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Is there a binding explanation as to when a visitor is no longer a visitor but now a resident.
It’s not so much about defining who is a resident and who isn’t, it’s about the owners corporation setting its own rules and regulations to cover the use of common property.
If I was moving into a block with visitor parking, which didn’t have a by-law defining what the owners felt was reasonable when it came to visitor parking, I would push very hard to have one created.
My bylaw would says something like:
Definition of “visitor” with regards to visitor parking:
This strata scheme defines bona fide visitor use of visitor parking to be
- No more than two hours during the day and evening (9am to 9pm)
- No more than 12 hours overnight, from 9pm to 9am.
- Individual visitors who park their cars taking advantage of any period of overnight parking must not be parked in a visitor space before 9pm or after 9am on the same day.
- Residents (including owners and tenants) may not use visitor parking at any time without written permission of the strata committee.
- Residents may apply to the committee to temporarily alter these restrictions but may only alter them with written permission.
- Residents are responsible for explaining these restrictions to visitors and are liable for any fines imposed due by-law breaches.
Now, obviously you could adjust those times to suit the views of the majority of your owners, but at least it gives you a framework to curb any current or future land grabs (because that’s what this is – taking common property for personal use).