Has anyone ever had a run in with their HOA?
How far did it go?
I got a letter in the mail saying they want all trailers and boats out of the neighborhood all of the sudden. I knew my neighborhood was deed restricted but saw the restrictions were never enforced as I drove the neighborhood before I purchased my house and looked at google earth. Both the tour and satellite images showed trailers and boats in neighborhood going back a decade.
I brought up the restrictions at an HOA meeting a couple years ago when I was contemplating selling or building a garage. I was testing the waters because there were a bunch of solar panels on houses and solar panels are specifically stated as not being allowed in the deed restrictions. I was given the answer that the HOA couldn't enforce deed restrictions that weren't illegal according to the county code. I suspect the reason for this answer was due to the fact someone on the board has solar panels.
I have two boats and a smaller box trailer and a car trailer. I keep the boats in my garage and keep the trailers parked in my drive way. I basically had my drive way parking area doubled when I had my garage built so nothing is parked in the yard and never was. They can't do anything about my boats because they in the garage nor do I think they will try because of the deed restrictions spelling out the requirements of garaging "illegal" vehicles.
If I'm interpreting the county code right as long as my trailers are on a hardened surface and have current tags I'm not in any violation of the county code. As far as I can tell there is nothing the HOA can do to me but literally sue me somehow in a civil suit. They can't put a lien on my house because I'm up to date on my dues. There are no county codes broken so I can't have the county code enforcement used against me. There is nothing mentioned in the deed restrictions about being fined so I'm wondering where this is going to go.
I emailed them and mentioned the fact they are doing selective enforcement and cited the codes pertaining to parking vehicles and have never heard a response. I also mentioned the stuff that's in the deed restrictions and also against county code currently around the neighborhood and the fact they never brought them up. I don't know whether I poked the sleeping bear or they got scared and backed down.
Anyone dealt with a similar situation?