TV Parking

mlts22 wrote:
There is a neighborhood near me that is gated and like that. All vehicles have to be on a list (only luxury car makes), the only pickup allowed is the Cadillac one, and the max age of any vehicle can be five model years before it gets towed and a $500 "eyesore fee" assessed.

Needless to stay, I'll stay well outside those gates if I want to buy a house.

And what is really funny about that exception of the Caddy? It's nothing more than a Chevy Truck. Comes off the same assembly line with beefed up interior and they slap a Cadillac emblem on it!! :B

I would guess it's a petty tyrant who's making life miserable to the owner of the pickup.

toedtoes wrote:

colliehauler wrote:
While I feel sorry for the person I have found if you don't like the rules don't move there. Same as moving beside a airport and complaining about the noise.

I agree, but I wonder in this case if it's more about the rule being vague (and the HOA not liking the homeowner) than it is about the homeowner flat-out violating the rule.

But realistically, who in their right mind would for a moment believe an F150 pickup, especially a super crew w/4 doors and seating for 5 or 6, would not not fall under the term passenger vehicle.

If the judge has any common sense, he'll soon crush the HOA on this particular rule.

colliehauler wrote:
While I feel sorry for the person I have found if you don't like the rules don't move there. Same as moving beside a airport and complaining about the noise.

southernkilowatt wrote:

jfkmk wrote:
I will NEVER EVER live in an area where there's a HOA!

X 1000!

I think its wonderful for people who WANT to live in an HOA neighborhood, more power to you. People like me DO NOT BELONG there.

Right on.

I LOVE the fact that our neighborhood has an HOA.

I do not want my neighbors parking their boats and RVs (I own an RV) on the street or in their driveways for weeks/months/years. A night or two is fine and our neighborhood seems to be fine with that. I park mine on the street for a night or two before we leave on a trip.

I do not want my neighbors to let their grass and weeds grow six feet high.

If I wanted true freedom, I would have bought some land in the country. Instead, I moved into a very nice suburban neighborhood that has an HOA. I understood what that meant when I moved here.

Our property values have consistently gone up and that is owed in part to the fact that every Uncle Junior can't decide to set up a hot rod repair business in his driveway.

Everyone knows the rules when they move here. Yes, the rules can change, but everyone also knows that when they move here and we are all free to move at any time.

If the truck is in violation of the CC&Rs (the one in the background could be too), the HOA would have to take the owner to court if they refuse to remove it. The linked story is just that, a story; it's someone complaining on a Blog. We have no idea what the actual facts are in this matter. Our HOA has the Right of Abatement if home owners refuse to correct an issue. So in this particular case, the HOA could have his vehicle towed out of the neighborhood. However, I doubt that would ever happen without going through the courts first.

Our HOA does not allow 3/4 ton trucks longer than 20 feet. However, that rule is not enforced. It does seem silly to ban a F150, but those owners knew the rules when they moved in. If they didn't know the rules, they shouldn't have signed the form at closing that said they did. When a rule is clearly defined in the covenants, the courts rarely side with the home owner that is in the wrong.

Our covenants state that the Board of Directors can make clarifications to vague covenants. For instance, our CC&Rs has a parking restriction, but it doesn't mention not parking on the lawn. A handful of owners wanted the board to clarify the parking restriction to include no parking on lawns; so they did. The board is not required to inform members of these types of changes. However, a warning notice must be sent out if a member is in violation and the member can contest the notice if they feel they are not in violation.

We had no intention of ever living in an HOA, but when we moved to GA and saw what the neighborhoods were like that didn't have an HOA, we decided to live in an HOA controlled neighborhood. We live in a small neighborhood with about 60 homes. We have a lot of restrictions, but they aren't strictly enforced. Our HOA is mostly concerned with owners keeping lawns maintained and homes' exterior cleaned. Although they did go after an owner that tried to put a dog kennel up in their front yard.

-Michael

I agree. I mentioned above that the article was nothing more than a twitter comment. There's absolutely no facts in it at all. It's biased and hollow.

toedtoes wrote:

colliehauler wrote:
While I feel sorry for the person I have found if you don't like the rules don't move there. Same as moving beside a airport and complaining about the noise.

I agree, but I wonder in this case if it's more about the rule being vague (and the HOA not liking the homeowner) than it is about the homeowner flat-out violating the rule.

It is possible but the article may be a vague as the rule. They claim the rule is "only automobiles and passenger vehicles are allowed to be parked in the driveways in front of the homes". So that is certainly possible but the facts in this dispute are severely lacking.

colliehauler wrote:
While I feel sorry for the person I have found if you don't like the rules don't move there. Same as moving beside a airport and complaining about the noise.

I agree, but I wonder in this case if it's more about the rule being vague (and the HOA not liking the homeowner) than it is about the homeowner flat-out violating the rule.

There is a neighborhood near me that is gated and like that. All vehicles have to be on a list (only luxury car makes), the only pickup allowed is the Cadillac one, and the max age of any vehicle can be five model years before it gets towed and a $500 "eyesore fee" assessed.

Needless to stay, I'll stay well outside those gates if I want to buy a house.

While I feel sorry for the person I have found if you don't like the rules don't move there. Same as moving beside a airport and complaining about the noise.