Boronia said:
Why would a person with a lease to a car space be any more of a “security risk” than a tenant in the residential section?
I was referring to a mechanism that could feasibly be in place to prevent outsiders from accessing rented car space.
But since you raise the question, I think the problem with outsiders renting car spaces is that they have no long-term commitment to the place, are largely unaccountable (because they are not covered by the by-laws in any effective sense) and the people running the building usually don’t even know who they are.
In my building, access to one car space means access to three levels of parking as well as common areas. I think the increased risk from people whom you don’t know and can’t be traced is fairly obvious. At the very least, there is nothing to stop the car park lessee giving access to mates. None of these people are subject to by-laws in any meaningful way so the potential for problems is pretty clear.
The Act says you have to give notice of any lease or sub-lease of a “lot” to the Owners Corp, including the name of the tenant. I don’t see any reason why that wouldn’t apply to car spaces, especially if they were separate lots on the plan, but I have never heard of it happening.
I don’t want pass keys to my building going “wild” to the general public and I don’t want unknown and unaccountable individuals having access to my car park. If you live in an area where security is an issue, you don’t want strangers having free access to your building, end of story.
And I suspect that former tenants who’ve held on to their pass keys may have been a problem you were referring to – if so, I reckon that strengthens my argument and it’s certainly why more and more buildings are turning to some form of electronic access that can be cancelled when residents move on but take their keys with them.
But I do agree with the original poster that forbidding outside rentals while allowing residents to park freely in visitor’s parking is a nonsense and the EC concerned need to take a look at their priorities.