I live in an 8 dwelling property, with only the lots and unmarked common areas shown on the strata plan.
- Each unit – even the 3 Bedroom ones – has a single garage within the lot.
- Two lots (2BR) have sufficient room inside the lot to park a second car.
- The DA did not mention marked car spaces (or any parking).
One of our most common parking issues is the owner or occupier who arrives with multiple vehicles. They think the Strata Committee and strata managing agent are stupid for trying to restrict parking on lawns, in front of garages, on concrete and in other common areas.
Following an AGM years ago, the agent & Committee met (informally) with Council. Their planner said that 1990s DAs often didn’t mention parking but a developer’s plans weren’t approved until they complied with Council’s code. At that time, this meant sufficient room on common areas for one visitor space for each two lots, plus one. In our case that meant five. They did not have to be marked.
So we painted five spaces of the required width to meet Council’s then-code for parking. Each was labelled as “visitor” parking. We were told that we didn’t need a Council consent for this work, and that standard by-laws controlled any mis-use.
Just to complicate it, one tenant has requested that one of the marked spaces be formally allocated to them (and has offered to pay rent for it).
Your responses suggest that we might not be able to enforce the arrangement we already have, let alone any exclusive use arrangement?
Thanks for posting.