What is a commercial vehicle

MikeJ (Florida)
Posts: 9

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I am in a Florida HOA. Commercial vehicles cannot be parked overnight according to the deed restrictions. So what is a commercial vehicle? I know Florida passed a law several years back that police cars are not commercial vehicles. And I know a plumbers truck with the logo painted on is a commercial vehicle. But what about the guy with a pickup that has no writing on his truck but has a ladder rack on it with 5 ladders? What about the guy who puts a removeable magnetic sign on his vehicle? What about the guy that has advertising on his vehicle?

JulieS (Georgia)
Posts: 412

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Which came first? The chicken or the egg? You can probably find a lot of posts on the commercial vehicle saga and never find an answer. Good Luck!

BrianB (California)
Posts: 2,820

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I always let the law sort it out.

Commercial vehicles are those that are licensed as such by the state. If not licensed, it's not commercial.

If you suspect it should be, but isn't, then notify the state authorities. they will do the dirty work, and then, you can act upon the result.

MiaL (Florida)
Posts: 10

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I live in a Florida HOA and our CCR's define:

"Commercial Vehciles" shall be defineed as an automobile, truck or van with business lettering on its sides and/or roof racks for materials or equipment. In addition, all trucks with either open or sided flat beds, dump beds or having more than four wheels will be considered a commercial vehicle for this purpose.

Our Parking section allows us to:
The Board is specifically authorized to promulgate additional rules and regulations pertaining to parking..........

So we created additional standards:

In accordance with ARTICLE IX Section 6 Parking (c) the DRB has determined that ARTICLE XI Section 6 Parking (b) that no commercial vehicle shall be parked or stored for more than twenty-four (24) hours during any calendar month on any Lot (except in an enclosed garage) unless approved by the DRB.
Furthermore we conclude this provision shall apply to be not be limited to any boat, camper, trailer, van other than passenger van and to also add to the commercial vehicle list the following: any bus, step van, utility trailer, truck tractor, tow truck or wrecker, tractor trailer, limousine, any agricultural, construction or industrial equipment, any vehicle (including a pickup truck with an altered or removed cargo box) designed for transporting people, goods, or things for profit, any truck with visible work racks or visible work related equipment, supplies or debris, any truck over 3/4 (three quarters) of a ton, or any vehicle displaying commercial lettering.
Pickup trucks or vans that are deemed commercial vehicles solely because they display commercial lettering and fall into no other commercial vehicle category previously mentioned, may be permitted to park on the driveway of a Lot if all lettering is covered and no longer visible. All other vehicles previously noted are not permitted even when lettering is covered.
Commercial lettering can be covered with removable white magnets and/or car covers. All covers are to be weatherproof, clean and neat and subject to approval by the DRB.
Law enforcement vehicles-including sheriff and police cars-are not considered to be commercial vehicles.
The DRB may approve temporary parking of a commercial vehicle as deemed appropriate or necessary.

I hope that helps.

SwanB (Washington)
Posts: 199

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I 'Googled' this one for a definition and you can probably find a definition for a Commercial Vehicle in your state under your Dept. of Revenue website. I know WA state and Missouri and a few other states came up with definitions listed at their .dor websites. Hope this helps you.
This is where we found a definition for 'junk vehicles' we use in our governing documents.