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Old 02-19-2025, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by RobbyHarris View Post
ARC approved putting a small storage shed in my yard (where it can barely if at all be seen from the street) but the deed restrictions don't seem to allow it. Who wins? ARC or DEED? It's not a Villa.
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I did a search here for (specifically) SHEDS and there were a couple but nothing definitive or with any after-the-fact problems and they were quite old.
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My approval form has nothing like the sample you gave.
It only talks about water management, drainage etc.

How do I find the name/title of my D.R.? Too lazy to go looking for my paperwork buried somewhere. I looked on tax bill etc and only see my specific property info (lot #). It is district 6. I kinda agree on "just do it".
So, you knew that exterior structures not attached to the HOUSE (not the patio) were not allowed per the deed restrictions, but you went ahead and submitted a request to ARC anyway. And now, you KNOW that one says you can't, and the other says you can.

Sounds to me like when I was a kid, and asked dad if I could go out to play before I finished my homework and he said no, so I went and asked mom, and she said yes. But I was worried dad would find out that I disobeyed him, and asked my sister what she thought I should do.

Sounds to me like you already know that you aren't supposed to have external structures on your property that aren't attached to the house, and you're looking to get away with doing it anyway.

Good luck. My advice: don't be that neighbor. No one wants a neighbor like that, here. With a tacky pink flamingo on the front lawn, at least you can move it to the back yard and it'll be in compliance. Or you can throw it away and it's just $20 in the trash. A shed is significantly more expensive, will result in the destruction of however many square feet of yard it sits on, and is much more likely to **** off your neighbors.