K.K. from outside of Connecticut writes:
Dear Mister Condo,
I live in a townhouse HOA. Everyone in the facility is allowed 2 parking spacing, those with more than 2 cars need to apply with the HOA to obtain an extra space as well as pay a fee for the parking permit. To avoid paying the fee and applying to the HOA it seems a majority of the community parks outside of and on the street into the community illegally in some areas. Honestly, it looks horrendous and makes it difficult to pull into and out of the community as it blocks the view of oncoming cars. What can I do about this? Should I call the county about the other owners/tenants parking illegally?
Mister Condo replies:
K.K., I am sorry that you are dealing with a challenging parking situation at your HOA. While the HOA controls much of what happens inside the grounds of the association, they have absolutely no jurisdiction over what happens outside the common grounds. The County officials are your only hope of correcting this problem. If no laws are being broken, there really isn’t anything else you can do about it. All the best!