Back in November when we closed on our home in St. James, we asked the ARC about two yard lights that we bought for our home in Louisiana, then took to STL and then to KC. Now, these are CONCRETE lights about 4' tall (and approx. 100lbs.) that only illuminate a small area w/ 25w lights and are on dusk to dawn timers. They are a lot nicer than the yard lights in front of all TV homes - cost about $200 each. "Nope" was the answer we got.
Then we started looking around the neighborhood; plenty of violations, but we took the high road and didn't report them, all the time thinking "Yep, our lights are going up".
Two weeks ago we sold our home our KC home. After the sale, the couple that bought it wanted to meet with me to find out how to work the heat/ac system, the security system, the sprinkler system and what I did to have the best looking yard in our neighborhood
. When we got done, they offered $300 each for the lights; needless to say, as much as my wife loved them, they are not coming to TV.
The moral of the story? "Live and let live". Problems have a way of taking care of themselves, even pink flamingos.