When is a visitor not a visitor

We live in a 24 townhouse lot in NSW. We have 2 major issues going on at the moment. Scheme has been in existence just over 4 years. 7 of the lots have double garages and 17 single garages. The complex was actually designed to allow the single garages to park in front of their garage to give them a second spot – plan showing this has been sighted. However the standard by-laws were put in place and the plan passed was no one parking on common property. Note I am now on the committee as treasury, having to get involved to make things happen as we had major financial issues- another problem altogether.

1/ The argument we have is the double garage people want to also park in front of their garages, giving themselves 4 spots. The majority of the committee entails double garage people. They have 3 times put forward a motion to an EGM which has failed saying they get 2 spaces and and single garages can have 1 space in front of their garages, 3 times it has been defeated. Because we have had no resolution on this matter and this disagreement has been going on for over 4 years, everyone is now parking multiple cars wherever they want on common property and it is becoming a nightmare as well as WHS issue. My partner and I are now personally taking this through the steps. Did mediation, which failed, as no one else bothered to turn up, the other members of the committee just ignored the whole process. Now going to adjudication. We actually want to get the 1 car for single garages agreed to — is there any chance the adjudicator would change a by-law, or will they just say you have to all abide by the current by-law. That at least will force the issue as everyone would have to park on the road — though my thinking is most will just ignore the ruling — if they do what action can we take? What sort of fines will be enforced.

2/ Visitor car parking — when is a visitor not a visitor — we have 2 residents who have perennial visitors — one of them is a brother who is now living with sister and mother until he sorts out his living arrangements. Classing himself a visitor he is parking in visitor spot despite having lived here for last 3 months. We also have the boyfriend who spends at least 3 nights a week here in a row if not more. How do we go in enforcing visitor parking rules?

You probably have dealt with all this before. Found your site full of lots of good information.