To put some context around this and respond to some of the comments. There are covenants in my area and I was aware of them. No RV's, ATV's Boats etc for longer than 5 days. I don't know the full wording of the covenants and there are covenants for other things. I bought the house in 2013 and before buying my boat talked to a Rep of the Developer asking about the covenant as I had noticed that this covenant as well as others were not being enforced. He agreed that they were not being enforced and said that unless someone complained they have not been enforcing them. Bought the boat in 2014 and have been parking everyday since. About a week ago a friend notified us that someone had posted a photo of my house, truck and boat on a community facebook group saying the boat was parked illegally for months and asking others to help get it removed. I'm thinking it's someone new because if not they would have known that it's been there for much longer than a few months. They posted anonymously and this more than anything pissed me off as he/she didn't have the decency to come have a conversation. This doesn't take away from the fact I'm aware of the covenant and neighbours have a right to complain. It took 11yrs for one to do so, but not to me, to the developer. I am waiting for the full covenant documents from the developer and we've spoken and discussed the non compliance and non-enforcement of different covenants since day one. I have considered meeting with a lawyer and may still do so as I've read that if covenants have not been enforced for a an extended period of time that they could be ruled as void by a court. I would say that 11 yrs is an extended period of time. I will wait for the covenant docs and go from there.
I haven't read our actual documents but similar ones and it seems that they continue on basically forever unless something with the development has changed. I live in Bear Mountain and was told that the original vision for this development was for it to be a golf resort of sorts. That didn't go to well as it went bankrupt early on and I believe that it is now in receivership under the current developer. Don't know if the current building scheme, seems like clearcut and build as many house as you can, would classify as a big enough change.
Can only have on property if inside of your existing garage. Can't build additional garage on property. Can't build a fence to hide it.
Ha ha. Someone posted this when he saw the Facebook post by whoever made the complaint.
I wanted to park my boat and trailer there this past summer for just a few days and couldn't. Was told that it was their overflow parking and they were in the process of getting everyone out. Maybe it's just a summer thing when they are busy. I will check it out again.
