An association has the general authority to restrict or prohibit the operation of commercial and business activities inside its members’ separate interests (in or upon their respective units or lots). Such restrictions and prohibitions are almost always contained in an association’s governing documents (i.e., in its CC&Rs) from the time the association was originally developed. Those […]| FindHOALaw
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of any ordinance, an owner of real property or his or her agent may display or have displayed on the owner’s real property, and on real property owned by others with their consent, signs which are reasonably located, in plain view of the public, are of reasonable dimensions and design, and […]| FindHOALaw
(a) Every provision contained in or otherwise affecting a grant of a fee interest in, or purchase money security instrument upon, real property in this state heretofore or hereafter made, which purports to prohibit or restrict the right of the property owner or his or her agent to display or have displayed on the real […]| FindHOALaw
Davis-Stirling Act | Civ. Code § 4710 - Homeowners associations (HOAs) may not flatly prohibit the display of noncommercial signs, flags and banners.| FindHOALaw
Court upheld lender consent requirement for CC&R amendment, rather than lender vote; Real estate signs may be regulated by HOA for aesthetic purposes.| FindHOALaw
The extent to which a HOA may restrict or prohibit homeowners from posting flags, banners and signs depends upon: (1) the nature/content of the flag, banner or sign, (2) its dimensions, and (3) the location where it is to be displayed or posted. Noncommercial Flags, Banners & Signs Permitted Civil Code Section 4710 provides homeowners within […]| FindHOALaw
