Small Rubermaid Outdoor Storage Shed
 

I live in a Courtyard Villa with a fence all around. Any ideas who I would contact to see if I can place small/short Rubbermaid Outdoor Storage Shed that would fit my lawnmower, weed eater and blower in my back yard. I would make sure that the height was below the top of the fence.

Go to districtgov.org, click on Departments, click on Community Standards, and print out the Architectural Review Committee application form. Submit the form and hope that they approve it. But, I doubt that they will.

They approved ours

Interesting. My courtyard covenent document specifically prohibits any outbuildings, including shacks, sheds, or utility buildings.

They have some storage sheds that are only about 4.5' tall, half of the roof sides open horizontally and there's a front door. It would be well below a fence line, totally out of view. They are big enough for bikes and a lawnmower.

I think they are referring to any permanently built structures. These Rubbermaid sheds are removable. Ours does not show over the wall and ARC was fine with it.

The key to the answer is "Is it visible from the street?" Mostly you can do what you wish in your courtyard as long as it cannot be seen from the street, or by a neighbor.

Possibilities are endless
 

i would of course get arc approval first.

Interesting.

I don't think ARC has the authority to change restrictive covenants.

They might approve something, but does it change the RC??

:read::read::read:

dd...you can have a small shed in your yard, but it must not be higher than the wall surrounding it

Maybe if behind courtyard wall and unseen it should be ok?? What goes behind the CYV wall stays behind the CYV wall. So why need approval??

If I were to seek ARC approval, I would call it a storage bin and not a storage shed. It sounds less intrusive.

LOL. I would probably do the same thing. But, hopefully, the people on the Architectural Review Committee are smart enough to not be swayed by that ploy. They should insist on a detailed description of the shed or "bin".

Behind wall lower then wall out of sight no one sees should be no problem. Not a perm figure cemented in ground. A picture to them would be enough evidence. Go to LSL next to StarBuck in breeze way there office you can fill form there and talk to help.

Better to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission.

I did all that and got approved, small vinyl shed attached to the back of my house and anchored to the ground. 3’d. X 5’w x 6’h.

Unless you have already spent a LOT of money and your begging is to no avail. Then you not only have to not have the item you already paid for but may have added expense to have it removed. So, in many cases that is a good philosophy, but not always. In this case, it might just easier to ASK for permission first rather than BEG for it later. :$:

Storage bins in back yard of courtyard villas
 

If you want to be totally legal, you need to read your covenants and restrictions. In our villas, sheds or bins are not allowed at all. However, the thread that said what is not visible behind the gate is okay is correct is that the compliance department will not enforce anything they can't see from the street. And, being compliance driven, unless a neighbor reported you, there would be no action taken. With that said, it is important that you do not place the bin next to your neighbors villa as that is in the set back. However, a small bin placed behind the fence against your villa would probably go unnoticed and many people do that.

If no one can see it without trespassing, no one will complain. Deed restriction compliance is a complaint based system. And besides, neighborhood trolls are too short to see over a solid fence.

Storage Shed?
 

Contact Community Standards in The Villages.

Better hope the two old biddies do not see it

Its not a whole lot different than the storage area under a wheeled gas-grill. Ya know, the storage area when the propane tank is kept under the grill. Kinda the same thing - non permanent and out of view of neighbors and the street.

It would never occur to me to ask ARC or anyone else if I could put something non-hazardous, non-permanent, and non-visible in my own yard.

Don't overthink it, don't make rules or open up doors to new procedures if they aren't needed. Less regulation and control of what you can and cannot do is much better. Huh, sounds like one of the principles of a major political party, doesn't it? Weird.

Storage shed
 

I had one for 10 years in my CV and I just moved and gave it to my neighbor and she’s using it. What goes on behind the fence doesn’t affect anyone else, at least as far as a shed. No approval needed.

No approval is needed until an approval is needed