We have got exactly the same problem at two of our sites and the Trustees want me to come up with a parking policy. We state in our handbook that no one has an allocated parking space, there is no right to on site parking if all the bays are full etc etc. I periodically send out letters reminding them of the car parking dos and don’ts, but we still have regular arguments and fisticuffs in the car parks. We thought about giving priority to those with blue badges but most of the residents with cars have them. One site has no permit on-street parking but none are happy to park on the street.
I am planning to have a meeting with all car owners at one particularly difficult site to try to bash out the problem, but I suspect we will get nowhere and I will just end up being verbally bashed!
I don’t believe there is a solution and think it is just going to be an ongoing problem as more and more residents come with cars and they all feel that they have more right to park them as close to the front door as possible than anyone else (and a number cannot park properly anyway and take up two spaces).
I find that car parks and laundry rooms are the areas most prone to ‘vexatious behaviour’….
Susie
Salisbury City Almshouse & Welfare Charities