EC member uses own carspace for storage and parks in Visitors’ space

@gin said:
We’ve an ec member who is using her car space as a make-shift ‘storage room’ and in turn, ‘parking’ her car in the Visitors’ car space, instead.

We only have 2 Visitors’ car spaces and she is now permanently parking in one of them. The other is being used by a tenant, with 2 vehicles and a motorbike. 

So over Christmas & New Years’, especially, no other occupiers’ Visitor’s had anywhere to guest-Visitor-park.

Besides it looking extremely unsightly; at least 30-odd boxes, old bikes, old gym equipment, clothing, etc … wouldn’t you think an ec member would be more considerate ? 

Any Insurance issues do you think ?

Are you ready to make yourself a lifelong enemy?  Or, to put it another way, how strongly do you feel about this.  Firstly, neither the tenant nor the EC member should be parking in visitor spots.  They have granted themselves free parking which these days we call ‘parking theft’.  Do you have a by-law about who can and can’t use your visitor parking?  If you have, dig it out and see what it says.  If you haven’t then you shopuld suggest you get one at your next AGM.

Regarding the storage issue, you may well also have a by-law about what can and can’t be kept in the garage area but in any case I would guess that your local council fire safety inspectors would be appalled if they say piles of junk lying around in a car park.

So, getting back to making an enemy for yourself, maybe you should quietly find out if anyone else in the building is annoyed by this then send a jointly signed letter to your EC and strata manager saying you want the visitor spaces to be free for bona fide visitors and a by-law to state the conditions (how long cars can stay there). 

Pushing the EC member out of the visitor space may solve the problem of the junk when she needs to find somewhere to park her car.