cycle shelters/Tents

New technologies - This is addressed to anyone who resides in a townhome or condo community where is reserved parking. Residents do not own the spaces, but they are assigned common area spaces. Our residents are now purchasing these cycle shelters for their motocycles. They are very large and ugly (IMO). We still don't know whether there is any other consequences to having them. Will they blow away when not in use and damage other property? Is the resident storing other items here? Is there a fire hazard here? They are basically a large tent with frame with a floor. We don't know if it's anchored to the pavement or not. You can't really tell if there IS or ISN't a motorcyle parked inside the unit. We don't seem to have anything in the docs that addresses this either directly or indirectly. Does anyone else have any experience with this recently in their community? See link.
http://www.goodguyspowersports.com/proddetail.php?prod=cycleshelter&gclid=CPK3oq6UvpYCFQJvswodTEJCyw

Also, No temporary structures or buildings such as /tents/campers or motor homes might be worded in the documents. Almost every set that I have ever seen has that listed as non allowed.

There is a valid reason to be concerned about how this would be anchored. It would appear that the thing stays in a single location when the cycle is removed. And you have to wonder what holds it there. You certainly want to ensure that there won't be a problem created with the anchor.

As to the concern about storing other things, I don't know why you are so concerned with this. Based on your logic, we should also be concerned because we don't know what people have in their cars. Or what they store in their closets.

Presumably, these would be used by people who own motorcycles. And they will open the things as they take the bikes in and out. There just isn't a lot of room for extra stuff there.

Sounds like this would fall under ARC review as well as what Donna stated within your CCR's.

Glen - Thanks - Good idea - Nice response.

Susan - Sorry, it's just not that simple. The bylaws don't address this technology and they don't say that they are allowed and they don't say that they are not allowed.

Kirk - Thanks for your comments on anchoring - My thoughts exactly. It seems that it's not anchored and the floor is just heavy enough to keep it from blowing away. Now I think that you would be surprised when you looked inside the tent. There's lots of room inside and some of these will accomodate 2 motorcycles in just one space. I certainly wouldn't want to think about the owner storing additional gas cans or other items in the tent. If they allow it for motorcycles then what happens when I install one for my small car.

I really do think that this comes under the ARC and we'll have to address from there,..

Mike,

Our docs allow HOA reps to enter any "common area" (which I imagine your parking spaces are) to conduct inspections as to possible violations of the CCRs and ByLaws. Perhaps yours do, too. In that case, at least you could find out if the tents are being employed for uses other than protecton of an MV.

Wait a minute, I've been reading posts about not allowing pick up trucks and yet people would allow these things?

I don't have a problem with pick up trucks but these? Not on my watch.

How soon before owners would be subletting them to their illegal alien house staff or worse yet; mother's in law? You could quickly find 12 people living in it with a coleman grill, porta potti, and a satellite dish in a 5 gallon pale outside the thing.

Geesh!

Dana - You gave me a nice chuckle, so thanks! This is just a new technology or concept (IE-PODS), that we have to address through the ARC. This is the next best thing to a car cover of which I'm not a big fan either. Most of the standard cloth car covers (I'm discovering) have derelict vehicles under them with no wheels, no tags etc. Then when they take off the car cover they just wad it up and leave it on their front porch. Thanks for your response.