Why
 

"Clothes lines in the villages are allowed"

:confused: Why was this started in the POLITICAL THREAD..... other than not having to put a name on it?


:024: Admin. or Mod. Please move to correct thread with correct name.

Thank you.

Messages to the mod are to be sent to the moderator, not posted as a thread.

Maybe because how we all feel about Global Warming is often political.


I hope this isn't going to be a clothesline war here in The Villages. I did my share of clotheslines. If you want to hang your clothes, I would guess that doing it on your enclosed lanai would satisfy deed restrictions.


But knowing how we can argue over stuff, that won't be the end of this issue.

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:wave: As much as I like going back and forth..... I have things to do today.

1st. thing is wash my engine block and hang it out in my front yard in the tree to dry. 6 months might be about right. :jester:

Go right ahead. Someone is likely to tell Santa. Don't come cryin' to me.

Florida Statute:
163.04 Energy devices based on renewable resources.—
(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or other provision of general or special law, the adoption of an ordinance by a governing body, as those terms are defined in this chapter, which prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting the installation of solar collectors, clotheslines, or other energy devices based on renewable resources is expressly prohibited.
(2) A deed restriction, covenant, declaration, or similar binding agreement may not prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting solar collectors, clotheslines, or other energy devices based on renewable resources from being installed on buildings erected on the lots or parcels covered by the deed restriction, covenant, declaration, or binding agreement. A property owner may not be denied permission to install solar collectors or other energy devices by any entity granted the power or right in any deed restriction, covenant, declaration, or similar binding agreement to approve, forbid, control, or direct alteration of property with respect to residential dwellings and within the boundaries of a condominium unit. Such entity may determine the specific location where solar collectors may be installed on the roof within an orientation to the south or within 45° east or west of due south if such determination does not impair the effective operation of the solar collectors.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU BOGEY BOY. Can't tell you how many times I've talked to people about these two Florida Statues (pertaining to any/all so called governing bodies that try to convince us that "they" can supersede the law) by telling us we cannot use natural means available to the living world like solar, wind or other renewable sources. We, the people, are not in violation if we use a clothes line to dry clothes or using the sun &/or wind that is free to all.

I thought the Florida Statute on lawns/water conservation/how much grass is required -- differs from our deed restriction which requires more grass. Perhaps I'm wrong.

I think clothes lines look like crap.............right up there with old sofa's on the front porch.

You may well be right, but there is more. Not everyone thinks that any one thing can change global warming. Many of us were born in an era that taught us to save money, reuse, and recycle. People had work clothes and Sunday clothes and they weren't worn once and washed. My mother made us wear underarm dress shields with our "good" clothes. I laugh at the people who think that a hybrid car is a big part of the answer. If all on the planet don't try...it is useless.


There is no way we will or can slow down manufacturing or the use of engines on this planet.


So hang your clothes while you can reach above your head. I say it is ****ing in the wind.

Does this mean I can go ahead with my wind turbine and tower?

As long as it's legal and not in my village.

Just to be clear, I never said I wanted to see clotheslines in TV. I was just trying to point out that there are some things that The Villages cannot control and with a little fact finding you can clarify some of those issues.

How bout a brand new Clayton Marcus ?