The ones on the (more convenient) right hand side of the building, numbers 1 - 4 and the one on the left, number 5, that gives direct access to the garden unit have a monthly levy of R378.

The others on the left, numbers 6 to 9, have a monthly levy of R252.

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Note:

Bay 1 has the least restrictions, hence it being reserved for handicapped use

Bay 2 is perhaps the trickiest parking spot (as they have to park nose-first between two cars in a small spot)

Bays 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are parallel parking bays; small & difficult to navigate, especially with larger vehicles

Bay 5 is large enough to be used as a tandem bay for two vehicles (without restricting bay 6)

There is a risk of damage to vehicles and the common property (walls, gate, electric motor) when navigating the tight spaces. Owners are responsible for insurance and repairs to all damage to other vehicles and the common property.

Needs attention: some units have two parking bays, others none. There are no existing EUAs in place (which means it is just month-to-month). Consider adjusting the levies to make sure supply and demand (and the cost of maintenance) match up.

Garages

The parking areas in front of the garages on the street is for the exclusive use of those garage owners, as they will need uninterrupted access to their garages.

Consider adding no parking or tow-away signs as it is a persistent problem with vehicles parking those owners in.

Allocation of bays

There are three ways to consider dealing with limited supply of parking bays (and a lot of interest):

Inheritance

This is the current system. An owner has an EUA and when they sell their unit, the new owner gets to inherit that EUA. This seems the least fair, as it disqualifies new owners from the areas altogether.

Waiting list Whenever an owner leaves, or their EUA expires, their parking bay goes back into a “rental pool” or to the next person on the waiting list. This still penalises new owners, who should have equal rights as old owners, who are currently holding on to their agreements (as these in theory don’t currently expire).

Lottery The owners/trustees decide on a fair fixed price for the bays to generate an income stream for the body corporate (but also to build up a reserve for repairs to the paving) that benefits both sides. Each unit is allowed to be placed on the list, once. Draw for who gets the different bays for the next 12 months. (If there is more interest than there are bays, the price is probably too low).

Bidding Decide on a minimum monthly price (the floor) for the bays (say R300 on the left and R400 on the right) with R50 increments. Allow each unit on the list once (if they’re interested in parking at all) and to keep raising their bids until supply and demand meets.

Things to think about

We have a handicapped resident, and will need to make sure they get the appropriate parking space.

This could become tricky to properly manage if it is over-engineered (as levies would need to be updated for different units at different times, and these need to be double checked by the trustees that they are correctly collected).

Some owners (A) have more than one vehicle. They are sub-letting (or just using) the parking bays of other owners (B). This isn’t necessarily unfair, except if nobody else is given the option to rent the spot not used by owner B.

Parking is rather tight. There is a risk of scraping the walls or damaging the gates when parallel parking. Especially by the main gate.

It is tricky to reverse out of the right-hand side gate with a large or wide vehicle.

At night it is quite difficult to reverse out of the left-hand side gate due to bad lighting. The new solar-charged spotlights help a bit, but in winter they don’t sufficiently charge to shine enough light early in the morning.

Parking bay 2 is in a tricky position where you need to parallel reverse out, as not to hit the vehicle in bay 3 behind you nor the one in bay 1, next to you.

You could, in theory, park two smaller vehicles in front of each other in parking bay 5, without restricting the ability to use bay 6.

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