sands
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The complex has the right to do this, I have seen it at alot of places, they own the building.... |
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Fuzzy
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no, what the hell does parking have to do with privacy? |
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Pete M
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I don't see how...its kind of a *****, but I can't see how privacy is involved. |
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Jennifer H
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violation of privacy for asking for a valid DL and registration? um no...
i don't think so...
many places require those things for parking purposes, including office parking complexes, universities, and yes apartment complexes. |
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acermill
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How on earth would this violate your privacy ? The complex is starting parking rules to make parking BETTER for the residents of the complex. Understand that visitors have NO rights to park on these premises. The management is providing space for them to do so. |
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wmayers99
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No it is not. There are apartment complexes which have much more stringent rules. Some don't allow visitor parking at all. And it's perfectly legal. Others not only insist upon proof of a valid operator's permit (driver's license) and registration, but also upon proof of current insurance and then assign you a parking spot, denying you the use of any other spot but that one, and charging you an additional parking fee to boot! At a complex near where my wife works, tenants who wish to park in the complex-owned garage have to get on a waiting list, and when an opening comes up, they're charged an extra hundred bucks a month - and that is one of the middle-income apartment complexes.
Way I look at it - you're getting off cheap!! |
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Classy Granny
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No violation here. If you have a car someone living there must have a driver's license and if your driving the car it better be registered. As for the visitors parking that is done so that visitors done take up space intended for tenants. |
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notyou311
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It has nothing to do with privacy rights. The owner of the complex is trying to prevent non residents from taking parking spaces that belong to the tenants. He can put any rules he wants on the spaces. He owns the property. Those rules sound totally fair. |
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Lea
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Not at all. It is your apartment complex's parking lot. They have a right to designate how it is used.
However, check your lease. Does it say anything about this rule? You might argue that you did not agree to this when you signed your lease. |
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kemperk
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the law has examined that carefully. The answer was never in doubt.
That is not a violation of anything.
WHY?
Courts help decide laws' reasonableness--which are created
by legislatures or city councils--by comparing codes and
"if I was in this situation, what would I do--aka, the "common man"
rule.
Anyone on private property may be asked to leave. Renting
from a landlord is seeking permission to be on his property
and the components of a lease [verbal or written] stipulate
the extent of the permission to visit.
Saying that, the property owner can create any rule he chooses
as long as said rules do not violate ordinances or laws.
Thus, the visitor is permitted to visit IF he follows the permission
regulations of the owner. Thus, the visitor does NOT have to
agree to the permission regulations and therefore, he may stay
off the private property!
does that help? |
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snethentown
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No. You are simply leasing their property. Thus they can stipulate the rules of that property. They are not saying you have to have a valid DL and registration to park there. You just have to have them if you want to park close. Sorry, you're out of luck. |
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lilith
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no its not violation of tenant's rights its all under the body cooperate act...
its all part of living in apartments.. get use to it |
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daileyent
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No, at least in Virginia this is perfectly legal. According to your post, you only have to show your license (or ID) if you want a parking permit or a lease. Part of the requirement of the ID is to prevent those not on the lease from obtaining a parking permit. Current registration prevents you from storing a non licensed vehicle in the parking area. If you don't want to reveal your identity again, don't ask for a parking permit! |
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Kristina F
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No, I don't think so. I just think they are trying to regulate the parking spaces amongst the tenants. Most likely, other tenants were complaining that there were no parking spots because people that don't even live there or there visitors were hogging up the spots. So what, if the visitors have to walk a little bit. It's exercise. |
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Bonnie S
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No because they have the right to monitor all vehicles that are on the premises. You need to have a registered car or it can not be allowed to stay on the property for more than a few months even if you own your own land. Towns have laws to prevent people from collecting junk cars and making neighborhoods look bad. The apartment is just making sure the law is being kept and since there are limited areas to park allowing a tenant to have an unregistered car sitting on the lot at all is only going to start problems. Also, since the people visiting are not renting the property when people come home they need to be able to park their car and not have to walk several feet from the complex because someone in the complex is having a family gathering.
I truly don't know what your having a valid driver's license has to do with it though. Maybe they feel that f you don't have a driver's license you don't need a car. |
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mading6
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Thank you!!! That is a good idea. This one tenant I have has had his broken down piece of crap parking in my carport area of my apartment building and I want it GONE!!! Thank you! Great idea!!!! |
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The Unluckiest Penny
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no |
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Jason T
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I don't see how, but I'm sure some cracked judge might agree with you. |
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Tom P
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No, that is in no way related to privacy. It may however be a violation of your lease agreement. Review your lease and see if there is any wording regarding vehicle parking. (It will probably not exclude a parking enforcement program).
I would not worry about it though. Your complex is introducing parking enforcement to ensure that tenants have adequate parking near their apartments. Relegating visitors to a remote lot may be inconvenient, but it is withing the landlords rights to restrict access to the property. |
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