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Can an apartment complex charge for a parking permit and give some people spaces and not everyone?
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I live in an apartment complex that recently made people pay for parking. Everyone had to register their cars and they get a spot for their cars. My brother and I paid the fee but I did not get a spot because we are moving soon and they said that I would have to park in the visitors spots with people without permits.(We only got one spot but paid for 2 permits. Brother got the one spot) Other people paid for multiple cars and got multiple spots where we just got the one. Is it legal to charge for a permit but make me park in the visitors spots with people without permits? We are moving in a month and they just enforced these new parking rules.
Short Answer - You are on private property, and the complex is privately held. So they can do what the contract (lease) you signed alllows them to do.
A lease is generally a contract that governs an interest in land. Which basically means that it defines the agreement between you and the landlord as to what your rights and obligations are.
If when you signed your lease, your agreement with the landlord was free parking and a number of spots were allocated to you, then the landlord could not unilaterally just begin to charge you for parking.
Your neighbors, who are not paying for parking, or were allocated additional spots, probably just read their lease and enforced it against the landlord. So while it is "legal" for the landlord to charge for parking, he may "contractually" not be able to enforce it.
Good Luck and if you have any questions or need any further assistance, please feel free to contact me.
Sam
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