Regulate the parking spaces across the units

Hi,
We have 40 units in our complex, a small town homes complex at Florida.
As of now each townhouse has two parking spaces, the garage and the garage pathway.

In front of the town homes there is the main road and small margins members are using as additional parking when guests are arriving. during the summer the complex was full, some members started to complain that other guests members are parking in front of their homes.(As today its based on first come first serve)
The board thought to regulate the margins area by allocating private parking.

Our thought was to mark parking lines and place the unit number. Per covenants the board are responsible of the complex area, roads, signs , parking and so on..

How will you suggest to start doing it the right way? Anything we need to check with the county?
any guidelines we should follow?

Thanks in advance!

Think first about enforcement. If you do implement some sort of rules then you need to be prepared for how to deal with violations. If you don't deal with them, things will most definitely get worse.

Speaking in general terms, on most public streets, owners do not own the parking rights in front of their property and anybody who is legally allowed to park on the street can park there. Unless the CCRs specify otherwise, I would expect this to be true for HOAs with private streets. I know some people seem to get annoyed when somebody else parks in front of their house, but as long as they aren't blocking the driveway and otherwise not violating any parking restrictions (fire hydrants, distance to intersection, etc.) those others are free to park there.

If your roads are not all straight, you might have properties on a curve or corner in the road that don't have any street frontage except for their driveway, should they be denied street parking while others have it? What about people who don't need or want to park on the street, should the area in front of their house be unused while others do need it?

Are your roads public or owned by the association?

Personally I'd leave things the way they are. First come street parking is the way it is in most places in the country and while there will always be complainers, it generally works.

I tend to agree to leave things as they are however from time to time its involves a huge headache when members guests crosses the line (which is hard to prove) ending up members blaming rentals units which is not always the case.

Hi Asaf,

Do make sure you have the authority to regulate this space. If it is a public street there may not be much you can do.

If you do decide to go forward with this change, make sure you've clearly communicated the rules to everyone so that there are no surprises. If the rules are broken, how will the board correct the behaviour?