Varsity Park Estates Homeowners Assn. v. Anglin CA2/6

Facts The use restriction at issue here provides, “2.6 Parking Restrictions. No mobile home, cab-over camper, tent, machinery, construction equipment, boat, truck, trailer, recreational vehicle, inoperable or dilapidated vehicle, or commercial vehicle of any kind shall be kept, stored or parked (other than temporarily), maintained, constructed, or repaired, on any property within the Development; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section shall not apply to emergency vehicle repairs . . . . This Section may be changed only with the vote or consent of two-thirds (2/3) of the voting membership.” In 2014, appellants purchased a camping trailer. When they realized the CC&Rs prohibited them from parking it on their property, they spoke with the then president of the HOA board of directors. Appellants understood they could obtain permission to park the trailer on their property by submitting an application to the HOA’s architectural committee. Appellants submitted an application to re-landscape their front and back yards and install gates in their back yard. The fax cover sheet attached to their application stated that they were adding the gates, “for parking a camping…