Muddyjeep810
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- Michigan
Hi all. First post here. I hope this is in the right section. I have been leasing a modular home since 2016. I am a small business owner and I haul my tools around in a 12' enclosed trailer that has my company logos on it. This trailer is usually left on my job sites but there are times when I keep it in my driveway at home. I had this trailer when I moved in. The manager at the time was made aware of it and mentioned something about trailers weren't supposed to be allowed. I told her that I could not move in if it wasn't allowed since I had nowhere else to park it. She said since it is a work trailer she would allow it because other residents keep work vans/trucks parked on their property and she didn't see a difference. She was recently replaced by a male manager. Less than a month after he took over he knocked on my door and demanded that I remove the trailer from the property and claimed it was against the rules in my lease. It had never been an issue for the two years I was living here. I looked over the rules in the lease and here is how the section he was referring to reads:
"Recreational vehicles and trailers of any kind, including motor homes, boats, snowmobiles, boat or snowmobile trailers, four wheelers, camper trailers, luggage trailers, unlicensed or inoperable vehicles shall not be stored within the community. Permission to bring a trailer or boat into the community for cleaning or stocking must be obtained in advance."
After reading the above rule, is it possible that my trailer would actually be allowed since it isn't technically a "recreational" trailer? It's quite obviously a business trailer and only used as such. Do I have any ground to stand on here as far as refusing to move it somewhere else or do I have to find a storage facility to store my trailer at putting at risk my $10,000+ investment in tools?
"Recreational vehicles and trailers of any kind, including motor homes, boats, snowmobiles, boat or snowmobile trailers, four wheelers, camper trailers, luggage trailers, unlicensed or inoperable vehicles shall not be stored within the community. Permission to bring a trailer or boat into the community for cleaning or stocking must be obtained in advance."
After reading the above rule, is it possible that my trailer would actually be allowed since it isn't technically a "recreational" trailer? It's quite obviously a business trailer and only used as such. Do I have any ground to stand on here as far as refusing to move it somewhere else or do I have to find a storage facility to store my trailer at putting at risk my $10,000+ investment in tools?