Sounds like you have some very recalcitrant people in your building, but for what it’s worth, this is what has worked for us.
We have been able to control the parking issue by placing a parking notice on the wall for each of the visitors car spots, limiting in our case the parking to 8 consecutive hours. We place the notice below on the car’s windscreen. We also control the area frequently during the day and at night and take photos. From having a completely parked out 12 spot visitors car space during the first 3 months, we now have at least a few spare spots all the time. We do find that new tenants/residents need to be “trained”, but they comply within a few weeks.
REGISTRATION NO: XXX-YYY DATE OF ISSUE: xx/yy/zz
It has been noted that your car has been parked for an extensive period of time beyond the maximum 8 hour limit in a visitor’s car spot for a considerable number of weeks and is therefore deemed not to be a true visitor. Note that Residents are NOT allowed to park in a visitors’ spot – your car is registered as belonging to a Resident.
If you do need to park in excess of an 8 hour period for your visitor, please go to our Website http://www.xyz.com, log in using password abcdefg and complete a booking registration. Once you have made a booking, it is also required that you print a copy of the Approved Booking Confirmation with the ticketed number and place it on the dashboard of your visitor’s car behind the windscreen.
As the by-law of this block states:
‘An owner or occupier of a lot must not park or stand any motor or other vehicle on common property, or permit a motor vehicle to be parked or stood on common property, or permit a motor vehicle to be parked or stood on common property, except with the prior written approval of the owners corporation or as permitted by a sign authorised by the owners corporation’ and ‘A maximum of eight (8) hours is given for any visitor space being occupied’
Please also note that:
‘An owners corporation may take action to remove motor vehicles left on common property that block an entry or exit or otherwise obstruct the use of common property by placing a removal notice on or near the vehicle for at least 5 days.’
This vehicle’s registration number has been noted WITH photo and timestamp. If it is not moved in a timely manner, relevant authorities will be notified and a $1,200 fine can be issued by the NSW Tribunal for the first offence and a $2,500 fine for every subsequent offence.
Owners Corporation ABC Street, Suburb name