Double parking? I got it this one this summer and it escalated into full blown power play. The small condominium where my mother lives also has a drive-in and parking lots right next to it, so there are sort of two lanes, just that one is a parking with alloted parking lots. Part of drive-in is under a projected roof (actually apartments in the first floor), and the owners of the apartments had an agreement that they park beneath in case of urgency (storm) or delivery. But since a new owner, who was a professor at university came, everything changed. That person obviously suffers a professional deformation i.e. still wants to tutor and teach a lesson to everyone. The only problem is that there are only tenants and no students. Those owners/tenants chose one of them (not the ex-professor) to settle their matters with the condominiums manager. And when she opposes to some behavior there, and she does it rightfully, they start to oppose the chosen owner. I guess common sense went on holidays. So, this summer just after a heavy storm subsided a bit, the representative of the owners/tenants was called by a friend to come quickly and rescue her because she has locked herself out on the balcony and the temperature dropped 10 degrees. The representative and her husband as a very goodhearted people and went downstairs, uncovered their car and found out that all three opposing neighbors parked on a drive in, so they couldn't possibly leave their parking lot. They went to ring at the neighbor's who had to move a car for them to be able leave. It was about 8 p.m. Those two young people burst out exclaiming, "Now, you go anywhere? So late?" And they didn't come. The chosen representative had to call them by phone again. Then the young woman came down scolding the representative with, "You are truly a disturbed person, you know. Really disturbed."
The representative was hurt and offended. So, I told her later, that if anyone says something like this to her, she should reply with, "If you a not qualified to diagnose than you should not do it."
What those neighbors don't know is that we do have an official paper which clearly states that this is a drive-in, so it is sort of a street and nothing so privately theirs as they claim it to be, because here you can't buy a street just yet, and as we are all equal before the law (so far), all condo owners there own equal part of that drive-in, and any long lasting parking there is considered trespassing. In silence we wait.
Ouch! Those kinds of disputes are a really sticky situation. If they really wanted to park there, then they should have the decency to pay for it or at least move when told, without any complaints. Really though, they deserve to be towed, since they're parking illegally. Maybe you guys could bring it up to the proper authorities so that those neighbors from hell get what's coming to them.
Thanks for sharing your tale. It must've not been easy, so I appreciate it!