I rent out parking spaces to my neighbors. Do I have to plow the spots?

Question

Or can I say that each tenant is responsible for their own spot?
Am I liable if someone falls and hurts themselves??

I do have Insurance on the property. I am sorry for not clarifying that. I do not have a written lease with these tenants. It's Strictly verbal. So am I wrong in saying they are responsible for their own shoveling?

Answer 1

so your doing this as a favor ?? and getting paid for something your not using???

what do the city by-laws expect of this parking???

are you to provide maintence, for these spots..as it is a delegated city resident parking (that the lot size is to small for car parking and the city has given you street parking and your not using it)...
so did you sell your city resident parking sticker???

lots of things............if this is "city delegated parking on the street"
then it is what the city has delegated to you..
our city parking says......a city plow will go by in day time hours and if your car is there you could be blocked in..

get something in writing....
if these people are walking into your yard to get a car out of a driveway / entrance to your home...............
you for insurance owe.....a safe entrance to the front door of your house for mail, newspapers, court orders, meter readers, police, fire, ambulance...

I wouldn't want some oil / leaky/ drippy car on my driveway..ruining my driveways surface for any money without something in writing.......
give them notice for 60 days..of a change..and write it all out..and keep a copy for yourself..which includes drippy/leaky/wreck of a vehicle being towed for making a mess..and driveway cleaning..and times....etc..

Answer 2

2 B honest w/ U it IS yer lot. Normally U'd B liable but ALSO consider the poor & needy who don't have shovels / plows who really need help removing snow. U can't possibly lift ALL that weight wen a shovel's ALL U have. As a courtesy 2 THOSE cases it would B right if U would help out since U DO own the lot. it would B the RIGHT thing 2 do, I sure would if it were ME. I'm currently renting a house & have snow backed up in my 1/2 of the parking spaces that R w/ my place but ALL I have is a shovel & can't possibly lift all that weight of snow removal. ALL I have is a bicycle 2 ride but I DO have company over but will need help clearing out my spaces or it won't get done, there's just 2 much 2 do by myself. If my company complains they can just help me shovel cuz I'm only 1 person here.

Answer 3

did you literally enter into a lease with the parking tenant, or did you just rent out without a lease?

if you did not use a lease that says who does what, then if i rented from you, i would rather expect that you plowed the parking space for me. i would just presume it was included in the rent. but then you would presume that it was not, so of course we would argue.

for sure, you, as owner of any real estate, should always carry liability insurance for any damages sustained to anyone that even walks one inch on it. and that is minimum. what if a piece of granite on your building flew off in the wind and hit your parking space, damaging it so that it couldn't be used without repair? that isn't a normal occurrence, but you should talk to your insurance agent.

it would be best if not only you purchased insurance, but if your tenant did too, naming you as an additional insured under her policy. in that case, you would not allow her to park on your pad until you had a copy of that insurance policy as well as that there would be wording in it to the effect that if it were cancelled, you would be promptly notified.

for sure, you can lose your fanny if anyone is injured on your real estate. it doesn't matter if you have a lease or not.

in some municipalities it is better not to shovel out snow that falls onto your property, and especially, in front of it, or behind it, because that property is owned by that municipality. so then, if there is a lawsuit, the attorney that represents you says that it was the city's responsibility, not yours, to clean off the snow and ice.

and then, if you had not shoveled the snow off your lot's sidewalks, your smarty-pants lawyer would then state that your tenant took the danger upon himself in walking down them, unshoveled. isn't that strange?

i do not know what your city says. i would check with my city to see what its rules are on any type of lease that i sign.

(sorry for my verbosity).

Answer 4

You can stipulate in the rental agreement who is responsible for what, including normal upkeep and plowing. Yes, you could be liable if someone gets hurt on your property - you should carry insurance to cover yourself. Your "tenants" could be required by you to insure for themselves, but then you have to due diligence to ensure that they are actually insuring it properly.

Answer 5

i think they have 2 clean it themselves

Answer 6

I would put it in writing. Protect yourself.