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Originally Posted by Whitley
Too late to establish a minimum time/rental length for existing owners. If a vote to change is held, and an existing owner votes no to setting a minimum length, they are not required to follow the change. If they vote yes, or sell the unit, then the minimum stay is in play. Does anyone else disagree with this?
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Whitley, that’s an additional can of worms — opened?
We used to own a home in an HOA neighborhood with lovely views from small lots. Parking was at a premium but usually worked out. People parked in their own driveways and most in their double garages. (There were no rentals allowed though.) But if entertaining guests, street parking was sometimes needed. We all usually managed to work that out, too. And nobody ever parked in a place that would impede traffic. It was a low speed, private street. We all vaguely knew each other and everybody was polite — in that way of the Midwest.
BUT! There will always be at least ONE control freak in every HOA. Sure enough the one we had decided street parking should be totally eliminated…..
I think her thing was actually the fact that a couple of neighbors still had teenagers at home and those kids drove cars that ended up parked on the street. Those cars were not the nicest of cars, just functional, first cars for regular kids……
I always suspected had those cars been Mercedes or Porsches, Gladys Kravitz would not have been concerned.
A couple of years after we moved there, Gladys managed to get her wishes for no street parking brought up by the HOA board.
When it was learned from the HOA minutes that Gladys’ request was under consideration by the board, a new sheriff in town emerged and sent an email notice to all neighbors that to change the HOA rules to eliminate street parking could devalue our. . . er, I mean the property of others.
Gladys was stopped in her tracks before she could gain any momentum for her cause. (The new sheriff was quietly applauded.)
Now, I know my little story might look like apples and oranges because we already had HOA rules to restrict renting and nobody ever actually caused a real problem with parking. But it is analogous to what can happen if rules are not there in the first place.
I think that is pretty much what Whitley said. I just happen to be in a typing mood today.
Boomer