Occupant of Ford maybe denied place for parking (8)
I believe the answer is:
resident
'occupant' is the definition.
(I know that occupant can be written as resident)
'ford maybe denied place for parking' is the wordplay.
'ford maybe' becomes 'president' (US president Gerald Ford).
'denied' indicates named letters should be taken away (the word is denied some of its letters).
'place for parking' becomes 'P' (P can be a symbol for a parking space).
'president' with 'p' removed is 'RESIDENT'.
'of' is the link.
(Other definitions for resident that I've seen before include "Person living in" , "Someone with a home" , "Local" , "Inhabitant, occupant" , "Dwelling in a place for some time" .)