Car parking issues
Akshat Singh
(Querist) 29 October 2015
This query is : Resolved
Hi,
I have a query, which I request to be addressed. In an 8-year old Apartment Complex, the Realtor-Builder (i) had converted some of the car-parking areas in the basement into two (2) single-room flats as per the version of brokers & old-time residents in the vicinity and sold them away, thus depriving others of ample parking space. (ii) The same builder, with the hands-in-glove of the hurriedly-formed, founder-office-bearers of the Residents' Association (an Unregistered Body, till date) had allocated to themselves "prime" parking slots and for a couple of them, TWO SUCH SLOTS EACH, to those with political clout, physical/muscle-power & wealthy guys, citing bigger-size of their flats, etc !! CAN ANY ONE OWN TWO PARKING SLOTS IN AN APT. COMPLEX, that too .. arrogating to themselves two "royal" parking slots, to the envy of hapless others? What exactly is the relief & remedy available now for those aggrieved ? And, who is the appropriate Authority to be invoked for intervention and setting the matters right ??
Kishor Mehta
(Expert) 30 October 2015
Sir,
I presume you reside in Maharashtra, accordingly I cite the relevant Bye-Laws of parking in CHS for your perusal.
Good Luck,
Kishor Mehta
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MODEL BYE – LAWS OF
COOPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY - 2014
77a. The Society shall in the General Body meeting frame and adopt Parking Rules to regulate the Parking slots, in accordance with the Act and Rules there under
77b. The allotment of Parking Space shall be made by the Committee on the basis of "First Come First Served", for available parking slots However the Member shall have no right to sell or transfer the Parking Slot allotted by the Society.
77c. No Member shall be entitled to utilize more parking slots than that officially allotted to him by the Society.
78. Where any parking slots have been built or open space in the Society's compound is available for parking of cars, the Society shall number and demarcate the stilts and / or the open space in such a way that no inconvenience would be caused to any of the Members of the Society. The Committee shall ensure that the space is used by the Members for the purpose for which it is allotted to them.
79. A Member having a vehicle will be eligible to have parking slot. Normally no Member shall be eligible for being allotted more than one parking slot. The vehicles may be owned by him or allotted to him by his employer, or the firm of which he is the partner or the company of which he is the director. If any parking slots remain unallotted for want of applicants, additional parking slots may be allotted to such Members who already have a slot allotted to them in normal course. Such allotment of additional parking slots shall be made on year to year basis, provided the same are not required by other Members, who have not been allotted even a single parking slot.
80. In case the number of eligible Members for parking slots is in excess of the available parking slots, then the Managing Committee shall allot parking slots on annual basis by fair and transparent process, in concurrence with the General Body regulations.
81. The Member, desiring to have parking slot, may make an application to the Secretary of the Society giving necessary details. The procedure laid down under the bye-law No. 64 for disposal of applications, shall be followed by the Secretary and the Committee of the Society.
82. Every Member shall pay the for parking charges for the number of slots allotted to him / her at such rate as may be decided by the General Body of the Society at its meeting, irrespective of the fact whether he actually parks his vehicle or
not.
83. Every Member, having a scooter, a motor cycle, or an auto rickshaw shall obtain prior permission of the Committee for parking his vehicle in the compound of the Society and pay the charges fixed by the General Body of the Society at its meeting.
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