HOA rules inspire petty tenant to park 2 vehicles in narrow public street: 'My HOA will learn that I absolutely live by the letter of the law'

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Mar 19, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

This person has quite a few vehicles, and their HOA is itching to tell them where to park them all. Likely thing for an HOA to want to do! 

HOAs, or Homeowner's Associations, are somewhere between nagging neighbors and malevolent rulers, depending on where you live. Many people try everything in their power to avoid living in HOA territories, because you can end up paying fines constantly. "Just follow the rules," you might think, "Then you won't catch a fine." That's easier said than done! Many HOAs have rulebook a mile long, filled with tons of fine print and ever-changing regulations. You can be fined $400 for leaving your trash cans out too long or putting them out too early. You might have to cough up a few hundred bucks if your house isn't painted the right shade of brown. The list of possible infractions goes on and on. 

To be fair to the HOA in this story, this person has a TON of vehicles. Still, their restrictions led them to take drastic measures, which their HOA surely regretted. Check out the full story down below! 

Next, read about a handful of employees who got fired from their toxic jobs, like one person who insisted, "There is no evidence against me... I still got fired on the spot."

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    'The only vehicles that could safely drive past my home were motorcycles... It was glorious' ۵۱۲۱۸ ج ۱۹
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    My HOA will learn that I absolutely live by the letter of the law. My HOA recently changed the rules limiting the amount of vehicles allowed in my driveway.
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    I collect cars (all of which run, drive, and are registered and insured) and my household also has 4 licensed drivers.
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    When I moved in, the rules stated "only 1 class c vehicle allowed per driveway," well that was fine by me, since class c vehicles don't exist. Class C vehicles were not defined in the HOA rules either. I assume whoever wrote that rule assumed since they had a class c license, standard cars and trucks must be class C.
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    So I moved in, and after stuffing 2 cars, 4 motorcycles and my camper in my garage, I placed 5 vehicles in my driveway. The letters came. I was quickly able to deflate them after asking them for the legal definition of a class C vehicle. No fines paid.
    via u/Independent-Grape586
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    Fast forward about a year, and the HOA proposed a rule change. Now stating " 3 vehicles per driveway maximum," Since 3 is more than one, and people lack critical thinking skills, it was passed with over 85% support.
    via u/Independent-Grape586
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    Fine. 3 vehicles it is. I did some digging and found the streets in my HOA were turned over to the city (an effort to avoid having to foot the maintenance bill I'm sure) and as such, the HOA had no authority to stop people from parking on a public street.
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    So I moved 2 vehicles the my very narrow street. One in front of my house, and one directly across the street in front of my neighbors house.
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    Now, the only vehicles that could safely drive past my home were motorcycles and the one guy with a smart car.
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    It was glorious. My street is a main artery into and out of the neighborhood. Lots of uturns and backtracking for folks to get home or to work.
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    This story's outcome WAS glorious, congrats to this person for showing the HOA the error of their ways

    They are the ones who did the rest of the work for me. Complaints and calls to the HOA president resulted in another rule change vote. Now my driveway is open to any amount of legally registered vehicles. It fits 9.... I need more cars :)
    via u/Independent-Grape586
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    SagaciousElan I'm kind of surprised that last part worked. You can certainly park on a public street but not usually in such a way that you block said street.
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    Independent-Grape 586 OP City would have had to have the planning commission place signs along one side of the road designating it a no parking zone. Cars were parked legally within 6 inches of the curbs. Since we all know how slow government is to respond to anything, I hedged my bets.
    via u/Independent-Grape586
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    That person wasn't the only one who's gone to battle with their HOA

    WinginVegas Had a similar issue with my HOA. They decided that I couldn't park my truck with a trailer on the street in frontnof my house. Sent me a fine notice. I responded that I was parked legally and they couldn't regulate city streets. They stated that there was a State law that let HOAs manage streets in their community but they skipped over the part that it only applied to gated communities where they did the maintenance.
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    Got a letter from the Director of Parking for the City stating that only the City could regulate parking and that a truck and trailer was legal for 72 hours and then had to be moved but there was no distance rules on how far it had to be moved. They shut up quickly.
    via u/WinginVegas
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    BlueJohn2113 Im trying to picture a house with a big enough driveway to fit 9 cars but a small enough road where only 2 cars would block it.
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    Loofa_of_Doom My HOA has a rule that you can only have "eight pet legs" in your home. So: 2 normal cats or 2 normal dogs. or 2 three legged quadrupeds + 1 bird? 1 quadruped + 2 birds? 8 one legged birds? HOW MANY SNEKS!?!??!?!?! Bwaahahahahahaahaha hahaha!
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    tesseract4 Or one tarantula. Also, any HOA who want to tell me how many cats I can keep in my home can get f
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    cake__eater My favorite first step of dealing with HOAs is to look up their license/registration. This differs by location, but in my area it is a legal requirement for HOAs to be registered annually. If they are not, nothing they request is legal.
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