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Old 07-01-2017, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by coffeebean View Post
My understanding is the walls are not in compliance with the ARC if they are installed less than 3 feet from the property line. I would venture to guess that a very large percentage of borders (tiered walls, concrete curbing and any other type of border that is there to hold in rock and mulch) are not in compliance.

I was told The Villages turn a blind eye and will not do anything about all the infractions to the rules. Having said that however......all it takes is for a complaint to be made against anything that is not in compliance; then the ARC will inform the homeowner to remove the structure. I was told that a homeowner had to remove a water feature because it was constructed in an area that was not in compliance with the ARC.
The Villages doesn't do anything about deed restrictions being ignored until someone reports it. Our next door neighbor was putting knick knacks and planting stuff on our property until we sold the house and they came to survey. He hadn't realized that land wasn't his and we didn't want to cause tension by pointing it out. It wasn't a big deal to us..
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