I don't know if they've changed, but the covenants for our house say that NO antennas are permitted except for those specifically allowed. I presume that refers primarily to the use of television satellite dishes for which you are required to make an application for approval - and they'll tell you where you can put it...
I'm no lawyer, but I think the wording is very poor. It means that you can't have a cell phone because, after all, it is a radio and it has an antenna. Your vehicle in the garage probably has some very ugly antenna on it. Wireless networks are out, of course. Get rid of your AM/FM radio - it's not permitted. Got an "atomic clock"? Get rid of it - not permitted. Along with your laptop or tablet computer. They've all got antennas.
What they really meant was that they don't want any unsightly apparatus that your neighbors or the real estate agents MIGHT feel would somehow lower the resale value of other homes regardless of how useful you may feel it may be. The easiest solution is just to prohibit everything.
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