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  • 12-20-2008, 03:01 PM
    Rampart
    Apartment Driveway Parking Laws for California
    My question involves towing laws for the State of: California.

    Is it Illegal to block 1 of 2 driveway lanes in a 12 unit apartment complex? The cars are parked in front of the units themselves. Virtually blocking any emergency vehicle to park in front of the units.

    I live in a 6 unit apartment complex. Our drive way is connected to the drive way of another 6 unit complex. We used to both park on our drive way and pass through the other, until about 2-3 years back Their landlord complained to our landlord about it. She stated that it was a fire hazard and against the law for ANYONE to park on either side. Our landlord advised everyone to stop parking on the drive way. We did but, then a few months later everyone on our neighboring apartment complex began using their drive way as parking and ours as a way through. Their owned hasn't said anything about it to them as of yet so we thought we would park there too, yet every time we do some sort of vandalism is done to our vehicles. Recently we also started parking on our driveway and only moving to let resident of our own apartment complex out. Our neighbors have grown increasingly mad that they have to either move all their cars to exit or plead with us to move ours.

    I'm trying to find a way to end all this feuding by reporting this to the city and having both driveways cleared again as that seems the most safe and fair option.

    So the question again is: Is it illegal to park in a multi-unit apartment driveway for more than a short period of time? and if so how or where do I report this?

    Thanks again for any help or reply.
  • 12-20-2008, 03:47 PM
    cdwjava
    Re: Apartment Driveway Parking Laws for California
    If the driveways are not marked by signs or lack properly painted and designated curbs to indicate they are "fire lanes", then they should not receive a citation for blocking the driveway ... at least not for the usual code sections, anyway.

    It sounds like one or both complexes may have to be forced to comply with whatever fire code or regulations have been set up to address emergency access. The alternative is that someone may not receive the fire or medical assistance they need because grown ups are acting like children.

    - Carl
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