A HOMEOWNER has criticized his HOA after they stated his new car broke their rules.
The Florida resident has bought a $100,000 Rivian R1T pickup truck but he might be hit with fines or even lose his home of 27 years.
Glenn Gordon branded the Weston Hills Country Club's parking rules as outdated.
The rules, which were supposedly written in the 1980s, state that trucks, trailers, RVs, and commercial vehicles must not be parked within the community overnight, according to The Cool Down.
Owners of these vehicles must park them in their garages to comply with the rules.
Gordon said that his Rivian does not fit into his garage and he must park it on his driveway.
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He claims he found out about this rule when a notice was sent from management less than two weeks after he brought the pickup truck home, according to WPLG Local 10.
He said: “I never even thought there would be a rule like that.”
The Rivian is an all-electric pickup truck and Gordon argues that this rule should be changed.
Gordon said: “It’s a different world.
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"Tesla’s coming out with cybertrucks.
He also argued that the HOA’s rule could affect the neighborhood's worth.
Gordon said: “It may hurt our home values, as the new vehicles come out.
“We’re going to discourage people from buying in our community.”
Jerry Engelhard, president of the Central Hills Maintenance Association, restated that Gordon broke the rules, he told WPLG Local 10.
Engelhard said: “If the gentleman would have read the documents when he bought the house he would have seen that.
“There’s a possibility that he would not have bought the truck.”
A judge ruled in favor of a pickup truck driver in a similar case and made the HOA cover $40,000 of the homeowner’s legal fees.
The driver appealed against his HOA in 2021.
Broward County Judge Steven Shutter said: “Personal use pickup trucks do not carry the negative implication they might have 25 years ago.
“In no way could parking these vehicles interfere with the quiet enjoyment or the property value of the condominium residents.”
The US Sun has reached out to Arcis Golf, who owns Weston Hills Country Club, for comment.
