Parking Regulations & Permits
To apply for a Birnamwood parking permit, please complete the BHA parking permit application
form that is linked to the Birnamwood website, and send it to the BHA property manager. Also,
please review the parking regulations below.
Questions or issues? Please contact the BHA Property Manager, Amelia Meyer.
Parking Regulations:
- Residents' vehicles are to be parked in garages.
- Visitor Parking areas on the common grounds are for guests and residents with parking permits.
- Vehicles are not allowed to park in driveways or by retaining walls unless there are marked painted lines designating a visitor parking space.
- Vehicles are not allowed to park in front of garages (emergency vehicle access), except for brief periods to pick up or drop off persons or materials, during contractor repairs, or while someone is actively working in the garage (vehicles may never be left in front of garages unattended or overnight). NOTE: A parking permit does not allow you to park in front of garage overnight.
- Vehicles must not impede or prevent ready and safe access to visitor parking spaces, residents’ garages and entryways, mailboxes, sidewalks, or stairways.
- Private storage arrangements are to be made by residents who cannot store their vehicles in garage.
- Birnamwood Drive has a posted speed limit of 20 MPH. Parking is prohibited on Birnamwood Drive and other public streets within Burnsville between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. (revised March 2018)
Parking Permit Eligibility Criteria:
Residents may APPLY TO PARK a third car in a Visitor Parking area under the following circumstances:
- There is a resident, licensed driver for the extra vehicle (student, other resident, dependent); two vehicles are being parked in the garage; three licensed drivers reside in the household; and all three vehicles are being used as the primary mode of transportation by household drivers.
- All vehicles must be able to fit in the garage to be permit eligible for Visitor Parking as of July 1, 2018.
Prohibited Visitor Parking Criteria:
Vehicles prohibited from Visitor Parking areas include:
- Commercial vehicles (other than those providing services to a unit during the hours the service is being provided).
- Boats, campers, RVs, trailers, or other vehicles not used as primary mode of transportation.
Parking Permit Procedure:
- Parking permits are required for additional vehicles to be parked in Visitor Parking spaces. To apply for a parking permit, complete the BHA parking permit application form linked to below, and send it to the BHA property manager.
- Parking permits must be renewed each calendar year (Jan 1-Dec 31). The requesting homeowner is responsible for submitting a permit renewal request to the BHA property manager.
- Consult the BHA Rules & Regulations or contact the BHA property manager with questions, requests, or complaints.
Birnamwood Parking Regulations Enforcement:
- The BHA Board of Directors (or designate) shall reserve the right to remove any vehicle, at the owner's expense, or fine the owner of the unit associated with any vehicle determined to be in violation of the above regulations.
- The BHA Board of Directors (or designate) may act independently or in response to a complaint regarding a violation of the above regulations.
- Towing authorized by the BHA Board of Directors will be performed at the homeowner’s expense.
Birnamwood Parking Permit Application
Please
download the permit application form by clicking this
link. The file you download is a
fillable PDF form. Save it on your computer. Navigate to the location of the saved file, and open it, fill out the fields following the instructions on the form. Then save the filled-out form on your computer for your records.
Email the filled out form to BHA Property Manager, Amelia Meyer at ameyer@cedarmanagement.com as an attachment as instructed on the form.
You may also print the form, fill it out and send it in a letter to the BHA Property Manager, Amelia Meyer.