Parking stickers on cars?

Question

My neighborhood has a home owner's association, and they are suggesting getting neighborhood stickers and making us put them on our cars. Is there any legal ground in which they can do this? We do not have a community parking lot. They just want to monitor the cars parked in our driveways and in front of our homes. Shouldn't I have the right to have guest at my home? I shouldn't have to have a sticker on my car. I don't like them. I don't even have a bumper sticker!

The stickers are for parking, I say I can have whatever car I want in my driveway...Its my driveway!

It is not an apartment complex. There are no parking spaces. Just like a regular old neighborhood. My house and driveway. Who else is going to park in my driveway? It seems to me that any sort of parking problem could easily be fixed by the police by the few who might would have a problem.

Answer 1

One of the problems with homeowners associations is that they tend to be taken over by the most radical element of the neighborhood, and there's not much you can do about them once they are in charge.

There could be some very valid reasons to have community or neighborhood parking stickers, but if you don't want this proposal, show up at the meetings and make your voice heard. Talk with your neighbors and find others in the area who you feel the way you do to support your position and argue against it.

If you don't stand up for what you want, you have no right to complain about what you get.

Answer 2

I, too, live in such a complex and our association has polled us to see if we want stickers. My resounding vote was yes, but it hasn't come to pass. Here's why we need them: there are 200+ units in the complex, each with a two-car garage. There are another 100+ parking spots in the complex. Many residents have so much junk in their garages they can't get even one car in there. Many also own more than two cars. You do the math. If every one of use decided to park our cars outside the garages, we wouldn't have enough spaces for ourselves, much less for guests.

I think you'll find that if the association does implement parking stickers, that doesn't mean you can't have overnight guests. It does mean that this guest would need to find a space elsewhere. If parking space is insufficient, you can see why the stickers make sense.

And parking stickers have nothing to do with other types of bumper stickers. I assume you a registration sticker on your license plate, right? Same kind of thing. It's a simple solution to an unpleasant condition: too many people and cars, too few parking spaces, residents unable to park due to abuses by their neighbors.

Answer 3

You can't put a sticker on a car, that is vandalism. However, in some cities, the society representing and helping the handicapped produce and distribute courtesy "tickets" which can be place under the wiper. They look like parking tickets, but they explain the reason for the handicapped stall, and the possible legal penalties if ticketed by parking enforcement. NOBODY is going to try to get you charged for putting one of these on a car, because a cop is going to ask "and you say this was placed on your car while you were illegally occupying a handicapped parking spot?". However, these "courtesy tickets" are usually only given out for use by those who have, or have had, legal need for a handicapped pass. I have some, because I was legally handicapped while recovering from major surgery after an accident. Thankfully, I have not had need of the stalls since 1995. My in-laws, however, need the stalls, mom-in-law can't walk very far, and is wobbly at the best of times. (she isn't the driver by the way, a passenger, and he doesn't use the handicapped stall if she isn't with him)

Answer 4

In some areas with severe parking problems, like around college campuses, cities can require residents to place stickers identifying cars that can legally park on the street during certain hours of the day. I do not know if an HOA has the authority to require such a thing, but the government certainly can.

Answer 5

Yes, it is a must and shouldn't be avoided due to various reasons including your security which may be at risk since the parking can be made by any stranger if every one says he wanted to have guest to park too! Even the sticker wouldn't solve the problem if a stranger has to park and to commit what he planned! Regulating the parking and to keep only the legit to occupy is a sincere appeal to the inmates for their safety and security plus comforts!

Answer 6

usually you get a guest parking pass in a situation like that that people can put on their dashboard that you give guests.

I suggest you attend the homeowners association meetings to understand the proposals.

You'd be surprised how many cars have parking stickers and you never noticed them. Don't worry about it.

If it is really important to you,then you can park outside the area that requires stickers.

Answer 7

It depends on what the rules of your home owners association are. If you agreeed to a contract abiding by their rules and subsequent rules to follow then you may be having to get a sticker. Or perhaps theres a way to block this from becoming a rule? You'll have to check your contract.

Answer 8

Instead of being pigheaded why don't you ask the Homeowners Association why they are making the request. Once you have their reasoning, and if it is logical for vehicle ID for homeowners , get the sticker, put it on your vehicle and cooperate.

Answer 9

you have every right to refuse!! who wants to have stickers and crap plastered all over their car!! its your property you do what you want!! tell them to pay your car payments or fuel costs to give you an incentive to advertise their crap!!

Answer 10

thats dumb tell them to **** off