Re: Fobs being used by two non owners and non residents
Can’t everyone’s fob be reprogrammed? Everyone but the two so-and-sos with a useless fob, that is. doing that will leave them in the cold.
That would require the approval of the committee, which is not forthcoming in this instance.
Re: Habitual illegal car parkers
I am unsure of all your options, but two things come to my mind:
1. Fine the wrong doers
Ask your friendly local council to issue fines to the trespasser (see https://www.nsw.gov.au/housing-and-construction/strata/living/parking). It would help if you have already taken photos of the illegally parked cars;
You have to have an agreement in place with your local council that they will patrol the car park – something that only happens in one or two blocks in the whole of NSW. That’s for the simple reason that it’s more hassle than it’s worth for both the LGA and the strata scheme. For instance, they will also ping residents who have accidentally parked over the lines in their spaces. In these days of monster utes in tiny parking spots, chaos would ensue
or
2. Install hurdles for the wrong doers
That would involve, in each visitor car space, installing a parking bollard, IMHO the “fold down” type makes sense. These require a key in order to fold down. Installed in each car space, it will prevent anyone parking there who has not folded down the bollard. That is, any illegal parkers. Owners/residents should be given a key to the bollards.
6 visitor spaces means 6 bollards. Ideally they are keyed the same, every owner/resident will be able to access all visitor spaces in order to allow a visitor to park.
The only downside is that a lot owner would have to leave his/her apartment in order to allow a visitor to park. Not really a hassle when you consider the upside: a car space which if not available to a particular visitor, at least is being used by another legitimate visitor(s).
Again, the committee in this case has decided to do nothing, so installing bollards isn’t going to fly. Also the owner with the commercial property would also have to be given a key.
What’s really needed is for the committee and the strata manager to stop taking the line of least resistance and issue a Notice To Comply to the lot owner every time one of his employees parks in visitor parking, then follow it up with an application for penalties at NCAT.
Not easy, it would be time consuming and potentially expensive but that is the only way to deal with this under current strata law (and, again, it would require a committee that was prepared to take action).