Should homeowner's associations be allowed to ban solar panels/clotheslines? (Al Gore, death) - Great Debates - Page 3 - City-Data Forum

Houston3 · 05-13-2010, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Memphis1979

If you don't like the HOA's rules, don't join it.

Its that simple.

It never fails to amaze me that people enter into contracts, then want out of the contracts, once they no longer like the terms.

Contracts can and do need to be up dated.....

And I agree in away with you....Only a fool would sign a contract with an HOA that is not open to changing with the times...

JBMallory · 05-13-2010, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by GregW

HOA's and Condo boards generally restrict clothesline because they are a sign of poverty because they say the owner is not rich enough to pay for a cloths dryer. Ours restricts solar panels because the association is responsible for the roof and siding. They tried to restrict satellite TV antennas but were overruled by Federal Law. They also like things to look almost military neat.

ok, so not to the roof, what about a solar farm? if everyone who wanted to add solar panels, pitched in and paid for a small solar farm, then the cost could be divided, it could be hidden from passers by with a white privacy fence, and voila

Moonwalkr · 05-13-2010, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by JBMallory

ok, so not to the roof, what about a solar farm? if everyone who wanted to add solar panels, pitched in and paid for a small solar farm, then the cost could be divided, it could be hidden from passers by with a white privacy fence, and voila

White fences are against HOA policies.

JBMallory · 05-13-2010, 02:42 PM

so is having a grow house, and not copulating with your sister, but rednecks and druggies move in all the time

tablemtn · 05-13-2010, 03:51 PM

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If you don't like the HOA's rules, don't join it.

But I guess the thing is, I'm mainly talking about the implications for the country as a whole.

Is it good public policy to allow HOAs to forbid energy-saving measures such as solar panels?

Or - like the FCC regulations demanding access to satellite dishes - should HOAs be curtailed from taking those measures?

geofra · 05-13-2010, 04:00 PM

Run for the HOA board. Develop coalitions of like-minded people on the board and push for new rules. You know...politics. It's the homo-sapien way.

Memphis1979 · 05-13-2010, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by tablemtn

But I guess the thing is, I'm mainly talking about the implications for the country as a whole.

Is it good public policy to allow HOAs to forbid energy-saving measures such as solar panels?

Or - like the FCC regulations demanding access to satellite dishes - should HOAs be curtailed from taking those measures?

90% of the people I know, live in neighborhoods, with no associations there.

I don't think this is a major problem that needs to be addressed.

LogicIsYourFriend · 05-13-2010, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by GregW

HOA's and Condo boards generally restrict clothesline because they are a sign of poverty because they say the owner is not rich enough to pay for a cloths dryer. Ours restricts solar panels because the association is responsible for the roof and siding. They tried to restrict satellite TV antennas but were overruled by Federal Law. They also like things to look almost military neat.

And you willingly chose to live there?

Boompa · 05-13-2010, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by LogicIsYourFriend

And you willingly chose to live there?

That is what I said to myself right before I moved out. Best thing I've done in years

TropicalAussie · 05-13-2010, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by GregW

HOA's and Condo boards generally restrict clothesline because they are a sign of poverty because they say the owner is not rich enough to pay for a cloths dryer.

It is Un-Australian not to have a clothes line.

I can't believe that there are people in the US who are not free to hang their clothes out to dry.