Is it illegal to use the garage as a warehouse?

It is illegal to use the garage as a warehouse.

Public buildings and facilities planned and constructed within the property management area shall not be changed. Housing development for different purposes will adopt different supporting facilities and safety measures. Houses originally used as garages will be used as warehouses or houses, and wires will be pulled and items will be piled up privately. Once there is a problem, its safety protection and fire control facilities will inevitably not match, leading to safety accidents, casualties and property losses, which will outweigh the benefits. No matter the public buildings or public facilities in residential areas, their uses shall not be changed, while garages are prohibited from being used for living, production or operation. If the owners need to change the use of public buildings and facilities according to law, they shall inform the property service enterprises after handling the relevant formalities according to law; If the realty service enterprise really needs to change the use of public buildings and facilities, it shall be submitted to the owners' meeting for discussion and approval, and the owners shall go through the relevant formalities according to law.

The methods to eliminate the hidden danger of changing the garage into a warehouse are as follows:

1. All property management companies should realize the harmfulness of rebuilding parking spaces, perform fire safety duties, strengthen fire safety management, stop and deal with similar behaviors in time, and at the same time strengthen publicity and education on fire safety knowledge, so that owners can understand the interests involved;

2, the relevant departments should strengthen supervision, strengthen law enforcement inspection, timely discover and dispose of similar fire safety hazards and violations;

3. The general public should realize the harmfulness of this behavior, put an end to violations of safety, report and complain about unsafe behaviors in time, and earnestly safeguard the rights and interests of themselves and others.

To sum up, the garage should be an accessory to the building and a part of the residential building. Because the underground garage is occupied, the parking spaces are tight, the traffic is crowded, and the fire exits are crowded, which may cause systematic fire safety hazards. When the garage is converted into a warehouse, it is easy to have a blind spot of fire monitoring, but the security risks can not be ignored.

Legal basis:

Article 49 of the Regulations on Property Management

Public buildings and facilities planned and constructed within the property management area shall not be changed.

If the owners need to change the use of public buildings and facilities according to law, they shall inform the property service enterprises after handling the relevant formalities according to law; If the realty service enterprise really needs to change the use of public buildings and facilities, it shall be submitted to the owners' meeting for discussion and approval, and the owners shall go through the relevant formalities according to law.

Article 276 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC)

In the building division, the parking spaces and garages planned for parking cars should first meet the needs of the owners.