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Re:Grandpa’s Basement House by lupire on Sunday May 22, 2022 @04:33PM (#31472453)
Aren't those cases covered by zoning laws?
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Re:Grandpa’s Basement House by duxup on Sunday May 22, 2022 @04:51PM (#31472640)
Depends how obvious it is .

Put a car repair sign up then yeah. Be more “quiet” about it and claim and you are fixing a friends car and it becomes less easy / an ordeal for the city or county to act. Unfortunately the car repair guy was not honest and that was an issue.

Party house was a bit of an ordeal.

HOAs tend to fill a lot of zoning gaps.

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Re:Grandpa’s Basement House by JackFr on Sunday May 22, 2022 @04:50PM (#31472631)
It turns out comprehensive zoning laws are not universal. HOAs are typically a response to inadequate (or at least perceived inadequate) zoning regulation.

However the concept of nuisance has existed in the common law for centuries and insofar as someone’s behavior might be a nuisance it has always been actionable.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuisance_in_English_law

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Re:Grandpa’s Basement House by rdtwo on Sunday May 22, 2022 @06:22PM (#31473399)
They are but enforcement can be lacking. The hoa can nickel and dime a person enough that they will take the 10% property value hit to move
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Re:Grandpa’s Basement House by bluGill on Sunday May 22, 2022 @09:42PM (#31474563)
There are legal limits to what zoning laws can cover. So HOA can be a way to sidestep state laws.
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