Villa overflow parking
 

I read with interest the latest POA Bulletin. Generlly I find that their articles are accurate and worthwhile reading. However, I wonder about what appears to be incorrect information concerning Villa Parking. In the past we have been told by Compliance that the excess parking is for the use of guests, not owners. Before I begin parking my extra vehicles in those spaces I would like to know when specifically this has changed! I rechecked my Covenants and Restrictions posted on the District's website, and Article V, Section 20, still reads:

"Temporary parking depicted on the plat for the Subdivision is not for Owner's use but is for the use of Owner's invitees and guests."

I wonder where the POA got their information which states otherwise?

I can not answer your specific question but I would point out that Covenants are not the same for all areas, for instance those having to do with signs.

Call Community Standards at 352-751-3912.

Just read the POA Newspaper...I agree with you...I think they are printing the wrong info. I was / am of the opinion that residents CAN NOT use the Villa Guest parking area. Anyone else agree / disagree?

Where do you park your extra vehicle(s) then?

What do your deed restrictions say?
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Our Villas (Bartow) state that the temporary parking is for the use of "Owners invitees and guests". I do need to park another vehicle somewhere...

Can't you park one in the garage and one in the driveway?

How many and what kind of "extra vehicles" do you have?

I presume you have a garage for your car and cart and a driveway for a second car?

That seems easy to understand.

It's sometimes difficult with a villa. Often, because people have moved from a larger home they find it difficult to get a car AND their golf cart into the garage. Even when they do, having a car and a golf cart in the garage and a car in the driveway always seems to result in the wrong car being in the driveway and then everything has to get moved around. Now, if someone's wife would stop be so stubborn and get rid of the extra car, then this problem would go away. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that last part out loud!

I have a small car that I regularly drive and a large Toyota Tundra that I use to pull a horse trailer. Unfortunately, the truck is too large for the garage, and it's inconvenient to move it whenever I need to use the car. Oh, and a golf cart of course :D

Park the Tundra where you park your horse trailer.

That's the plan for now

Problem solved!

Get a house
 

Sell the Villa and get a house or cottage. After a couple of years in a Villa, we made the move and never looked back.

POA is rarely wrong----their take on this is a bit of surprise. :popcorn:

In the snowbird neighbor's driveway most of the year.:MOJE_whot:

Bogie for Mayor :a040: :a040:

I live in a villa. Unfortunately, the extra parking spots are used by owners living closest to the spots for their second car and they are never empty long enough for a guest to use. Just the way it is.

YOU BUY A three CAR garage then...............

Haha I had one! I miss it already :p

We sold our CYA, because we wanted more garage and driveway space. But when we had a CYA, I asked Community Watch about the parking lots. They told us the parking lots were ONLY for guests and never for owners! They said they check the parking lots regularly to make sure that owners aren't parking there.

Was this a while ago? One of our villa residents called community watch and they said they no longer enforce the "guest" parking, making it a free for all. We have about 70 villas and only 7 guest spots. They are full 99% of the time with resident's extra cars/trucks/motorcycles/etc.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out 7 spaces cannot accommodate everyone that lives here.

Here is a simple solution if in fact guests are the only ones that should park there: Any vehicle that is parked there must have a easily visible copy of the guest's ID on the vehicle. (Of course the way around that is to have "fake" guests here all the time.)

That's just rude. The extra spaces are for guest parking. Folks should not take advantage. Buy a house that will accommodate your vehicles or put one in a storage facility.

This is not their decision
 

Since when can community watch make that type of decision? :shrug:

Yes, it was a while ago that Community Watch said they check Guest Parking Lots to ensure that residents aren't using them for overflow parking. At that time, Community Watch told us they check the license plate numbers every few days to make sure no-one parks there for more than a week or two. Obviously they've changed their position.

We found that juggling vehicles was a PITA, especially if we had company visiting. I loved our CYV, but we moved to get a larger garage and more parking.

Is parking in the street allowed then? There are cars parked on the street while the owner's driveway is empty. Hmmmm The street becomes congested very quickly.

With some Villas a Golf Cart Garage can be added: Costs around $15,000 ++