In my view, as owners of private property, OCs and their SMAgents need to be able to simply, easily (low time/$cost) Access statutory authority with severe penalties – to permanently get rid of each “parking thief” (©JimmyT) (A) their actions and (B) the vehicle (say)
(A) a person eg, the EC secretary/delegate, serves a notice ONto the vehicle itself (waterproof & securely fastened but not damaging) giving (say) 3 days to
(i) identify themselves (nominated email & on-site letterbox) AND
(ii) get the vehicle off-site
failure to comply within 3 days
(B) the EC’s secretary/delegate can issue a notice to the council for prompt = immediate removal & impounding (like strata tenants) – all council’s (prescribed) costs – transport, storage, management and internal + external ‘legals’ – against vehicle owner, the owner’s situation with the driver is his/her problem
Clearly the statutory authority/council needs to be virtually guaranteed a system of cost-recovery/disposal rights – before costs overtake vehicle value – should no one turn up for the vehicle
the system should apply across all vehicles parked/stored/dumped/abandon on private property