Hemingway Cluster Parking Policy
Parking in Hemingway Cluster is restricted to residents, their guests while visiting, and contractors while working on cluster homes.
Residents are expected to park their vehicles in their own garages or driveways. Common area parking is jointly owned by all Hemingway homeowners and is for the use of the community at large. When some residents habitually park in the common area spaces, they are infringing upon the rights of other residents to use those spaces for their guests and other visitors. Recognizing there will be times when residents may need to park in common areas, the Board has developed rules to allow reasonable flexibility while avoiding abuse. Leaving vehicles in common areas for extended periods of time, however, is abusive.
Therefore, vehicles parked in violation of any of the following rules will be subject to towing at the owner’s expense.
Rules for residents
- Residents may not park their vehicles in common area parking spaces for more than 48 consecutive hours without moving them. Vehicles parked over 24 and up to 48 consecutive hours may not be parked in common area parking spaces for the next 48 hours.
- Vehicles may not be parked in common area spaces for any part of more than 3 out of 7 consecutive days/nights. For this purpose, a day/night is the 24-hour period running from 12:00am through 11:59pm. A resident’s vehicle parked in a common area spot for any length of time during a given day/night is considered to be parked in a common area spot for that day/night, and that vehicle may be parked in a common area spot for not more than 3 of the days/nights in any period of 7 consecutive days/nights.
- Residents who desire short-term exemptions from the common-area parking policy, typically due to contractors requiring use of their driveway, may request permission to temporarily exceed the resident common area parking limits. Such requests should be sent to HemingwayClusterHelp@gmail.com, and must include the reason for the requested exemption and the period of time for which the exemption is being requested. The Board will review such requests and approve those legitimate requests that do not unreasonably inconvenience other residents.
Rules for guest/visitor parking - Guests/visitors may not park in common area spaces for more than 7 consecutive days/nights. However, homeowners may contact the Board at HemingwayClusterHelp@gmail.com for an extension of the time allowed.
- To assist in recognition of guest/visitor vehicles that are parked in common area spaces for multiple days, a legible note should be placed on the dashboard indicating the date first parked and the address of the home visited. See HemingwayCluster.com – “For Residents” – for a form Guest ParkingNotice you may use for this purpose.
- Residents may not allow or arrange for temporary parking for people who want to store their vehicles or leave their vehicles parked in common area parking while not visiting, e.g. while they are traveling.
Parking enforcement
The Board has contracted with a towing company that has been given the right to enter Hemingway Cluster and remove vehicles the Board has designated for removal. A sign notifying all drivers that a violation of the rule may subject them to towing has been posted at the entrance to Hemingway in accordance with Fairfax County Code Sect. 82.5.32. The telephone number to retrieve the vehicle is displayed on the sign. Costs incurred for towing and/or storage are the responsibility of the offender and/or vehicle owner. The Board may, at its discretion, order a vehicle to be removed from Hemingway Cluster if it has received from any resident information sufficient to show a clear violation of the above parking rules. The Board welcomes volunteer help in monitoring compliance with the parking rules.