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Old 09-05-2018, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Jazuela View Post
I meant regular overnight parking. During the times we've visited there (we stayed a week each time) we NEVER saw anyone using their driveways for overnight parking. One of the neighbors where we rented said it wasn't allowed, and their "Villas of.." area (I don't remember which one, it was west of Morse, sort of southwestish of Sumter Village town square) had a little parking area where people whose cars didn't fit in their garages were allowed to park overnight. It was also visitor parking for that neighborhood.
I live in a CYV, actually the overflow parking area is not for your own use, but for guests only. We have 9 spots for 80 villas, if residents started keeping cars there, there would be no room for guests. I can tell you, in January when we had company, our guest never found an empty spot. Right now in September, there probably 7 spots. We have one resident that works for Massey and keeps his little pickup truck there, but soon as snowbird season rolls around he knows to move it.

Parking in your driveway is not a problem. My neighbor has a workshop set up in his garage, he keeps his Kia SUV in the dirveway. Others have HO train layouts, RC Airplanes, all kinds of things in the garage. However, if you have a vehicle parked on your curved driveway, getting a golf cart out of the garage will be a problem most times. Our neighbor got permission from ARC and took out the plantings by the front door and had that area paved over creating a parking pad in front of the bedroom window.