No running a business from your house --> kids summer swim camp?

Curious what you think of this.

My HOA has a history of shutting down lemonade stands and now most recently as shut down a high school kid's swim camp at one person's house. There were a few high school lifeguard kids with a house with a pool that had setup and scheduled little kid swimcamp/babysitting over the summer. After the first few weeks, the HOA caught wind of it and sent a threatening notice, forcing them to stop and cancel.

What do you think of this? Just looking at google maps, I can see a dozen homes with businesses registered to their home addresses (like consulting or interior design), not to mention the numerous professional jobs where people are working and conducting business from a home office.

I should have said governing documents, not bylaws. The use restrictions section.

John,

You don't identify what State you are in which prevents others from checking applicable statutes.
Statutes in some States prevent HOAs/COAs from shutting down some out of house businesses.

Having a business that increases traffic or noise in the development is different then having a business mailing address to your house.

See:

Is Running An HOA Home Business Allowed? from a management company

Running a Home Operated Business in your HOA from a VA management company (this one refers to Virginia statutes)

Commercial Use & Home Businesses from a CA legal site

Operating a Business Out of an HOA Unit: When It Turns Into a Problem from HOA Leader

Shutting down a kids lemonade stand is petty and repulsive. Shutting down a home business where it becomes a neighborhood nuisance where parking is monopolized and
people can't enjoy the peace and tranquility of their domicile, that is where the problem starts.

I understand what you mean, but driving and parking a car on a public roadway does not meet the definition of nuisance (both city code and CCR's definitions). I agree, there's limitations, but in the absence of those limitations, it seems this is out of jurisdiction for the HOA to enforce, unless they want to enforce every other home office?

John,

Mind you, that is based on Virginia Statutes.
It could be different for other States.

Please cite the exact words, JohnS, in their entirety.

You're amusingly off base on that one, and should read what I actually said.

I grew up in a community that was made up of undesirables who couldn't live in the upscale areas of my city in the not-so-wonderful pre-Fair Housing days. Our neighborhood produced broad minded, "free range" children who grew up unencumbered by cell phones, the internet, and the level of parental surveillance that's pretty common nowadays. Not that there weren't dangers. Some guy tried to lure me to come with him (I ran faster and was on my own turf) - and the kid across the street set up a lemonade stand (but had urinated in the lemonade and gave it to some kids down the street).

I firmly disagree that racist, homophobic times are a thing of the past. It's just that the racist homophobes have gotten some pushback, both legally and socially, and have to dress up their bigotry in philosophical or political baffle-gab. That this pushback coincided with the widespread rise of community associations is coincidental. The widespread increase in litigation is probably more to the point.

And here is no way on earth that I would drink something that's sold at a random lemonade stand. Others are free to take their chances, of course.