A parking system that solves who-can-park-where without a gate, without a guard, and without a big bill — built onto the signs we're already putting up, powered by the sun, and designed to be a good neighbor from day one.
Guests, contractors, and the occasional stranger fill our limited curb space. Today enforcement means a neighbor confronting a neighbor, or nothing at all. We need a simple way to register who's allowed, give guests a temporary pass, and flag the cars that shouldn't be here — without turning the neighborhood into a checkpoint.
No hang-tags to lose, no stickers to print. Residents register their plates once. Guests get a self-serve pass in 20 seconds by scanning a QR code — the same code we print right on the new signs. A patrol or tow partner can look up any plate and instantly see authorized or not registered — and nothing else.
Register your vehicles once. Issue a short-term guest pass anytime — a wedding, a plumber, family for the weekend — right from your phone. Report a car that shouldn't be there with a tap.
Scan the QR on the sign, type your plate, done. A temporary pass is issued instantly and expires on its own — no paper, no code to keep, nothing to hand back. No smartphone? Call the number on the sign to register by phone — or a resident registers the guest for them.
A tow partner or board member looks up a plate and sees only authorized / not registered — never personal data. The HOA admin manages the registry, guest passes, and warnings, and grants access in controlled tiers.
This is the real thing, running right here in the page. Switch between Resident, Patrol, and Admin to see exactly what each person would use. Look up a plate, issue a guest pass, check a sign's battery. Works on a phone, installs like an app, converts to a native app later. In the finished app, each person signs in with their own secure login (a username and password, like any app) — residents, patrol, and admin each get their own account. This demo simply skips the login so you can switch roles freely and see all three views.
The system is designed so the cautious questions a board asks are already handled in the hardware and the rules.
This isn't a new project bolted onto the community. Each piece rides on infrastructure that's already approved, already funded, or already proven a block away.
Each phase stands on its own and proves value before the next dollar is spent. The board can stop after any phase and still have something useful.
Rough estimates for a two-entrance community. DIY figures are parts we assemble in-house; vendor figures are typical quotes for equivalent commercial products.
| Phase / item | What it includes | DIY (build in-house) | Typical vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · App + QR | Web app on Cloudflare, registry & guest passes, QR artwork on the new signsHosting scales free at our size | $0–5 / mo | $1,500–4,000 / yr |
| 2 · Solar warning unitper entrance | ESP32, 10–20W solar, charge controller, 12V battery + box, LED beacon, outdoor speaker, motion sensor, mountMounts on the already-planned sign post | $250–400 | $1,500–5,000 |
| 3 · Plate cameraper entrance | Raspberry Pi + camera + night IR, weatherproof housing, larger solar+battery, open-source plate recognitionOptional cloud recognition ~$0–50/mo | $250–400 | $2,000–10,000 |
| Sample two-entrance community, all phases | ≈ $1,000–1,600 one-time | $10k–40k+ & $2–6k/yr | |
The maintenance question sinks most neighborhood tech. Here it answers itself: solar keeps the units topped, the system reports its own health, and the crew we already pay handles the rare swap.
Here's the part that makes this more than a convenience. I build CurbPass and give it to Terwilliger Pointe at no cost. Once it's proven working here, it can be licensed to the other communities AMS (Association Management Services NW) manages — and a share of that revenue comes back to Terwilliger Pointe to help offset our dues. The demand is real: other HOAs, and plenty of businesses, schools, and organizations, all struggle with the exact same parking problem.
Free to use, forever — and a share of licensing revenue from every community that adopts it. Money flowing back toward our dues, not away from them.
Other HOAs, businesses, schools, and organizations face the same problem. Terwilliger Pointe becomes the proven reference next door — a working system, not a sales pitch.
I keep a small share to fund updates, fixes, and support — so the system stays maintained and current for years, not abandoned after launch.
Approve a low-risk Phase 1 pilot — the app plus the QR on the signage we're already installing. It costs almost nothing, commits us to nothing further, and lets residents start registering and issuing guest passes right away.
I'll build and maintain the app as a resident. The only decision on the table today is the small one — say yes to smart signs.