Posted on 08/27/2013 3:56:20 AM PDT by D1X1E
HYPOLUXO, Fla. – A U.S. Marine who served overseas in Iraq has returned home in Hypoluxo only to be told he cannot fly his American flag.
Days after Gregory Schaffer installed a flag pole in his front yard, he received a citation from the Town of Hypoluxo listing the flag as a code violation.
“It’s sad. It’s sad that we have to go through that just to fly a flag,” said Schaffer
(Excerpt) Read more at patdollard.com ...
Like what this Marine has to say about the neighbor and this incident at the end of the article.
To anyone who is “offended” by our flag; get the hell out! Find someplace that you are not offended by. Cuba and Red China come to mind.
The guy is a colossal asshat....
Florida has far too many regulations, the result of commies from Neu Yuk who infested Florida and brought their beloved urban communism with them.
Gov. Scott is the first to shut down a Florida Agency, the infamous Florida Department of Community Affairs. Alas, their job was already completed and Florida is committed to becoming Commiefornia East.
As proof, note that FloriDUH has signed on to collectivizing even more of the state with Scott’s signing on to the expansion of the Northern Everglades bit.
Neu Yuk communizing writ large.
I call BS.
The town very much has an issue with the flag otherwise there would be no moronic classifying a flag pole as a "structure" for which a building permit has to be purchased at $1,000 a pop.
Now if you will excuse me, I have a letter to write to Mr. large.
I’ll point out here that Florida is a state where the building code has a number of unique provisions due to the special design considerations related to high winds. You may not like what Mr. Large has to say here, but I can pretty much guarantee you that he’s doing exactly what he’s legally obligated to do in this case.
I understand Tim is a grunt who (probably) had nothing to do with the building code.
He has a manager... someone's responsible for decisions.
In this case, I have to defend the actions of the Home Owners Association (HOA).
When, and before, you buy property that’s in a HOA, you are given a contract to read and agree with BEFORE purchasing the property. You have the free choice to either accept the terms or to refuse them and go on and buy somewhere else.
HOA rules are truly reflective of the “rule by the majority”, a basic rule that our great country was once founded upon. Through the years that principle was been eroded so that we are ruled by the will of the minority in all cases.
In the case of the flag, he was allowed to post a single flag on his property...not two. He could have rotated flags but he flaunted the HOA rules and posted two....knowing that it would violate the rules.
I personally would never buy into a HOA area but I can understand that their rules are made to protect the members from depreciation of their properties due to those who let the neighborhood degrade without a care as to what type of blight it may bring into the area in the future.
Agreed, the man is a good veteran and had the right to fly his flags. However, the rule is for outside decorations (not just flags) that can be placed in the yard or attached to the front of the home.
EXCUSE ME!
I was posting about another article on free republic that addressed HOA rules about flags.
I completely miss the point that this was not a HOA problem but a town problem.
I agree, the man had every right to erect a flagpole in his yard.
The only person who has the right to order the flag pole taken down should be the land owner.
Rule by majority...You mean a board/panel of a few individuals that may or may not like the same thing as the homeowner?
Not necessarily; in many large cities, zoning boards create setbacks that cannot have any type of structure or limit the height or material of such structures. Even in suburban neighborhoods, if the setback is 30 feet, many subdivision developers will establish house foundations right around 30 feet so that any addition or structure built after house completion would require a variance or not be permitted at all.
One of the reasons for the above is to limit fire damage in neighborhoods with small lots from direct flames or radiant heat. One case involved an apartment building that had a kitchen fire which melted both the plastic fence outside and the vinyl siding on the single-family home next door. Suffice it to say the vinyl siding should not have been permitted by local code.
In another case, a metal pergola was built by a homeowner. After ten years of vine growth it looked like a solid canopy that was eventually blown away by a strong wind. I inspected the connections, which were really insufficient for lateral forces. Fortunately, the flying pergola only damaged three cars.
“Now if you will excuse me, I have a letter to write to Mr. large. “
The town of Hypo$hithole, FL “contracts” with the City of Boynton Beach for Building “services.” Mr. Large works for them.
PS. Call him an a$$hole for me too. City building departments are just another passel of Nazis to intrude on your right to have your home the way you like it.
“you are given a contract to read and agree with BEFORE purchasing the property”
Hey pal, read the article. HE’S a RENTER! As for HOA’s they are the most anti-American of all things to do with your residence. They should be outlawed!
I said “should”. :-)
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