Zoning rules and parking in Florida
My wife and I saw pretty nice piece of property near Jupiter recently. The home on the property was ruined a total eyesore and wreck. I'm curious if anyone on the forum knows if it would be possible t...
Forum Discussion
We bought a lot in 2009 in Sarasota on the Canal. Neighbours were so pleased to see us start building as worried about it being vacant (bank owned for long time during recession), and the amount of unknowns parking on it and fishing off the seawall.
Bottom line is neighbours were so nosey and welcoming at first, hubby was living in RV very unobtrusively, no slideouts out totally self contained. Within the first week, neighbour reported him, lady that came around was kind enough to say "As far as I can see you are not living in your RV, not connected to sewer, water spigot etc - nope you are not living in your RV = wink". She was very nice and accommodating realizing he was doing no harm to anyone, she was grateful a Canadian was investing in their weak economy and he was totally unobtrusive, just a nosey neighbour with nothing better to do. He had to move to a CG though due to zoning and avoiding any ongoing hassles.
Heads up before you commit to anything especially in Fla, and especially if higher priced RE areas make sure you know the zoning and by laws requirements from the horses mouth. Neighbours will and do report. By the way we are in the process of very sadly selling ours now due to the crazy non-homesteaders tax rates, rules as foreign ownership, and the fact as someone else once warned us, feels like they just want our money, then we can leave.
Bottom line is neighbours were so nosey and welcoming at first, hubby was living in RV very unobtrusively, no slideouts out totally self contained. Within the first week, neighbour reported him, lady that came around was kind enough to say "As far as I can see you are not living in your RV, not connected to sewer, water spigot etc - nope you are not living in your RV = wink". She was very nice and accommodating realizing he was doing no harm to anyone, she was grateful a Canadian was investing in their weak economy and he was totally unobtrusive, just a nosey neighbour with nothing better to do. He had to move to a CG though due to zoning and avoiding any ongoing hassles.
Heads up before you commit to anything especially in Fla, and especially if higher priced RE areas make sure you know the zoning and by laws requirements from the horses mouth. Neighbours will and do report. By the way we are in the process of very sadly selling ours now due to the crazy non-homesteaders tax rates, rules as foreign ownership, and the fact as someone else once warned us, feels like they just want our money, then we can leave.
