RWCW mentioned that under The Villages own agreement antennas would be permitted where allowed by law. Actually, the FCC and the Federal goverment hold preemption over antennas used to receive broadcast signals. In fact...a large number of ham radio operators have used that federal law when towns demanded they remove their antennas. The government states that no state or local goverment can deny the use of antennas on private property. The only exception that I know of is when such an antenna..tower or whatever causes an unsafe condition such as the possiblity of it falling onto power lines etc. I'm not sure how that effects agreements that private communities require buyers to sign. Particularly as regards to tv antennas, be they dishes or over the air roof antennas, if pressed I think a court would come down on the side of the antenna owner if the case was referred to federal ruling. In regards to ham antennas, the government views them as a potential emergency service resource but who knows how far the federal law can be pushed to defend a ham radio operator's antenna.
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