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Hi
Our strata is in the process of trying to clean residents using visitor parking (VP), as 100% visitor parks are being used by residents. As we are near Sydney airport we also often get cars left in visitor parks long term for weeks at a time.
We have a registered by law with a breach notice fee and a cost recovery by-law too.
The process so far:
1. Notices have been put up in the VP’s referencing the by-law
2. VP checked and photographed daily
3. Parked cars are cross referenced to CCTV and access control system
4. strata manager sends resident one warning letter
5. further use of visitor parks results in breach notice(s)
However this is a multi-strata complex with shared facilities. All the VP’s are on the strata plan of the strata that has the registered by-law.
This process is working except for one (there is always one) very notable exception. The residents of one of the other strata’s feel that they have every right to use VP”s all the time.
The question – Can the OC with the registered by-law (as the VP’s are on their strata plan) issue breach notices to the residents of the other Strata plans who are using visitor parks? The SMS does not provide the mechanism to administer breaches as it only designates the cost distribution for maintenance.
Thank you
Alley Cat
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Unless there is some mechanism by which residents of the other strata plan have agreed to abide by the by-laws of your strata plan then there is not much you can do (worth checking, though). It’s the same as someone from a house down the street getting access to your parking.
However, I would leave a note on the car saying something like: “This car is not a bona fide visitor’s vehicle nor does it belong to a resident of this strata plan. By leaving it here you are trespassing. If it is found in this space again it may be treated as an abandoned vehicle and towed onto the public highway where it will be removed by police.”
Now, threatening to that is one thing but actually doing it is probably illegal. However, I can’t honestly say I wouldn’t do that if I were in your position.
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Thank you Jimmy
Less strongly worded notes have been left – with more than one resident abusing the building manager as a result.
I have checked their by-laws and there is nothing that can be used.
I guess it might be a name and shame situation.
Don’t know that I want to have our OC pay to tow the Porsch, Audis and Mercedes that we are dealing with here.
Alley cat