote me instructing the Board to focus on bigger stuff instead of overnight street parking.
This homeowner is the bully and defiant type. I have a feeling the behavior will continue, and owner will again park on the street very soon almost as a way to convey a "come and fine me" message. All correspondence is with management company--meaning the letter states "During a recent inspection of the property, the following violation was noted" and it gives the name/email address of manager.
I feel that if I wake up at 2am, walk around the neighborhood and take photos the violator's vehicle and send it to the management company and he keeps getting fined, he might damage my property.
No other Board member wants to wake up at 2am to have a time-stamped documented photograph as evidence. Some Board members leave the property at 6am and see the vehicle parked on the street, but that won't hold up if the owner challenges.