[asianthree]

so do we know if this house was a cyv

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by ohpoo

I have witnessed a home in the Buttonwood area where the yard is completely covered in rock. I thought you could only do partial coverage with the rock. Are there rules governing this?

Originally Posted by asianthree

so do we know if this house was a cyv

Since it's OK to completely rock CYVs, I'd assume that the OP was probably asking about houses and not villas.

I have also seen designer homes that have lawns that are completely rocked. There is one in Belvedere Village. It looks lovely, but has no grass whatsoever on the front lawn. Lots of bushes, trees and rocks. It's beautifully done. I assume no neighbours have complained, and why would they, it looks fine.

[skip0358]

I do believe I've seen the house your talking about and wondered the same thing. It is deff a rock garden including the rock mountain. i to thought that TV rules forbid that but then again should we or shouldn't we enforce that one. I doubt they had a permit.

[gomoho]

So if they are not gobbling gobs of water to keep their expanse green and healthy and not loading up with fertilizer to cause the ponds to be stressed what is the issue? Rocks and landscape plants can be beautiful if done well and we have lots and lots and lots of green expanse with our golf courses and public areas. We only have a finite amount of water on this earth and why use it up when you don't need to? Isn't that something - that was one of the most fascinating things I learned in geology - there is only so much water on earth that keeps recylcing itself. Maybe that is why the gulf states are being drowned right now - they are getting the water the midwest normally gets. It's not nice to fool Mother Nature.

[perrjojo]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Oh please...if ya have to have rock...DelWebb in Arizona has just what you need.

I LOVE the green expanses.

I'm with you. Our CYV neighborhood looks more like Arizona than Florida due to all of the stones apes.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by gomoho

Senate Bill 2080 is interesting - would like someone to do a presentation after speaking with our ARC so we can be advised exactly what we can or cannot do. I would be interested in getting rid of some of this water-hogging, high maintanance grass!

Rather than get the information second-hand why don't you call yourself?
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[JAV0108]

Not "ALL" irrigation water is from run off, I think only south of 466. I live in Springdale and our irrigation is the same as house water.