Parking Space Shared Double Garage

[CA LL]

BUT the sizes are not the same because with STREET parking there is one side that is "open" NO WALLS.

 

[CA LL]

Only if the street are dedicated spots at least in MOST cities that's it. Street is for second cars and variable usually. And again space is NOT the same...walls make a huge difference!

Limit the size of cars? Well there goes your tenant pool. Again..there IS A solution for now..not sure why you are resisting having one share with lady with no car??

And these are not HUGE cars..both are classified as mid sized...the Accord only recently was resized to be the same as the Taurus.

 

[sefnfot]

Limit the size of cars? Well there goes your tenant pool. Again..there IS A solution for now..not sure why you are resisting having one share with lady with no car??

It is in Santa Monica. I've had hundreds of inquiries for the unit, no exaggeration! And Southern California lifestyle these days is to have mini & small cars like the VW beetle and mini cooper.

The solution isn’t that easy... the tenant has her space filled with storage and has been there since the early 70's. And is elderly which may cause more complications... but it is already in the decision options. ( she pays $500 a month while market rate is $1800)

 

[CA LL]

I sure wasn't suggesting you "kick" the lady out of her space! Only that one of the larger (not larger they are mid sized) cars be put in the spot that shares with her. What type of car shares with her right now? Is it smaller than the Accord/Taurus?

 

[OHlandlord]

Is this area rent controlled? How did this tenant get to pay only $500 for rent in an $1800 apartment??? Heck, even here in the cheap old Midwest, I can easily get $500 a month out of a unit. And that's without any garage. If you can, raise her rent immediately. I know she's old, but that's only 28% of the market rent. Waaaaay toooo low.

 

[CA LL]

Santa Monica = rent control

 

[sefnfot]

photo's and update

I have added some lines, here are the results

The Right Aid down the road has parking spaces 100 inches wide.

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And it has been determined that the only way to really enforce the issue would be an eviction for the tenant not abiding by the terms of her lease.

 

[justalayman]

And it has been determined that the only way to really enforce the issue would be an eviction for the tenant not abiding by the terms of her lease.

I already stated you cannot alter a lease in the middle of the time frame. You will have to wait until a lease renewal to alter the terms. Unless you already have such rules in the lease, you will simply have to wait.

What the Right-Aid has for parking spaces is irrelevent. That is a commercial use and could be different. What the muni determines a residential parking space (in your type of situation) is what makes any difference.

If you have not contacted a local city officer that handles such info, you cannot depend on your meausrements to mean a thing.

Get the muni required width. If you are within acceptable measurements, add your odd terms to the lease and go with it.

 

[CA LL]

Exactly..

Every local city has building codes and those specs are completely different for say commercial retail vs residential. Open spaces vs garages. Etc.

One has NOTHING to do with the other so not sure why you ever bothered posting such a useless comparison.

You cannot change terms in the middle of a lease.

BUT you CAN work WITH your tenants to try and solve the issue they did NOT cause!

You said prior tenants had issues.

Both vehicles are MID SIZED vehicles.

Again..why can't one share with woman who has boxes? Who shares with her now?

Some older buildings in some cities have grandfathered building codes. That being said if you push these tenants one may decide to push you via local building inspectors.

I can't imagine blaming a tenant for having a mid sized car LOL.

 

[sefnfot]

Thank you for taking the time in addressing my issue.

I already stated you cannot alter a lease in the middle of the time frame. You will have to wait until a lease renewal to alter the terms. Unless you already have such rules in the lease, you will simply have to wait.

Get the muni **required width. If you are within acceptable measurements, add your odd terms to the lease and go with it.

**this is impossible as I am constrained by the grandfathered building dimensions. It is all legal and the building is exactly a rectangle divided into 8 units. It’s not some odd shaped house that's hiding from inspection. The tenant B already agreed and accepted that the dimensions were acceptable. I was only looking for ideas in reasserting the agreement of the tenant.

The terms are already in the lease that she is required to park in her designated space.

“tenant must park in the assigned space only”

and the lease specifically states that the tenant must obide by the rules and regulations

Tenant agrees to comply with all landlord rules and regulations that are at any time posted on the premises or *delivered to tenant. Tenant shall not, and shall ensure that guests and licensees of tenant shall not disturb annoy endanger or interfere with other tenants of the building or neighbors

*And I don't believe a Rules and Regulations that instructs tenants to park in the assigned space only is unreasonable. because they saw the space and agreed that they were competent enough to park there.

Santa Monica apartment building lifestyles are a bungalow free-style living concept. Where the attraction is the cool and refreshing beach breeze that wisps through the alleyways and palm trees. I add this to point out the "location location location" aspect of the area. It is an exclusive place to live. An 800 SQ ft apartment is $1800 and most LL charge 2X security deposit. This keeps a more serious prospective tenants list.

So tenants know and are advised by me in the least; that they need to accept and accommodate to the space provided. My brother is the one that brought in tenant B and he's had the same philosophy as far as this location goes.
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[justalayman]

*this is impossible as I am constrained by the grandfathered building dimensions. It is all legal and the building is exactly a rectangle divided into 8 units. It’s not some odd shaped house that's hiding from inspection. The tenant B already agreed and accepted that the dimensions were acceptable. I was only looking for ideas in reasserting the agreement of the tenant.

Whehter the tenant accepted the situation or not could be irrelevent if the parking does not meet a city code. Obviously if it is grandfathered in as acceptable, then it is what it is.

You still cannot alter a lease to require them to park backwards until the lease is renewed. Then, as long as the situation is legal, then you can add that tenant "B" must park backwards in their spot. Your "rules" could be construed as an alteration of the lease which of course, would make it illegal. You could end up in court over this attempt to alter the situation but hey, they are getting cheap rent. You keep wanting to tell us that. To be honest, I don;t really care and it is irrelevent to the situation.

Tenant agrees to comply with all landlord rules and regulations that are at any time posted on the premises or *delivered to tenant. Tenant shall not, and shall ensure that guests and licensees of tenant shall not disturb annoy endanger or interfere with other tenants of the building or neighbors

again, as long as the entire situation is code compliant unless the tenant wants to fight the situation on the grounds that it is an alteration of the lease.

For some reason, you seem to be reluctant to address the local town council as to the legality of the parking situation and merely keep reiterating "it is grandfathered" but you do not seem to be able to support that claim since you apparently have never addressed this issue with the code department.

So, you can verify that you are code compliant and then you can evict the tenant due to failure to comply with the lease or you can keep bitching about it.

Your call, and remember, you have hundreds of prospective tenants waiting to move in there.