signs

That brings up a good case in point. We live in XYZ Plantation for example. We have XYZ Plantation license plates on the front of our cars. Based on what you are saying, the only thing that could be present on the premises is a virgin car with only license plates and tags as required by the state. Can we put XYZ Parking stickers, bumper stickers or political stickers on our cars or anything else that identifies or associates us with anything? It just seems like once you make one exception, you open up a pandora's box for a lot of other things. I would be interesting in seeing what some of the magic answers are to some of these items.

Jim Horn
Bolivia, NC

We also prohibit all signs with the exception of 1 for sale sign on a lot. Our association CCr's also prohibit vehicles bearing commericial advertisement/signs. If your CCR's do not, I would say should be able to keep them on, and you should clarify or update the bylaws.

I don't follow the logic on some of these post.
A commercial vehicle is what it is. With the exception of Police, or Fire official cars, in our community you are NOT permitted to park a vehicle of any kind on the premises overnight.
We had homeowners who worked for heating/plumbing companies, Medical deliveries vans, construction companies, and a few others bringing their work vehicles into the community.
"SOLUTION" They were told to purchase magnetic strips that covered over "ALL" lettering while in the community over night.
Because it is in our covenants, most complied, but two would not. That is "NOT" until they received a $25.00 fine and told it would increase to $50.00 and then $75.00, and up.
We have a renter who brings his cab home. We notified the homeowner that we would fine them, so the cab is now parked on the county street, off our property, and they have a long walk into their residence.
Tough, but the community looks a whole lot better for it.

If you are not zoned commercial, why would you want these vehicles in your community?.

Jim

You can develop a rule that "clarifies" the Sign covenant. You can say that signs may not be placed on any portion of the lot including on the vehicles of the owners that are parked the driveway or on the street, or otherwise visible to other homeowners. Vehicles with signs, or writing of any kind, may be parked in the homeowner garage.

Ron:
Along with the rule to cover all lettering over with white magnetic strips while parked overnight, the rule is that no vehicle can exceed a maximum twenty foot length. This length includes the ladders, etc:
Now that we have addressed this issue, it is working very well in our community.
We do not have garages in our community, so I would think if you did, and the vehicle was kept in the garage, it would be a completely different story.

Jim

They are still "signs", right? Does it matter if they are installed on a vehicle or on a wooden or metal post? Does it matter where on the lot they are placed (driveway or lawn)? Not in my opinion. If they painted the vehicle with the advertising information rather than having it on a magnetic sign that might he harder to deal with.

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GregoryB,

I have read the previously written posts and it is my opinion that the homeowner in violation is to do what ever is necessary to comply.

I certainly agree with what some one had posted earlier, saying that the documents say no signs on the property, not the vehicle, but then again the vehicle is park on the property, besides many CC&R states NO parking of commercial vehicles. Period!

Let him argue that fact. He has told you that it is his work vehicle. So in other words he is telling you it is a commercial vehicle.

I would send him a violation letter advice him of the CC&R he is in violation of, and tell him that he’s is advice to comply with such rules or else face a fine.

I would even go as far as to tow the vehicle with warning of course. If, your state allows such action to be taken by an association. I would certain consider this. It is in extreme cases, but not one to eliminate completely.

I would think this type of situation could be settled with a simple discussion, a compromise, if you will! I would ask him to either park in the garage or removed the signs while parked in the driveway over night.

Best of luck
Chuck W.

And that in itself is ambiguous. My neighbor is a Mary Kay distributor. She sold enough product that they gave her a car to drive. On the rear is a small Mary Kay logo. Virtually any car or truck purchased at a dealership will have a logo for that dealership pemanently fastened to the trunk or bumper. It may also have license plate frames with an advertising message.

Small advertising messages to be sure but someone who wanted to make an issue of it could. The perfect set of CC&Rs has yet to be written.

There was a case in Florida with regard to this item. A homeowner was parking a Hummer in their driveway with advertisement on it for the business they owned. It was not a vehicle used for business, and the community sued in an attempt to have them considered signs on the Hummer.

Important part!! The HOA lost!! Any vehicle not used in the day to day business for doing the job, is not a work vehicle and may have writing on it. You may want to check out the lawsuit:

www.ccfj.net/HOAFLTurtleCreeklawsuit.html

This may assist.