As you can imagine, telling Florida truck owners where they are allowed to park at home didn’t go over well. They immediately fought against the law that prohibited parking work trucks in their driveways. However, the law is still confusing drivers. 

Florida truck law is confusing homeowners 

Florida truck owners were furious as Homeowners Associations prevented people from parking their work trucks in their driveways. Vehicles with company signage had to be parked in garages or out of sight. 

But a new truck law known as HB 1203 prohibits HOAs from banning homeowners, tenants, and guests from parking personally owned vehicles or non-commercial work vehicles in driveways. 

However, the original law also banned parking vehicles with open beds in driveways. Those responsible emergency vehicles face similar challenges. 

So, drivers wonder if it’s still illegal to park their work trucks in front of their homes. Also, what about trailers? Some laws have storage statutes preventing the storing of personal items like boats and turf in front of homes. 

But the new law should allow anything that isn’t considered to be a commercial vehicle to be fine. According to Becker Lawyers, HB 1203 might not apply to all existing associations. It’s intended to be prospective, not retroactive. 

Plus, it faces an impairment of contract issue, so provisions of an HOA declaration of covenants would be considered contractual rights. Existing HOA covenants with parking restrictions probably remain enforceable even though pickup trucks qualify as personal vehicles. 

But this may motivate HOS to voluntarily amend covenants to avoid unnecessary disputes, as it reflects the growing demand for more practical and fair parking regulations.