Often, there’s no need to go to court, if you search the neighborhood and complain about every offense. The association will be so inundated that they’ll give up on you.
Long time ago at a house I used to own, a neighbor got upset with a fence I built surrounding my front yard. You see, his kid was using my front yard as his playground, because his daddy had so much car junk in his yard. I got tired of coming home and moving his kids stuff out of my driveway, that I built the fence and gate. The kid’s mommy sent a letter to the city complaining about my fence being too high. The city ordered me to tear it down or face fines.
I then sent a letter to the city complaining about all the other high fences in the neighborhood, saying mine would come down when the others went down. Further, I complained about all the illegal stuff my bad neighbor did, including the illegal room he built in his garage. The city dropped the complaint against me. But forced the neighbor to comply (they then apologized to me). I moved a few years later. Thirty years later, my fence still stands at my former home.
Hey Roadcat,
Can we get you to move to the border and build a fence there?