Re: update to "HOA fence problem"

On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:24:58 -0500, "John D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

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>> On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 16:32:59 +0000, Alan Beagley
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>> A municipality's zoning can be more oppressive than the worst HOA's
>> covenants!
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>I think a  municipality is less likely to behave as if they have a personal
>vendetta against you. All it takes is to be just a little impolite to one
>HOA board member and they can have a hidden agenda against you. Also, one
>expects to have to conform to rules from our local government. But one
>doesn't always expect the crap that comes from a HOA and the amount of power
>they have to enforce it.
>


Tell that to the REIT who changed the "SHADE" of the color of the
awnings it was replacing on its properties and see how much more power
a town council member has with the full municipal bureaucracy at his
disposal when a home owner, business or other individual gets caught
in the cross hairs of his sights!

Th9s is in a town that got a CAT leash law that is enforced on its
books after the aunt of one of the council persons had the fabric roof
of her car scratched and torn by a cat overnight!