Parking

Parking is tight in the cluster. If you divide the number of parking spots by the number of houses in the cluster it comes out to approximately 2.1. Each house has one marked reserved parking spot. Because more residents are starting to have third, fourth, and fifth cars, we are asking people to park these cars on Twin Branches.

As the holidays and winter weather approach, the Carriage Gate Cluster Board would like to remind residents of the Cluster’s parking rules and etiquette:

• Do not park in someone else’s reserved parking spot. Please note that violators will be towed.

• Please make sure that your visitors and guests only park in non-reserved spaces. Additional parking is available along Twin Branches road.

• If you are having a party or a lot of visitors over, please ask all of your guests to park on Twin Branches.

• The Carriage Gate Cluster is not satellite parking for Dulles Airport. Please do not have friends and family park in the cluster as a convenience for access to Dulles Airport (or to park for any reason while they're on vacation or traveling). Violators of this policy will be towed.

• If you need to contact the Board about a parking violation, please e-mail the Board at board [at] carriagegate[dot] org.

Hopefully, this year, we won't see a lot of snow. Just in case, here are some reminders for snow removal:

• Snow removal in the cluster parking lot is provided by Blade Runners. However, snow removal on sidewalks and for individual parking spaces is the responsibility of cluster residents.

• Please remove snow away from other parking spaces. Do not pile snow in another parking space. Blocking free parking spaces only exacerbates our cluster parking problems.

• Be kind -- don't leave your spot covered in snow and then park in a spot your neighbor has shoveled out.

• Do not pile snow in front of mailboxes. The Post Office has told us that they will not deliver mail if the postal courier cannot access the mailbox.

• Do not pile snow around or on top of fire hydrants.

If you have any questions, drop us an e-mail.

Last Updated: 10/26/2008