You gotta read those CC&R’s before buying a house anymore. Especially if there’s an HOA staffed by fugitive Nazi war criminals...which is most all of them.
I would rather live next to Joe Bubba with his cars up on cinder blocks and a pile of beer cans next to his house - as long as he doesn't care about my giant American flag or MY pile of beer cans or MY car up on cinder blocks!!!!
The CC&Rs are often vague. It is often the HOA ‘guidelines’ that provide the teeth.
Where I’m at, the CC&Rs have nothing objectionable. Now the HOA has owners trying to push thru rules that would restrict what you can plant or how many horses you can own. I had a complaint for putting in rip-rap to control erosion (when the County investigated, the inspector said “Great job! I wish more would do this...”)
Current status - disbanding the HOA is up for a vote!