Policy ~ Roads

About Vehicles, Parking & Roads within Pagewood Park Estate

Our Estate specific rules state:

VEHICLES AND PARKING:

7a Residents' vehicles shall be parked in their own garages or own designated private car-port areas.

7b The use of lawns as parking areas is prohibited.

7c Visitors' parking areas shall not to be used by residents or visitors vehicles for periods of more than one week without written request to, and express written approval from, the Committee of Management.

7d Caravans, trailers, boats, trucks, and unregistered vehicles are not permitted to be parked on common property.

The Estate's Rule 7a indicates that cars should not be parked on common property. The Victorian Government's 2 Dec 2018 model rules also disallow parking on common property. The road surface in front of all double garages is common property, i.e. shared road not private driveway. Most lots with a single garage have a piece of privately owned road surface in front of their single garage, this gives those lots two car spaces.

At the 26 Nov 2012 AGM - it was resolved to permit owners to park in front of their garages on the provision that the safety of residents and visitors is not compromised.

Due to some people parking badly after the 2012 AGM the Committee added to the above AGM resolution. Car parking in front of a garage is permitted when it is safe. Safe parking is when a car is within the confines of the curbing leading to the garage and not protruding onto main carriageway obstructing the normal flow of traffic. Note - garage doors need about about 980 mm (98 cm) clearance when opening, so parking closer than 1 m is problematic.

ROADS:

Internal roads are common property and parking with part of the vehicle protruding onto the main carriageway is not permitted.

The road speed is limited to 15 kph because the Estate's internal roads have no footpaths and are shared between vehicles and pedestrians.