We did ours in the driveway 
I live in a city but no HOA 
I could never live with an HOA 
Too many rules and not enough trees
Every place with an HOA always has the houses crammed up too close to each other for me 
I only have 1/2 acre but the house is 80 feet from the street 
City ordnance says no "inoperable " vehicles 
But as long as it has inflated tires and you throw a car cover on it when you're not working on it the city doesn't care , as long as it appears operable 
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