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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Aside from the obvious Orwellian implications of that suggestion, let's focus on the part in bold:
The powers that be did not want to get involved in which lawn ornaments are acceptable and which aren't, which is a matter of taste, so they banned them all. People like to think a little white cross is acceptable---what if someone displayed it upside down because their religion is a bit darker? What if the bird was a large pink flamingo instead of a tasteful brass heron? How about a statue of their favorite political figure? The problem is that there is no universal agreement as to what constitutes "the low-level "ticky tacky" variety".
As I see it, the main problem is the vast differences in deed restrictions between different Villages, and even different units within a village. Some standardization would have been helpful.
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I agree with most of that post. The Villages have a whole crew of lawyers and experts available to them and SHOULD (?) be able to come to a list of what is insignificant (ticky tacky) and that which reaches a level serious enough to make a Village look like it is deteriorating. I saw a resident's yard get written up for overgrown grass and The Villages had a commercial lawnmowing person cut it and give the residents the bill. Now they are more diligent about cutting their lawn. I believe that a Community Service person wrote them up. So, I imagine that they have some guidelines as to what reaches the level that requires The Villages to act.