Parking in front of home

[amber0997]

Hello so my roommates and I recently rented this new home. There are 5 of us which means 5 cars. Our driveway is big enough to fit three cars and then 2 cars directly in front of the house. After the first week we moved in we noticed that he neighbors next door started parking in front of the house which was fine we would just go over and ask them to move the car nicely. But more recently they have become hostile and even called the police on US. Saying we were harassing them. There is at least 10 people who live next door and they all have their own cars. Is there anything legal wise in NJ that we could do?

 

[Zigner]

Hello so my roommates and I recently rented this new home. There are 5 of us which means 5 cars. Our driveway is big enough to fit three cars and then 2 cars directly in front of the house. After the first week we moved in we noticed that he neighbors next door started parking in front of the house which was fine we would just go over and ask them to move the car nicely. But more recently they have become hostile and even called the police on US. Saying we were harassing them. There is at least 10 people who live next door and they all have their own cars. Is there anything legal wise in NJ that we could do?

"legal wise"? Yeah, park somewhere else and stop harassing your neighbors. It's a public street. Anyone is allowed to park there.

 

[HRZ]

Anybody can park anywhere on public streets ...absent some local parking pwrmit or time issues ...

BUT some NJ communities have restrictions as to occupancy by unrelated parties ...and or minimum off street parking requirements depending on the nature of the occupancy ..I'm not in your NJ community ..you look up your local codes then decide or repost....IN my town, occupancy by a large number of unrelated people violates at least 1 Code and depending on how the living quarters are divided up there might be a requirement to provide nearly 15 off street places . ( As an xtreme I was chatting to a deputy fire chief in a rather affluent NJ town ...upon response to a fire in a local McMansion they found over 80 beds/bunks ....)

 

[PayrollHRGuy]

Rude isn't illegal.

 

[xylene]

Your parking situation is not unique, and obviously you can't demand people move from public parking in front of your house.

Honestly and ideally you all need to fit in the driveway, whether that means you all need to to the 'moving card dance' anytime someone wanta to go somewhere.

You really should have seen there was a big problem not having individual parking spaces.

 

[xylene]

If you are on a classic city street yes, first come first serve and all of that, but in a subdivision its generally in front of your own house only...etiquette wise.

So white flight to the suburbs comes with special parking privileges too?

What a load of ka-ka.

 

[adjusterjack]

Is there anything legal wise in NJ that we could do?

No.

You park where you can find a space and you keep your mouth shut about where the neighbors park.

Frankly, you're as bad as they are with more cars than the driveway can handle. You should have thought this out before renting the place. This was inevitable.

 

[Zigner]

While I agree with you, I have lived in my neighborhood for 20 years the first round and 30 years the second round and in my neighborhood it would be considered to be the height of rudeness to park in front of someone else's house. Its just not done.
If you are on a classic city street yes, first come first serve and all of that, but in a subdivision its generally in front of your own house only...etiquette wise.

If the next door neighbors are renters rather than owners the OP could consider tracking down the landlord and complaining to them. I suspect the landlord probably doesn't know that 10 people are living in the home.

What have you been smoking? Since when did this LEGAL forum become your own personal etiquette forum?

ETA: I tend to agree that it's polite to only park in front of your own house. I even grumble when the neighbors park in front of my house and I avoid parking in front of theirs. There is no doubt in my mind that they have every right to park anywhere on the public street that they desire, so I keep my grumbling to myself and smile courteously to my neighbors.

 

[LdiJ]

So white flight to the suburbs comes with special parking privileges too?

What a load of ka-ka.

Well, since 3/4th's of my neighborhood is not white, that's kind of a weird thing to say.

 

[LdiJ]

What have you been smoking? Since when did this LEGAL forum become your own person etiquette forum?

I am simply pointing out that the OP believing that other people should not be parking in front of their home might not be harassment, but rather the neighborhood etiquette. That of course does not change the legalities, but I already acknowledged that.

 

[Zigner]

I am simply pointing out that the OP believing that other people should not be parking in front of their home might not be harassment, but rather the neighborhood etiquette. That of course does not change the legalities, but I already acknowledged that.

The OP is the new kid on the block. S/he knows nothing of "neighborhood etiquette", nor does it matter, legally speaking. Your advice is for the OP to tattle on the neighbor in the hopes of causing problems for them. Nice.

 

[LdiJ]

The OP is the new kid on the block. S/he knows nothing of "neighborhood etiquette", nor does it matter, legally speaking. Your advice is for the OP to tattle on the neighbor in the hopes of causing problems for them. Nice.

If you were not so bent on chastising me you could easily have been the first person to suggest that the OP tattle about the number of residents in the other home.

 

[HRZ]

I am not a fan of random tattling.....I am a fan of checking the local codes first as best I can ..then having some sense of direction about where to focus. Locally. If there seemed to be 10 unrelated people coming out of a rental home there would be several logical places to check ..some easier that others ....10 is a big enough number to be rather suspicious many places where I have any knowledge about RE...and that includes some parts of NJ.

Some communities take packing of residences as a problem...some ignore it . ( local law to me makes the tenant also liable for fines for some code related occupancy issues..but no clue what's in your local codes..OP, .you need to look. )

IF I chose to ignore the codes of my town as a LL and somebody in City Hall chose to make me the example...they could hang very hefty fines over my head DAILY until I got whatever cured.

MIght be true in our community too, OP.

 

[Zigner]

If you were not so bent on chastising me you could easily have been the first person to suggest that the OP tattle about the number of residents in the other home.

Nope - not in this case. But hey, rationalize away.

 

[cbg]

but in a subdivision its generally in front of your own house

Show me where the OP says he's in a subdivision.