Your Work Vehicle Can Now Be Parked in Your Driveway

One of the most contentious aspects of managing a community has been over cars and trucks parked out front of a home wrapped with a company’s logo and marketing.

In many homeowners’ association documents, these types of vehicles have not been permitted. The thought was that most homeowners did not want what could be construed as a billboard facing their home every night.

Of course, this put tremendous hardship on many homeowners. After all, they have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on their house, but because they drive a company vehicle, they have been required to park it in their garage or offsite.

Starting July 1, however, all of those restrictions that limit work vehicles are largely invalid due to a new law that passed the Florida Legislature this year. There are some exceptions to the law, so it’s important to work with your association attorney to make sure you are in compliance.

The attorneys at The Orlando Law Group are the region’s experts in association management law representing more than 100 communities in Central Florida. If you live in Orlando, Winter Garden, Altamonte Springs, Kissimmee or anywhere throughout Central Florida, The Orlando Law Group is ready to help you.

What Does the New Law Specifically Say?

The new law is clear. Associations cannot limit the right of a property owner to park a work vehicle in the driveway in nearly any shape or form.

Here’s what the law now says:

A property owner or a tenant, a guest, or an invitee of the property owner from parking his or her personal vehicle, including a pickup truck, in the property owner’s driveway, or in any other area at which the property owner or the property owner’s tenant, guest, or invitee has a right to park as governed by state, county, and municipal regulations.

The homeowners’ association documents, including declarations of covenants, articles of incorporation, or bylaws, may not prohibit, regardless of any official insignia or visible designation, a property owner or a tenant, a guest, or an invitee of the property owner from parking his or her work vehicle, which is not a commercial motor vehicle as defined in s. 320.01(25), in the property owner’s driveway,

It is best to do a review now of all association documents to ensure they are in compliance with the law.

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