[RBS] parking lot politics?

[Rivka Radonsky SLP]

I am confused about the legalities of parking in other people's parking 
lots. I've lived in 2 different apartments in the Ramah, and the parking 
spaces were always hefker. Of course we always had our preferred spot. but 
never thought of doing anything about it if someone else parked there, even 
if they did not belong to the building.

Twice in the last few months, I have parked in one of the empty spaces in a 
building's parking lot while going to an appointment or visiting a friend 
in that building. I have returned to my car to find a car parked across my 
exit, blocking my way out. After searching around, I would discover an irate 
building tenant who claimed I was in "their" parking space, and they had 
deliberately blocked me in, just to make their point (or to inconvenience me 
as I had inconvenienced them). This happened even when there were plenty 
other spaces available in the lot.

So I'd like to know, do we really own a space in the lot we live in? What if 
someone has 2 cars? If someone has no car does that mean they can actually 
sell the space or put a keter shed there? How is it decided to whom in each 
building a space belongs to? Is it written in the irya building plans? I'm 
not talking about closed in garage spaces, just open spaces like at the 
shopping centre parking lot. Also, if someone has a garage space and chooses 
to close it in as an office, do they have a right to a regular parking space 
as well or has he forfeited his rights to parking in the lot, to be 
relegated to the street parking spaces?

Looking for enlightenment!

RIvka