Hikergirl
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- Joined
- Feb 28, 2016
You're agreeing to abide by the rules set forth in the restrictive covenants. HOA's can't just willy nilly do anything they want. They have to be within federal and state law and they have to be within their own bylaws. And if they are not, a homeowner has every right to tell them to pound sand so to speak. I doubt very seriously if this Auburn Greens HOA abided by its own rules in making this new edict. I have no doubt it would not hold up in court. I've told my HOA to go pound sand on several occasions. The trouble with living in an area without restrictive covenants, especially if you're in a county without much in the way of ordinances is you end up next to the guy that makes his front yard a junk yard and runs a toxic waste dump of used automotive fluids in the back yard.
Maybe but since that isn't stated in the article it isn't something I'm going to assume.
I think there is some merit to an HOA, I know if there was one here my next door neighbors would have a list of violations. However I would never agree to let some group of people have the say in what goes on in or around my house like that, because then you get things like this stupid rule. Hopefully you are right and it will be overturned. However I still disagree with just saying "go pound sand" (as in I know I agreed to follow your rules but since I don't like this one I won't kind of thing in general). I do believe the homeowners have every right to go through the right channels to overturn a rule that isn't legal though.