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A new law set to take effect in Florida could mean that HOAs will no longer be able to prohibit trucks from parking in their residents’ driveways, whether for personal or business use. The law and its potential impact on neighborhoods across the state are controversial.
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As ABC Action News reports, the law is apparently vague, so legal experts aren’t entirely sure how it will be enforced. It simply states that HOAs can’t prevent residents from parking personal vehicles in their driveways, even if it’s a truck.
Does this mean the rule will be applied retroactively to existing HOAs? Does it only apply to new HOAs? No one seems to know for sure.
Of course, some HOAs allow work trucks and vans to be parked in front of a home. Others allow private pickup trucks to stay in a driveway overnight. But there are communities where such things are strictly prohibited.
Even though these commercial vehicles might be necessary for a person’s livelihood, there are people who genuinely believe that having these vehicles sitting around would ruin the look and feel of the neighborhood. Call this snobbish if you want, it probably is, but some people buy homes in exclusive areas because the HOA has such a rule.
What you think about this law probably has more to do with your attitude toward HOAs than anything else. Some people find that HOAs are wonderful guardians of their property value and sanity. Others believe that HOAs are the devil always out to get them. And still others believe that they are necessary evils that sometimes go too far.
It is likely that this law will be challenged after it takes effect on July 1. What will happen then, no one knows for sure.
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