CP Parking & Obstruction of Services

Hi All

Yes, yet another common property parking issue …. (NSW)

In our case, the sole cuplrit is the son of a Committee member and has been parking in the only possible spot (a tight spce between a wall and stairway) for many years.  Previously a blind eye has been turned to this practice since it doesn’t actually impede other cars from moving in & out of their allotted garages.  However, the spot where this occurs is barely larger than car width & is directly in front of our common electrical services room so, to make room for his car, the cuplrit will move all the bins to the front of the area and in front of the plant room door.  Our electrician when last on-site pointed out that blocking access to the services room was not on (in his terms, illegal), so, not wanting to attract the local or NSW council authorities, we put down some pot plants to block casual vehicle access.  Culprit clearly took extreme exception to that and uncomfortable discussions have occurred.

To the question:  our Strata manager has advised the Committee that blocking access to the service room was “not permitted” and obstruction of common property not allowed per our By-Laws, but;

Is there actual legislation that mandates that clear access to the common electrical services room must be provided at all times e.g. for fire safety access reasons etc? My searches for this have not been successful so far.

Reference to the actual regulation/legislation may, unfortunately, turn out to be necessary.

Thanks