Condo parking, where the spaces are owned as well as used.
A condo building has two kinds of space and often two kinds of resident — the owner who holds a deeded bay and the tenant renting their unit. The parking record has to survive the difference.
HOAs
Most HOA parking disputes are not about parking.
What it looks likeCondo associations
You are here.
Apartments
In multifamily, parking is either an administrative cost or an income line, and the difference is almost entirely whether anybody is keeping track of it.
What it looks likeCommercial lots
There is good software for an airport garage and good apps for an hourly space downtown.
What it looks likeCampuses
Campus parking is a scale problem for three weeks a year and an enforcement problem for the rest.
What it looks like
What goes wrong
Four problems, and what happens to each one.
A deeded space and the person actually parking in it
The directory holds the household, the unit and the vehicles; the space is assigned and the history of who held it is kept when it changes hands.
Owners who rent out
A tenant is given the space the unit holds, with their own account, their own permit and their own vehicles — and the trail shows the handover.
Guest parking in a building with no visitor bays to spare
Passes are a request with an answer and a price, not a windscreen note.
The managing agent and the board need different views
Access is granted per section. Somebody can run the directory without touching payouts.
Getting started
What the first afternoon looks like.
- Describe the lot
Areas, levels and zones if you use them, then the spaces in ranges rather than one at a time.
- Pay for the spaces
Per space, per month, once you can see your own number.
- Bring people in
Import the list you keep, or invite them one at a time, with the agreement attached.
- Set the rates and the rules
Monthly rate, second vehicle, guest passes, offence types and fees.
Questions from condo associations.
Can a space be marked as owned rather than rented?
The rate you charge an occupant is set per space, and it can be zero. A deeded bay with no monthly charge is an assignment at no rate, which still gives the permit, the verification and the history.
What about storage lockers or bike spaces?
Space types cover compact, accessible, EV, motorcycle, oversize and tandem. Anything outside that is better handled as its own area than pretended into a type.
Can the managing agent and the board both have access?
Yes. Add both, and give each the sections they need.
One price, whatever kind of building it is.
Per space, per month, with everything included. Describe your lot and the arithmetic is yours to check.