In article , Travis Jordan
says...

Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
In this case there may never have been a HOA: the CC&Rs did not
provide for one.

That would indeed defang any possible restrictions.

Fortunately our HOA is very benign, but also very active. We have
excellent cooperation and support from the residents. AFAICR, there has
only been one difficult situation in the last decade - a homeowner who
chose to ignore a rule about short term rentals (not allowed) and
started to rent their house out by the week during the winter season.
It took a 'lawyer letter' to get that stopped. Fortunately, we have two
lawyers on the board grin.



Uh - the HOA isn't very benign from the POV of the homeowner who wanted to do
the rentals...

Not that it's a bad rule (or that it's good, either, dunno the situation). And
not to defend someone for going against something if he agreed to it moving in.

But it's still worthwhile to consider exactly what's meant by "benign".

Banty