Re: HOA parking assignment

"Subcomandante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "JD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > JT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Question -- the condo association where we live has assigned parking
> > spaces,
> > > one per unit, which have been the same since the units were built 30
years
> > > ago.  The assigned locations have been based on proximity to units.
> > > Recently, a new board member was elected who decided to change our
> > assigned
> > > spot into visitor parking, and assign our spot further away where
visitor
> > > parking used to be, without contacting us.  We only noticed once the
spots
> > > were repainted.  This board member lives across the street with an
> > existing
> > > adjacent parking spot, where this new visitor spot is the next closest
to
> > > her unit.  I approached this board member about this and she stated
that
> > she
> > > has "an old grandpa that visits" and that she needs the visitor spots
more
> > > than others.  The HOA regulations probably state something like the
board
> > > has full authority to assign parking spaces, etc.  Is there any legal
> > > recourse in this situation?
> >
> > When you purchased the property you also purchased a parking space
> > identified by a number. I don't believe anyone has the right to change
the
> > location and you likely have a cause for legal action if they do not
restore
> > your space.
> >
> > I would also check the board minutes to see if the change was approved,
was
> > it properly noticed, what the justification was and who paid for it.
> >
> >
> In the socialism and the HOA you do not own anything only a certain space
and
> duty to abide by some lesbian fatso's idiotic rules.
> -Sub

Wrong. There is no blanket policy although I can tell you that every condo
project I was ever involved in had the parking spaces on the parcel maps
with their own legal description that was tied to the deed. This is very
specific and not much different than a deed for an acre in the hills.