Most properties can charge for a second space, provided their leases or governing documents allow it and the charge is applied the same way to everyone. In Parken Lot a second space is simply another space assigned to the same resident, with its own permit, billed monthly at that space's price.
Whether parking may be charged separately from rent or dues, and on what notice, depends on your leases, your governing documents and local law. Requests for accessible parking can carry their own legal duties. Check before you start charging.
Ways to keep it fair
| Approach | How it works |
|---|---|
| One each first | Every unit gets one space before anybody gets a second. |
| A waitlist | Spare spaces go to whoever asked first. |
| Priced by space | Covered or EV spaces cost more than open ones, whoever holds them. |
| Written down | The price and the rule for allocating spaces are published before anybody applies. |
A second space is not a second vehicle
| Second vehicle | Second space | |
|---|---|---|
| What the resident gets | Another plate on the same permit | Another space, with its own permit |
| What it costs | The property's additional-vehicle price | That space's monthly price |
| Where it is set | Occupant pricing, in Property settings | The property's price, or a price of the space's own |
Setting it up in Parken Lot
- Price the space. Open it and give it a rate of its own, or leave it to follow the property's price. A space can also be marked free. See Adding your spaces.
- Assign it. Open the empty space and choose Assign an occupant, or send an invitation naming the space and choosing the resident under Existing occupant. See Inviting somebody to park.
- That is all. The resident keeps their first space. The second gets its own permit code and its own monthly charge, and both appear under their name in the directory.
Parken Lot prices spaces, not residents: it has no setting that charges more for somebody's second space than their first. If your rule is a different price for a second space, give the spaces you let as second spaces a rate of their own.