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If your association suffers from the following problems, read on. We have the
solution.
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| The Problem:
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Guests cannot find a parking space.
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| Source of the Problem:
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Residents using their garages for storage of everything but their cars.
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| Objectives:
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Encourage residents to use their garages.
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Make parking for the majority of Guests easy and transparent
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Design a way to thwart resident efforts to defeat the system and continue to
not use their garages.
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Design a means of coping with exceptions.
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Avoid adding to the Property Manager's or Board's workload.
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| Solutions:
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Make all parking outside of garage or assigned parking, Guest Parking.
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Allow parking in Guest Parking not more than 3 out of any consecutive 7 day
period. The vast majority of guests do not stay longer than 3 days (exceptions
are covered below). Issue outside parking decals to only those residents who
have proven they are filling all their garage or assigned spaces with vehicles
which legitimately belong to them.
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Allow residents to Safelist their guests (or their own vehicles with
good reason) who are staying longer than 3 days in 7.
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| Results:
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Residents use their own garages or assigned spaces.
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Guests can park without a problem
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Residents who try to look like guests will have to park off-site at least 4 out
of 7 days and will eventually get towed due to poor record keeping on their
part, or will clean out their garage and park in it to avoid the hassle. If
they attempt to Safelist a resident vehicle, our computer tracking will
catch it.
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| PATROL ONE Actions:
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Provide the Property Manager with a sample letter to residents, explaining the
program.
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Build and maintain a database for tracking decals.
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Handle correspondence from residents requesting decals for their vehicles which
are in excess of their garage or assigned spaces.
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Answer questions from residents.
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Provide serialized decals where appropriate. There is no charge for decals.
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Handle those changes which occur when a vehicle is sold or a new vehicle is
purchased or a decal is reported lost or stolen (decals reported lost or stolen
are immediately placed on a Hotlist
for immediate tow if seen in use).
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Inventory, every night, all vehicles in Guest Parking which do not have an
outside parking decal.
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Cite, with a warning, those vehicles in Guest Parking which are one night away
from being in violation.
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Tow those vehicles which are in violation (exceeded days allowed in Guest
Parking).
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