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A parking war has broken out on an Auckland street after an apartment block was built without parking for its residents.
The $ 17.5 million development, Daisy, is touted as “sustainable low-energy urban living.” It opened in March 2018 and has 33 units.
Developer Ockham has been hailed as a pioneer in helping Kiwis rethink their dependence on cars.
But neighboring businesses say pressure on street parking has increased since the apartments opened.
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Izran Manjara, manager of the printing company Soni Design, said the battle for parking is forcing his company to leave the area.
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It will move in late December to a site on Mt Roskill with more parks.
“It is much better to spend some money on moving than to have a discussion every day with people,” Manjara said.
“I often see four or five people honking the horn.
“They always fight with the delivery men or are arguing with us.”
Older customers have to walk long distances to their facilities and delivery drivers are forced to park illegally because there is not enough street parking and a lack of loading areas, he said.
Management manager Annette Zohs said that when she leaves work at night, she sees residents returning to their homes, waiting for a park on the road.
“It’s like musical cars.”
Bianca Jones, building manager for James Dunlop Textiles, said the reduction in parking spaces had gotten “exorbitantly worse” over the past two years.
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A car illegally parked on the outskirts of Daisy on Mt Eden.
Tow truck drivers are common with people bending in illegally parked cars, he said.
A Daisy resident had asked to use his staff’s private parking lot for his Bentley because he needed covered parking for his insurance, Jones said.
“We had to say ‘no’ because we closed the door at night.”
Meanwhile, EBC Brakes has been placing cones on roads to stop cars blocking the driveway.
Daisy’s tenant, Daniela Passos, said she pays $ 7 a day to park on New North Rd, a 10-minute walk away.
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Daisy has 12 skateboard parks and 40 bike spaces.
“In the morning, if I have to go out for an appointment, when I return, there is no parking,” he said.
The health assistant said that it is very difficult to find spaces from Monday to Friday, but easier on weekends.
Fuel Conversions Automotive Repairs Ltd owner Ross Golding said a Daisy resident rents space under another business overnight and moves his car during the day.
Auckland’s Transport Relations Manager Mark Hannan said the monitoring team is not aware of any parking problems in the area.
Since March 1, 2018, two tickets have been issued for blocking a driveway on Akepiro St, 10 tickets have been issued on nearby Charles St and 18 on George St, Hannan said.
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Many Daisy residents do not have a car.
No driveway violations were issued on Charles St in 2017, five notices on Akepiro St and 14 on George St, it said.
In lieu of private parking lots, Daisy has 12 parking spaces for scooters, 40 spaces for bicycles and space for two shared cars for use by residents, operated through a Cityhop model.
A Cityhop car sits in the building while spare parking is used by the building manager and service providers, taking more pressure off street parking, said Daisy body corporate president Peter Rowney.
Rowney said Daisy residents regularly call Auckland Transport when they see someone illegally parked outside a business “as we know we will be the first to be blamed.
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Peter Rowney, chairman of Daisy’s corporate committee, previously said it was bought with the development because of the communal car scheme and shared garden.
“I know a Daisy owner has made many complaints to AT about illegal parking and requested increased street surveillance.”
Rowney said residents were fully aware of the absence of off-street parking when they moved into the building, and could think of at least eight Daisy apartments where residents don’t have a car.
Residents have often observed that local businesses park on the street instead of using their off-street parking to be able to reserve spots, he said.
Ockham Residential co-founder and director Mark Todd said Akepiro St had serious parking problems long before Daisy was conceived.
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Auckland Councilor Chris Darby, left, Ockham Residential Co-Founder Mark Todd, Auckland Mayor Phil Goff, and City Hop Managing Director Victoria Carter in front of one of Daisy’s two carpooling .
“Daisy embodies the aspirations of a quality compact city as established by the Auckland plan,” he said.
“My own opinion is that the heyday of car-congested private cities is over.
“We are at the forefront of building future-proof homes in Tāmaki Makaurau that are not focused on cars.”
The Ockham apartments are very well maintained, with only three sales since Daisy was completed, he said.
Modal, Ockham’s newest self-parking apartment, opened on Mt Albert in July.
