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To: LexBaird

You pay alot of money for a house and you don't want some jerk deciding to put his car up on cinderblocks, paint the house purple, let the weeds grow up two feet high and move in his 18 relatives who are needing a place to crash so they can park all their RV's in the front yard.

That is why there are HOA'a. Which are elected by the people who live in the building or neighborhood.

Zoning laws are the same thing. You don't want zoning, go live where there isn't any.


263 posted on 11/17/2006 2:24:10 PM PST by cajungirl (no)
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To: cajungirl
I think the HOA is within the law, in this case. Of course, I have never lived in a home with an HOA, because I have no desire to live in a commune.

Anyway, were I, by some quirk of fate, the protagonist of this horror story, I would immediately sell my condo to some nice immigrant family for $1 and other valuable considerations, and move into a trailer park.

Better neighbors in a trailer park.

264 posted on 11/17/2006 2:31:09 PM PST by patton (Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
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To: cajungirl
You pay alot of money for a house and you don't want some jerk deciding to put his car up on cinderblocks, paint the house purple, let the weeds grow up two feet high and move in his 18 relatives who are needing a place to crash so they can park all their RV's in the front yard.

Yes, there are generally community zoning laws regarding these acts already. For the ones that are not so covered, I am still able to sue the offender in civil court for damages to my propery value caused by his actions. Assuming that a simple, neighborly request to clean up is fruitless, of course.

Zoning laws, however, are rarely targeted at individuals, and are much more subject to public scrutiny before enacted. The administrators of town laws are more beholden to their actions, having to stand for re-election to earn a living. As such, they tend to be much less capricious than HOA regulations, and be based on things like sanitary considerations, safety concerns, commercial/residential mix and occupant density.

Most HOAs seem to be more interested in maintaining rigid conformity to the tastes of some committee or developer than in doing things that effect property values. Some people like living in identical boxes painted one of three approved schemes, with their hobbies and vehicles carefully stowed out of sight behind garage doors and white curtain liners. I don't. It's an extra layer of constraint that I don't need in my life.

272 posted on 11/17/2006 3:01:31 PM PST by LexBaird (98% satisfaction guaranteed. There's just no pleasing some people.)
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To: cajungirl
Zoning laws are the same thing. You don't want zoning, go live where there isn't any.

Some friends of mine live in a town in Florida that has no zoning laws.

It's a damn freak show and the value of their house hasn't risen along with the rest of Florida.

276 posted on 11/17/2006 3:10:58 PM PST by Howlin
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