Parking of RV's in Front of Resident's Houses

ctilsie242 wrote:

gbopp wrote:

And the police won't arrest them for theft of your electricity and water?
Isn't your driveway private property in Austin?

Your driveway is private property, but unless you have a tow away zone sign up, people can legally park there until they get notified, and that can take days. Of course, I've yet to hear of the police making an arrest for theft of electricity/water.

I sure like to see some documentation of that. The idea that a homeowner could not have a stranger's vehicle towed if it was in their driveway without permission is pretty far fetched; that's trespassing. And I don't believe that anyone would have the cajones to park in a stranger's driveway AND hook up the RV to the homeowner's water/power; that's trespassing AND theft.

It's Texas, don't you have the right to just shoot them? :D

gbopp wrote:

And the police won't arrest them for theft of your electricity and water?
Isn't your driveway private property in Austin?

Your driveway is private property, but unless you have a tow away zone sign up, people can legally park there until they get notified, and that can take days. Of course, I've yet to hear of the police making an arrest for theft of electricity/water.

Our HOA doesn't allow parking them on the property. Not that we could if we wanted to.

sgip2000 wrote:

ReneeG wrote:

sgip2000 wrote:

ReneeG wrote:
We have an HOA that allows you to park as long as needed, with valid reason, in the street in front of your house, as long as you notify the HOA. City code though only allows 72 hours, so we also have to alert the homeowner of that city ordinance and that if they are fined, it is beyond the HOA's control.

Are the streets owned by the city or HOA?

They're owned by the city which is why we are governed by city ordinances.

Then HOA rules don't apply anyway.

They don't when it comes to parking of RV's trailers, unlicensed cars, etc.

ReneeG wrote:

sgip2000 wrote:

ReneeG wrote:
We have an HOA that allows you to park as long as needed, with valid reason, in the street in front of your house, as long as you notify the HOA. City code though only allows 72 hours, so we also have to alert the homeowner of that city ordinance and that if they are fined, it is beyond the HOA's control.

Are the streets owned by the city or HOA?

They're owned by the city which is why we are governed by city ordinances.

Then HOA rules don't apply anyway.

Some interesting restrictions, many of which are illegal, but since residents don't know that and don't challenge them...

In California, ALL vehicles are restricted to 72 hour parking on any street or highway (gated, private communities are subject to their own restrictions). California cities have ONLY the authority over streets that the State Legislature gives them, and the California State Attorney General has already made it clear that any additional parking restrictions that a city wants to enact must be applied to ALL vehicles equally (SAG 89-602). That means that if a city wants to restrict RV's to just 12 "permits" per year, they must also restrict all other vehicles to just 12 times per year. If they want to restrict RVs to just 12 hours, they must restrict ALL vehicles to just 12 hours, and if they want to ban RVs from parking on the street at all, they must ban ALL vehicles from the street.

Unfortunately, most cities don't research the issue enough, act emotionally instead of logically, and pass illegally restrictive RV parking ordinances, and then no one challenges them on it.

j-d wrote:

my440 wrote:
...I keep my old motorhome clean and presentable best I can...

We had a 1984 Class C with aluminum siding. Paint started wasting away, so it looked like it was molting. There was a local RV park that we went to often. There were also other "regulars," most with nicer coaches. When we had it painted and went back over there...people thanked us...

If you like this story, I have another ready!

That let you know who the snobs are. You should look just like them or at least what they think you should look like or it's an issue. What does that remind me of?

j-d wrote:

my440 wrote:
...I keep my old motorhome clean and presentable best I can...

We had a 1984 Class C with aluminum siding. Paint started wasting away, so it looked like it was molting. There was a local RV park that we went to often. There were also other "regulars," most with nicer coaches. When we had it painted and went back over there...people thanked us...

If you like this story, I have another ready!

We have been to RV parks where your rig had to be up to the standards of the neighborhood.
Always got in no problems. Likely because Im handsome I figure.
I like storys...lets hear it.

my440 wrote:
...I keep my old motorhome clean and presentable best I can...

We had a 1984 Class C with aluminum siding. Paint started wasting away, so it looked like it was molting. There was a local RV park that we went to often. There were also other "regulars," most with nicer coaches. When we had it painted and went back over there...people thanked us...

If you like this story, I have another ready!

At a time when owning an rv brought abit of status. Now it can mean your poor and short of a house made from sticks, especially if your in an older rv like mine.

For this reason I keep my old motorhome clean and presentable best I can, not that poor people living in their rv should be shamed just that it carrys some stigma along with it.