“Made her take a morning off to wait for a judge to say, “fine 100 dollars.””
There should be a double jeopardy law. In Sarasota you could be fined by the local government for having green grass and the homeowner’s association for not having green grass. It was insane.
One man spent a fortune xeriscaping. Because the resulting lawsuit with the homeowner’s association made the news I drove by to look at it. It was awesome; artistic. The several trees had a drip feed but the rest was colored gravel, rocks and hardy beds of stuff that lived with little water. I moved before I heard how the lawsuit came out. But, I’ll wager he had to pay to remove the rocks and replace it with lawn; which he could not legally water at the time.
For xeriscape, I have to submit a plan to the architecture board for review. Then I need to get permits.
I’m actually thinking of dropping a bunch of riverstone down and go from there. Since I moved to Texas, my love of grass has diminished greatly.