Welcome to DU!

Thanks for the welcome. I actually been on DU off an on for over a decade now. I just tend to nuke my own accounts if I find my DU account links to the 'real' me. It seems safer if people don't know where I stand politically, particularly in Texas.

I miss a lot of things about Texas but that ain't one of 'em.

I've heard of some HOA's that won't allow any type of truck in plain sight - they feel trucks are "work vehicles" and workers should be done and gone by night time so as not to offend the sensibilities of their fine white-collar residents.

Otherwise, I got nuthin'...

owned a house and an HOA said I couldn't park my functioning vehicle in my own driveway.

But in either situation, I can't think of a legit reason behind it.

HOA rules tend to be based on whoever is the biggest busy-body, after all. And now I'm curious to know what kind of logos they don't like

In my search for reasoning behind such rules, I saw a bunch of HOAs have similar rules.

In my HOA we have assigned parking and marked guest spots. We have to get a decal for our vehicles. It could be that homeowners have to show proof of ownership and an assigned company car wouldn't be accepted on that basis. The company logo wouldn't be the issue but it would likely mean the homeowner wasn't the owner of the vehicle.

Just guessing.

like a bunch of repairs are needing to be done.

But I lived in apts for years and had a condo. I never heard that rule.

prohibit work trucks from the parking lots and driveways. It usually starts when somebody notices one guy with three pickups and a dump truck parked outside. Tow trucks parked outside are particularly hated.

an extension of that.

uses the truck to earn a living by working with their hands?

And, yes, that meant anything with a logo. They may word it that way to keep from getting sued for discriminating against blue collar workers.

You may not think vans with advertising parked all over the place looks fine but most people prefer to have their residence look residential. The real problem is people running business out of their condos and houses and parking several vehicles.
I live in a town that does not allow any street parking between 2am and 6am. There are also rules about overnight parking of commercial vehicles in driveways in full view of the street. These are extremely popular restrictions despite the inconvenience. Our little middle class town always look great and not like an inner city parking lot.
If you want to live in close proximity to your neighbor and share facilities you need to think about parking your business in a non residential area. You may miss being able to park you truck in your driveway but you won't miss your neighbor's fleet of Bug Doctor vans parked outside your house all day/everyday.