There was quite a discussion/review regarding fences in the POA paper this weekend. Fences are a no-no, but you can have the invisible fencing. This was addressed by Diane Tucker in a Deed Compliance presentation.
"Ms. Tucker responded that the restrictive covenants say no fences, so fences are not allowed. However, no resident has ever come to the Architectural Review Committee with a request for permission to install an invisible fence. Because there was some question as to how a [fence] should be defined, Ms. Tucker requested that both the District and Developer attorneys review the matter. They determined that the prohibition against fences does NOT APPLY to invisible fences so they are legal throughout all areas of The Villages."
This was Item 6) in the Deed Compliance Section of the POA. Section 7) went on to discuss whether they had to be leashed when in the confines of the fence. The answer was that that question would have to be addressed by Animal Control since the fence is legal and that takes it out of the DC jurisdiction (hope I spelled that right
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