Does the legislation allow an HOA to regulate color or content of for sale signs?
The legislation specifically allows rules and regulations regarding the placement, manner of display, location and size of flags, flagpoles, and political signs, but does not contain similar language allowing rules and regulations regarding placement, posts, etc. of for sale signs. Therefore, there is a credible argument that HOAs cannot require for sale signs to meet a uniform community design. If the legislature intended for HOAs to further regulate signs beyond size, they could have expressed that desire in SB 1062 by amending the bill to allow for the HOA to adopt rules and regulations to regulate areas outside of sign size. As the legislation moved forward, the significant cost of the production of community mandated signs was discussed as a detriment to property owners. The intent of the legislation was to allow property owners to use a for sale sign as long as the size was not greater than the dimensions listed in statute.
