Parking Rules & Regulations

Why you need to know about parking.

Our community continues to rapidly grow with new home construction and properties sold. Parking throughout the community is limited. These facts make managing the SHR parking areas more important and increases the need for reasonable rules and procedures to ensure that we keep the neighborhood orderly, safe and in top condition. This document summarizes these rules and procedures and provides for corrective action when necessary.

Common Definitions

DECAL - Permanent identification for HOA Members’ vehicles, and managed by the Member Services Access Team. HOA Members request decals via an inquiry to the Access Team.

RIGHT OF WAY – Consists of the neighborhood roads as well as the common areas, road shoulders or green ways along these roads.

COMMON GREENWAY (ROAD SHOULDER) – This area is the unpaved area extending from the asphalt portion of the roadway to the property line of individual lots.

PARKING – Defined as leaving a vehicle stopped and unattended. Night-time Hours – 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise.

ABANDONED VEHICLE – Any vehicle continuously parked 48 hours or more in the right of way or community parking areas without authorization, or any inoperable vehicle or vehicle in a state of disrepair parked in the right of way or community parking areas.

Parking Rules
current as of 9/20/2025

Unattended Vehicles

HOA Members should make every effort to leave unattended vehicles in their respective driveways and not park vehicles or trailers on the common greenway when space is available and reasonably accessible on their property. Abandoned vehicles on common area parking are subject to towing or impoundment after reasonable remedies are not forthcoming.

Overnight Parking in Common Areas

Parking in common areas, including the various neighborhood parking lots, during nighttime hours is not permitted unless authorized by an HOA Board or Architecture Review Committee member, and if authorized, reflective hazard signs must be placed to indicate any obstruction. These vehicles or equipment should be removed immediately after the need expires.

Parking in Common Areas

Parking in the common areas and the various neighborhood parking lots is provided for HOA Members and their Guests. Follow the rules and signage posted at these areas.

Parking at the Boat Ramp

The Boat Ramp parking area is considered a Public Vehicular Area by North Carolina. Yield to the painted lines and park cars / tow vehicles / UTVs / Trailers accordingly. This is a shared resource. Do not block the ramp at any time.

Trailers may not be parked at the Boat Ramp parking lot on weekends or weekday holidays from May 1 through September 30.

Greenway Parking

The greenway (road shoulder) is not intended to be an auxiliary parking area and should only be used by construction vehicles, HOA Members, their guests, and their service personnel (contractors) under the following conditions:

Vehicles are allowed to park on our road shoulders during day work hours provided there is no place on the build site or driveways to reasonably park these vehicles. In the case of new construction, every reasonable attempt should be made to provide space for vehicle parking on the build site. The vehicles parked along the road should be off the road as much as possible to minimize interference with traffic, while also minding the conditions of the road shoulders when the ground is soft. If a lane of traffic is blocked, partially blocked, or otherwise presents a hazard, safety cones or the like will be placed so that they are visible to traffic at least 25 yards from the parked vehicle in both directions. Also, it is important to ensure there is a 12-foot clearance for large trucks like our fire trucks to pass unencumbered.
HOA Members, their guests, and service personnel are allowed to park on our road shoulders under the following conditions:

i. When, due to a special event, there is insufficient parking space on their driveways.

ii. During times in which construction or property maintenance prevents use of the driveways or no driveway exists.

iii. When inclement weather or the forecast of such prevents/will prevent safe egress to and from the road.

Parking at Tranquility Ponds

Heed the signage. Vehicles parked at the Tranquility Ponds parking lot are subject to towing in case of a fire if necessary to allow access to the water supply by the fire department. Never park on the grass.