So 8 out of 10 of the owners with aprons are now using common property as parking space, so they can use their garages for storage, even though permission was granted to park “from time to time”?
From the information given the owners are using common property which has a value, for a use that has value. When the exclusive use by-law was proposed, did they propose a payment to the owners corporation for the exclusive use, and if so was this backed by a valuation?
Although the common property is in front of the respective garages at present it belongs to all the owners – you can’t just take that away from them without accounting for its value.
Yes of course the owners could apply for a ruling, but if they have not proposed compensating the owners corporation for taking over part of the common property, then I doubt the application would be successful.