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Originally Posted by coffeebean
This is quite enlightening. I never realized we are not allowed to have an aquarium in our homes. The fact there is a limit to two fish? That is ludicrous. Keeping fish on a leash? That must be an error.
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In an earlier post I included a screen shot of the covenant for our district (12) but the wording is almost identical in all of them.
It describes what are allowable pets, what are not allowable pets, and how many pets you can have. I am CERTAIN the intent is to only allow 2 dogs, however, the wording is very clear and specific - it says there will be no more than 2 of the pets - which includes the fish. It also say that the owner is required to keep the "pets" on a leash, again obviously referring to dogs (maybe cats?) but that is not what it says. It says fish are pets and pets have to be kept on a leash.
My purpose in posting it, and repeating it, is that people keep saying that we should follow the rules, and if we don't follow the rules we are just stupid (name calling always works well in public discussions). Well then I suggest everyone should follow the rules. Keep your gold fish on a leash and don't have more than 2 of any mixture of pets. Don't do any investing in the stock market or selling or renting of multiple properties for a profit at home, etc, etc, etc.
Pretty silly isn't it. The covenants are all like that. People may "think" they know what they are agreeing to, but the wording is so poor that it is completely open to interpretation.
My opinion is that the covenants describe an intent, which is to keep TV beautiful for everyone to enjoy and benefit from. They provide guidelines only. And any complaint is investigated and the incident is evaluated to determine if it abides by the intent or not. If it is in violation of the rule they can (and do) grant exceptions.
All the fluster and bluster is not moving things forward, since they are proposing that we follow the exact letter of the rules, while those rules are so poorly written they can not in all reality be followed.