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Some parking spaces are common property, some are separately owned lots – depends on the building.
There's a block in the city that had this problem with one owner for several years, not helped by the CTTT moron who decreed that neighbouring car owners had no right to swing their car door over the adjoining space (in fact, I think they said it was “trespass”). It took a ridiculous amount of time and effort to get the decision reversed and then the removal of the cage implemented but it ended with the EC sending cuilders in to dismantle the cage and stack it in the middle of the selfish bastard's parking space.
Ther are several probable grounds on which this could be rejected even if the car space is a separate lot. For instance, they can be refused permission to fix anything to the floor, wall or ceiling, which are all common property. There may be a by-law that they have to comply with the look of the area. There could be local council plannig requirements and fire safety issues.
But really, if this person wants to assert their “right” to do as they please with no regard for their neighbours, they should be living in a house. There's a social contract involved in living in apartments and if this selfish sod doesn't want to accept that, they should go and live somewhere where they won't be bothering people who do.