A Nostalgic Promo Item I found
Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Sat 12 Jun 2010 01:19:14p, gloria.p told us...
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>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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>>> On Fri 11 Jun 2010 10:24:31p, Omelet told us...
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>>>> No blanking HOA has any right to tell me how many tulips I can
>>>> plant, or whether or not I can own a boat!
>>>>
>> I doubt the tulip restriction was ever in the covenants.
>> The HOA doesn;t acre if you own a boat, they only care if you
>> store it in your front yard.
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>>> Prospective buyers should read the CC&R very carefully before
>>> agreeing to its terms in insure that it doesn't contain anything
>>> they object to.
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>> To be fair, Wayne, it's not usually the CC&R the owners object to,
>> but the arbitrary "rules" the HOA invokes at monthly meetings at
>> the nagging of just a few owners.
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>> E.G. Our neighborhood has a pedestrian gate at one end that faces
>> the high school, very convenient for our kids. When we moved here
>> it was unlocked from 6AM-10PM. About 10 years ago the Board
>> voted, because of a few complaints of "trespassing" to lock the
>> gate 24/7 and provide keys to the owners--for a $50 deposit (and
>> $50 replacement every time a kid misplaces one.) The end result
>> is that kids prop the gate open for friends or break the lock. No
>> Board has ever dared to try to rescind that vote because a few
>> owners would be up in arms over the "lax security" complaints
>> that would be raised.
>>
>> gloria p
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> I understand your situation and it wasn't fair. It may not even have
> been legal. When I lived in a development governed by an HOA. one
> could only raise issues or complaints about things specifically
> adressed in the CC&R. If a situation beyond that was raised, a
> majority vote of *all* homeonwers would be required, and the specific
> issue had to be legally amended to the CC&R.
>
> I was on that board for four years and encountered a personal dispute
> during that time. We purchased and had installed a very high quality
> solid copper weathevane. Prior to doing so we scoured the CC&R for
> any reference to the installation of such an item. There was none.
> Our neighbor two houses away practically had a stroke at our having
> done this and insisted that it be removed. She was also on the
> board. I pointed out that nothing like this was addresssed in the
> CC&R and she called to have a homeowners' vote to include it. Later
> the same evening I discovered that the CC&R did provide for the
> installation of TV antennas and/or shortwave radio antenna towers not
> to exceed 20 feet above the roof line. I called for a special
> meeting of the board a couple of days later and said that I would be
> happy to remove the weathevane at the same time that I installed a 20
> ft. TV tower in its place. The matter was dropped.
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Nice!
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