Re: update to "HOA fence problem"

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 16:32:59 +0000, Alan Beagley
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>But even if there is no HOA but there are restrictive covenants, one or 
>>more individuals with deep pockets to pay a lawyer could still make 
>>one's life miserable. Where there is a HOA, it is *your* money they use 
>>to make your life miserable.
>
>A municipality's zoning can be more oppressive than the worst HOA's
>covenants!

  My experience is that I hear a lot more complaints about HOAs than
about zoning laws for petty bull$#!+.
  I once heard of an HOA fining a homeowner for kissing someone 
romantically outdoors.  I have heard of HOAs specifying brands of 
paint to use.  I have heard of HOAs where they look harder for 
violations where they can if you don't let them see the inside of your 
house.  Never heard of such a problem with zoning laws.
  It appears to me that petty busibodies tend to run for HOA boards more 
than they do for municipal governments.

 - Don Klipstein ([EMAIL PROTECTED])