Parking on lawns

Can anyone tell me if there regulations prevents homeowners from paking there cars on the front lawn? I know it will damage there lawn and I can site them for lawn care issues later but I don't want to wait until then. It doesn't look good when cars are parked on grass at someones home.

Thanks
Eric
Jax, fl

Steve English is not everyone's first language and is probably the most confusing such as there, their and they're not to mention cant and can't.

Eric,

I'm also in Jax, Fl. We are a 110 unit condo association and we specifically prohibit parking on the streets, sidewalk or grass. Violations result in immediate towing of the vehicle. I agree, you need to check your official documents to ensure that this is an enforceable violation.

Lori

Eric:

At one time our documents prohibited parking on the grass.

When an amendment was passed to make some changes to the parking covenant, the attorney dropped the "no parking on grass" language before filing it and nobody caught it.

But as it turns out, it doesn't matter, because our Local Municipal Code considers it illegal to park on the grass. Yes, even on your own property.

So when someone in our development parks on the grass, we simply turn the address over to the local zoning officers for code violation enforcement.

So, as recommended above:

1) Check the wording of your governing documents

and

2) Check with local ordinances regarding parking regulations.

For the record, this is posted on our city/county website regarding the parking restrictions in our locality. Remember, these are not in our governing documents for our HOA; these are local city/county ordinances:

PROPERTY OWNERS and TENANTS must make sure that the following conditions are met;

* Vehicles are permitted to park in the required front or side yard only on a hard surface or approved semi-pervious driveway that does not exceed 20 ft. in width and that leads to a garage, carport, house or rear yard.

* Vehicles must be parked on hard/durable surfaces such as blacktop or concrete and not on dirt or grass

* No vehicle may be parked on a vacant lot

* No inoperable or unlicensed motor vehicles shall be parked, kept or stored on any premise. (vehicles may be stored in garage or carport with three sides)

* No vehicle shall at anytime be in a state of major disassembly, disrepair, or in the process of being stripped or dismantled.

* Painting of vehicles is prohibited unless conducted inside an approved spray booth.

* The parking of heavy trucks in residential areas is strictly prohibited. Heavy trucks are trucks, including truck trailers and similar vehicles with two or more rear axles.

Just as an aside: my city code does not allow parking on dirt, grass or gravel; however, when the code was adopted, existing homes were grandfathered. Therefore, if your s/d was built after the code was adopted it applies, otherwise it doesn't. What happens here is that older neighborhoods that really need this code don't have it; but the newer s/d's with HOAs have it but don't need it because it's generally a CCR violation. Go figure!!