HOA Question Cars / parking

Parking too close to an intersection is illegal to start with. You don't need painted curbs for that.

Call the Sherrif's non-emergency number if people are parking illegally and causing issues.

 

We have no assigned/reserved parking.. so it's first come, first serve.

 

Not sure I understand this; how would numbering the parking spots solve this particular issue?

 

Assigned parking is more trouble then its worth IMO.

I've had to visit friends in Sterling, etc and you have to park virtually outside the neighborhood because of the assigned parking!

I know there are some areas in the neighborhood where the developer really cheaped out on parking so parking is more competitive then others... and then you have the street design in some of the areas like Overland Park which make street parking virtually impossible.

I'm of the personal opinion assigned parking would just make things worse. The inconsiderate people won't be changed by rules, and will still play chicken and take your parking spot when they think they can get away with it (short spells, etc).

We were lucky in the old TH that we had a good parking lot. Yes, I have three cars, one of which would always be in the parking lot. But I also put my other cars in the garage or driveway all the time, and my visitors typically used the driveway. Parking challenges would probably halve if people actually used their garages for cars

 

afgm - I say cheap'd out (and put it on the developer) because the county sets the minimums... not the maximums.

They know very well what the outcome will be... but its all a matter of what priority it gets in the product they are trying to sell.

 

If it's tags and registration are all valid... nothing.

 

well street parking isn't something unique to Broadlands... and I certainly wouldn't consider it a 'problem' if a car is parked legally on the street.

If it's parked far enough back from the intersection as the law requires.. then I personally don't see the problem.

It's not like it's a single lane road, or even a narrow road. Is it the wide open space.. I have room for 5 cars abreast road? No - but it's not small by any means. Just not as big as others like Demott or Village.

 

When the risk is exaggerated and within reason virtually everywhere else? I'd say yes... we should be satisfied.

Perspective... we're talking about a car street parked on one side on a two lane street with room on the sides for parking and clear cut views to the street.

We're not talking medival alleys here... this is like an interstate compared to most city streets that people manage just fine. Heck, compared to LEESBURG even in parts.

 

I just took a look at this particular intersection on Google Maps and the only way for someone going eastbound on Village to be obstructed by a car parked on the west side of Larchmont, would be for the car to be traveling on the left side of Village (in essence in the lane of oncoming cars) and to turn the corner and drive right next to the location of the car, instead of staying on their side of the road.

A car traveling eastbound should stay in their lane, go into the intersection and then turn onto Larchmont. If a driver decides to 'cut the corner' and gets into an accident because they claim their vision was obstructed by the parked car, would in essence be admitting the were driving on the wrong side of the road and cut the corner, both of which I consider more serious offenses than a legally parked car.

Here's the link to the map I looked at; Please correct me if I'm interpreting things the wrong way here...

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou....506598&spn=0.001351,0.00284&t=h&z=19&iwloc=F