Guest Parking vice "No Parking"
 

Wouldn't it be more friendly to be positive instead of negative?

Ok "Positively NO Parking"

:shrug::shrug:

I presume you are talking about the guest parking in CYV neighborhoods and the recent articles concerning District 7? Even though the articles are referring to the signage as "no parking", I would be surprised if that's all they said. I'm guessing they will be worded more along the lines of "guest parking only, no resident parking". In any case, the rules are already spelled out in the deed restrictions, but some residents choose to ignore it. So perhaps strong language on the signage is needed. It's not The Villages that are being "unfriendly", it's the residents who are being unfriendly by abusing the guest parking.

Some residents feel they are "entitled" and the deed restrictions don't apply to them. I hope the signs do the job.

How would the enforcing agency (yet to be named) determine if a car belongs to an invitee or an owner?

If I parked in a temporary parking area in an adjacent Court Yard Villa village to the one I live in, would I be a guest or an owner?

If I walked home temporarily leaving my car in the neighboring parking lot would I be a guest or an owner or just the guy next door?

It the object is to communicate with the home owner could that be done my sending a notice to each home owner who's identity is EZ to determine?

Which is the unfriendly act?

1, not complying with rules and regs that you were made aware of when moving here, or

2, asking that neighbors obey that rules?:shrug:

Perhaps the guest could be issued a dashboard parking permit along with their guest ID that would identify the dates of issue and expiration. This could also make sure there weren't more permits than spaces. It would still take someone to complain before anything would be done if there was no permit showing.

to see how effective signs are in TV just make note of the speed limits and how they are abused....ditto for stop signs.....and the no parking signs elsewhere around TV....

signs are only as effective as the enforcement.....sooooooooo......

Question, is the parking area on the Village property and maintained by the Villages or is this parking area part of the public roads that are common in the Villages?

I believe the streets in villa neighborhoods are not public, but belong to the residential CDD.

just issue parking permits to all residents, and those can be place on the windshields. many cities and other comunities have them; what's the big deal?
and while we are at is, i do believe that all golf carts should be registered. that kind of registration can be mandated by the CCD. and start ticketing carts that go over 19 mph. am tired of residents who don;t want to pay attention to the rules.
sorry, i seem to be extra crabby today!

And prof of insurance required.

What would be the purpose a parking permit for residents if residents aren't supposed to park there?

Travelguy, how would issuing parking permits to residents prevent them from parking in lots meant for guests?
It must be me, I must be missing a key point here. :confused:

No, look up. I missed the point as well.

:jester: Ummmm .... Dougbee, the fact that we both missed the point may just mean our bulbs are growing dim. :girlneener:

there are only so many parking spaces available. residents get first priority. the extras are for guests. no more than 2 cars per household for residents. when guests get their guest passes for the rec facilities they can get one guest parking pass per group.

For the benefit of those who may not be that familiar with courtyard villa neighborhoods....they have unique parking issues.

For the most part, they have small garages and short, curved driveways and the streets are too narrow for on-street parking. Residents are suppose to park in their driveway or in their garage...nowhere else. It works pretty well if you only have one car and a couple carts, but for two cars and one or more golf carts, it's difficult to jockey the vehicles around. It's the main downside of living in a CYV and people who buy a CYV know that upfront.

CYV neighborhoods have one small parking area which contains about 6 parking spots. This area is designated for guest parking, and it could include a guest who resides elsewhere in The Villages, so having a guest pass displayed in the window wouldn't work for all guests.

The parking area is too far away for the majority of residents to conveniently use on a daily basis. The problems arise when residents that live close to the guest parking area use it as their personal primary parking spot, or else when a resident from anywhere in the neighborhood uses it as permanent parking for a vehicle that they rarely use. Allowing residents to have "first priority" would result in the the same vehicles parked there all the time and there would never be a spot available for guests. Besides, it was never intended to be resident parking.

In answer to another question earlier in the thread, community watch wouldn't have any way of knowing if the cars belonged to owners or not. As Mikeod pointed out, the streets and parking areas in CYV neighborhoods are not public and they are maintained by The Villages. So the parking issue is complaint driven and handled like any other deed restriction violation. The signage won't change anything other than making it more obvious to the violators that they are violating their own deed restrictions.

This is not even an issue in my CYV neighborhood, all of the residents respect the rules and their neighbors' rights. But I know for a fact that it is a big issue in some other neighborhoods. As of right now District 7 is the only district that will be putting up signs.

Are you saying that in Courtyard Villa Communities, in the Guest Parking lots, that residents can park there and get first priority?