Goats and a duck and a horse, oh my! HOA sues homeowner, tenants over backyard menagerie

Express News ^ | 01/18/2024 | Patrick Danner

[Responsibility2nd]

[Responsibility2nd]

Kick ‘em out. Animals should not be in a neighborhood like that.

And get rid of the goats, ducks, horse, etc. as well.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Sorry, folks. You move into an HOA you need to abide by the rules.

The landlord should have informed the tenants of the covenants.

At least they put up a nice painted fence.

[No name given]

My thoughts exactly.

[frank ballenger]

Ohhhhhh, Wilbur

[Alberta's Child]

I’m usually not a big fan of HOAs, but this is exactly the type of scenario they are designed to address.

He added he only learned about the restrictive covenants after moving into the house.

And this is exactly the type of moron you don’t want living within a mile of your home.

[LeoTDB69]

He added he only learned about the restrictive covenants after moving into the house.

And thats the kicker. It’s the buyers duty to know such things.

[frank ballenger]

“a horse, goats, chickens and most recently ducks”

Getting ready for some more animals.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-krsNziXEw

[where's_the_Outrage?]

San Antonio, Texas

[The_Harlequin]

A goat, a duck, and a horse walk into a bar. . .

[ConservativeMind]

We had a rooster in our HOA. You knew it, every day.

[Spacetrucker]

I live there; every house I pass on NY way to work has animals of one kind or another in their FRONT yards - it’s not unusual here.

[drSteve78]

They are renting, so they are tenants.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“a nice painted fence.”

LOL...made me go look. Yep, Early Pallet is always a good choice.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“horse, goats, chickens”

OK, where’s the rest of the story? Where’s the boat and the farmer trying to get the animals to the other side of the river?

[Responsibility2nd]

Isn’t there a song about this?

Old Man Hays had a yard.

And in that yard he had horses, goats and ducks as Service Animals.

Ee - I - Ee - I - Oh

[Dr. Sivana]

I live in Phoenix, and near our last address (which also was not HOA), there was a similar house with a horse or two and small animals. I assume they were grandfathered in, as Phoenix has historically been horse territory. I would RATHER have a horse and some quacking ducks and goats than a litter of pit bulls or blasting mariachi music at 10 PM. A number of people in nearby smaller cities (Tempe, Queen’s Creek) keep chickens.

It makes the city a bit less sterile.

[Responsibility2nd]

San Antonio has city ordinances about livestock in the backyard. But this address is outside the city limits. So it’s up to the HOA to enforce restrictions.

[Clutch Martin]

HOA gonna do what HOA’s do.

You’d be surprised how many people don’t know that you can actually fire your HOA.

Sure! Meetings residence consensus and fire their asses and get another one or not.

I’m on and off again about HOAs I can see why they exist, I have a friend who lived in a peaceful little neighborhood down in North Cakolacky and he retired and his next door neighbor who was in the Navy started building this Large Garage in his backyard. My friend asked him about it and was told that he was retiring from the Navy starting an auto repair business. Well my friend didn’t want to live next to an auto repair business but there was nothing he could do about it because there was no HOA.

What did he do? He moved to a neighborhood with an HOA so he didn’t have to live next to an auto repair shop in somebody’s backyard.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Looks a bit cramped. 😆