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Originally Posted by downeaster
Cassie said:
"Doesn't Deed Compliance have better things to do with their time??? There are tons of homes in violation of their Deed Restrictions all over TV's....they should focus on what is important."
And Steve said:
"All that and an address in TV. Sounds like a business to me, and if the way to get around the deed restrictions is to have a PO Box outside TV, then that's what's got to happen.
While it may not be bothering anyone, and you may have been ratted out by someone, it doesn't change the fact that by all indications you're breaking the rules, even if it's a technicality. Your choice as to whether or not to fight, or change your address.
Granted the rules can be stupid about certain things, but they are the rules that we (consciuosly or not) signed up for. So either obey them, or get them changed. And of course you should always be careful about what people know about you"
Two excellent points.
Although I feel deed compliance is over zealous in this case, if they didn't act on a complaint they could be considered derelict in performing their duties.
Someone earlier suggested modifying the rule to exempt any business that does not impact on anyone.
I would also suggest a method of granting a waiver for an individual case. TH's "business" would qualify for a waiver. Were I to apply for a waiver in order to manufacture widgets in my garage, I would be denied.
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I agree that they may go to the extremes in bringing our attention to the deed restrictions. I question if sometimes they use the "complaint" to make it that they aren't the "bad" guy. Shortly after I moved into my CYV I got a note under my wiper from Community Watch that two of my wheels were on the pavement, not my driveway. (I had parked there when my wife was out with her car.) No big deal, I made sure my wheels were never on the blacktop. Recently I had a knock on the door. "Someone" had "complained" that one of my wheels was on the gravel at my house, not on the concrete. Sure enough, I checked it out, vehicles must be "wholly within the driveway, garage, or other non-visitor parking spaces".
Oh well, off the soapbox.