Residents are calling for tougher parking rules in the suburbs as cars clog up their berms and block driveways.
Jennifer and Peter Glausiuss said the situation outside their home, which bordered on Edgecumbe Rd and 4th Ave, was ''chaotic''.
''We are at the end of our tether,'' Mrs Glausiuss said.
The couple want Tauranga City Council to consider other options including restricted parking or a paid token system with limits on time and a park and pay option that had been mooted in the past.
Mrs Glausiuss said the situation had gone ''from bad to worse, particularly over the past two years''.
When the Bay of Plenty Times visited their property, six cars were parked on the berm outside, while numerous vehicles were across the road and stationed haphazardly on a grass slipway.
Not one to sit idle, Mrs Glausiuss had rallied neighbours and council staff to three street meetings, sent four letters and held another two meetings in her home - which she documented - to no avail.
''It is really causing problems ... some of my neighbours are so fed up with cars parking all over the place, they have put up what I call long acre arm fences. I won't let my husband put one up because I think they are tacky and aren't really legal.''
Neighbour Claire Haden said it was ''horrendous'' how many cars were squeezed on to the slipway green verge at the top of her property.
''They also park on the corner of the slipway and in front of our driveway. We have actually had servicemen and the lawnmower man with his trailer unable to get into our driveway because of people parking there, and it isn't actually a parking bay, it's a thoroughfare.''
The Hadens even took out the concrete pillars at the front of their gate to allow them more room to manoeuvre their vehicles ''when the parking is as crazy as it is''.
''It's very frustrating and we have been in touch with council a couple of times ... and have not heard back.'
"I think we need to have parking available there that is official so it becomes organised, and the slipway should be yellow lined for driveway access," she said.
Tauranga Chamber of Commerce chief executive Stan Gregec said parking obviously was an ongoing issue and would be even more challenging as the city grew and evolved.
''There will be inevitable tensions between the needs of businesses and potentially some of the outlying areas. I acknowledge that is a problem and something council needs to have a fresh think about or at least have a plan for the long term.''
Tauranga City Council transportation manager Martin Parkes said the pressure on city centre parking was having a knock-on effect into some peripheral city centre residential areas.
''For the past few years, council has been busy formalising parking in these residential areas with the construction of parking bays, tidying up the berms, planting trees, and banning berm parking where applicable.''
Mr Parkes said changes had been made in a number of streets including Monmouth St, Park St, Arundel St, Brown St, Mission St, and others.
Due to the number of complaints received about 4th Ave and Edgecumbe Rd, several sections of "no parking" restrictions had been introduced for safety reasons.
''We have also been working with the residents to deliver some formalised parking bays, along with time limited parking restrictions. We anticipate these measures will be delivered by the end of June 2017.'
''Council will continue to monitor and patrol these areas to ensure the newly introduced restrictions are being followed.''
The rules
Parking behind the berm is only prohibited if signage to that effect has been erected.
If there are no signs, parking on the berm is permitted, as long as there are no obstructions to footpaths and/or driveways.
Prohibited parking - $40 fine.
- TCC bylaws and parking manager