Residents parking in visitor car spaces

The Consumer, Trader & Tenancy Tribunal (CTTT) has notified our Owners’ Corporation (OC) that the tenant in one of our lots has to appear before the CTTT about one of her sub-tenants (boarder?) parking in the visitor car parking spaces. The lot has a double garage which does not provide parking space for everyone living/visiting the lot in question.

Why is the owner of the lot not called as a co-respondent? In my opinion the owner(s) of a lot, and possibly their managing agents, should ensure that the lease clearly indicates the number of occupants entitled to live in their lot, including the number of car owners entitled to live there. Such lease conditions should alleviate the problems the EC has encountered with the tenant(s) of this lot. Breach of such lease conditions should immediately revoke the lease and put the tenant(s) who are in breach on the street.

A similar argument could be applied to unethical selling agents and their principals who sell a strata lot to prospective purchasers who have two or more cars when there is only a single garage in the lot to be sold. The legitimate car space(s) should be stated in the sales contract and be treated as a condition of the sale which, when breached, would void the sales contract.

Wishful thinking on my part? Look forward to your comments.

Jef