I am living in my second HOA neighborhood, this one with even more strict CCR's than the first, it covers things such as the colors of exterior paint, type and composition of landscaping, exterior lighting and even types of window treatments that could be viewed from the street, in addition to the usual exclusion of boats, trailers and RV's. You also cannot park in the street, build chain link or wooden fences and have unapproved back yard items (large plastic furniture, above ground pools or hot tubs ect.). I don't want to seem snobish, but this is what I want and I moved here in part so that I would not have to see these things in other peoples driveways and yards. That being said, temporary parking of boats and RV's is accepted and occurs frequently without issues. The CCRs are enforced by liens on the house if the fines aren't sufficent deterence. I think that is very important for any potential homeowner to read carefully the CCRs and accept them as part of the deal, rather than move and assume they can be changed and/or ignored.

Simple fix to HOA BS... next time you plan on bringing your boat home, call them and let them know beforehand. Tell them it'll be there for maybe 2-3 days for whatever reason, and gone.

I live in an unincorporated area of the county of Riverside, and there are no sidewalks, no 'green areas' nothing to have a HOA for, BUT there is a county ordinance that any type of vehicle, be it an RV, boat, trailer, or standard vehicle, it cannot be 'stored' on the streets for more than 72 hours. I've had my RV on the street in front of my house for 3 years and never had a problem until about 3 months ago. Someone complained, and me and a neighbor with a boat on the street got a yellow tag. The neighbor was fortunate as he could pull his boat up his driveway... I'm not so fortunate so had to find a storage unit.

Point is, I called the county offices of code enforcement Tuesday and told them I was bringing my RV home Wednesday to do some maintenance, wash it and pack up for a 4 day vacation, then it would be here for a day or 2 afterwards... their response? "Thank you for calling us Mr. Carroll, we appreciate the headsup!"

Communication.... but HOA's do suck!! LOL!

I fired off an email to the VP of the HOA, explaining the situation, and she told me to disregard it. They aren't going after people like me...they are looking for the long term storers.