[Luis Gonzalez]

"Luis, decent people accomplish the exact same thing by Deed Restrictions and Covenants freely entered into between individuals."

Then again, we don't generally need protection from decent people, do we?

You can have all the Deed Restrictions and Covenants you want, but if I decide they mean nothing to me, how do you enforce them?

I buy the house next door to yours, and in violation of any and all covenants set up by decent people, I throw up a huge neon billboard, and open "Porn-O-Rama" for business.

Now what do you do?

[smith288]

You get a lien put against your house and would eventually be led away in shackles for not obey the deed to the property.

People in my neighborhood have to pay 50 bux a year for the homeowners assoc. As much as I think its stupid, its meant to maintain a nice area for my house.

Anyone who parks a car on blocks in the neighborhood is like a neon sign like you say. They will get a lien, be told to remove the car or face worse. Now this has been used for wrong like US flags, 8 ft fencing as opposed to 6 ft fencing and other small and insignificant infractions, it can be enforced for good use by decent people