Community Standards
 

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This photo was taken on Springdale Path in Osceola.
People complaining about lawn sculptures, that can always be removed, cannot compare to having this in your neighborhood to bring others property values down. How can this be allowed?

Well, I don't see any forbidden lawn ornaments. What happens when it get's real windy? How do they rake the leaves from their neighbor's trees off that nice brown lawn? Do they refresh it every 6 months?

Call here...to get the real answer.
VCDD Community Standards

I seriously doubt that it is in fact allowed, however, until Community Standards receives a complaint (anonymous or otherwise) they will not be able to do anything. If this is in one of the newer neighborhoods (District 11 and above) it may still be up to the developer to handle any deed restriction violations.

It depends on the deed covenants for that house. But most covenants either require a certain percentage of the outside to be lawn or require permission from ARC to make a change to the sod
or any changes to the shape of the planting areas that were originally put down on the property.

But in any case the only way to get the landscaping on this house restored if it is in violation of the covenants is to contact Community Standards and ask them to check the house. VCDD Deed Compliance - Lake County

:agree: :popcorn:

Easily solved....post #3.

Is it possible that they're covering it as part of a process to repair it? I can't tell from the photo what exactly it is, straw, or hay, or shredded mulch, or special growth spread that includes seed, fertilizer, mulch, and whatever else. Some folks here up north put some kind of brown shredded mulchy type stuff on top of grass that's been overwatered and undernourished, in order to rot it and re-nourish dead soil. But that's done in patches. Never seen it on top of the entire lawn before.

We are almost totally Live & Let Live but I would have to make an exception if that was in my hood. I didn't read the rules yet because we are on the way out the door but I'll read Bogie's post later.

That hurts my eyes and to me, it looks like straw which is a problem in itself because of ticks & bugs. My info comes from two different landscapers who I wanted to spread that as a border around the house for us and they convinced me to do stone instead.

If that is legal and allowed someone screwed up the rules. Yuck!

Resale value of that house has been decimated and the neighbors have also been hurt. :ohdear:

Just guessing, Looks like a temporary protection for possibly old turf that was removed and maybe waiting for a new layer of soil and sod to prevent erosion. I saw that a couple times up north. I highly doubt someone would expect that to be permanent (but there have been stranger things here).

That's pretty much the same as I thought (that's why I posted what I posted up-thread). If you look at the edges of that lawn, you'll see the actual "grass" is yellow, not green. Over-watered, undernourished, OR incorrectly overnourished with way too much nitrogen and phosphorus, which caused the whole lawn to burn.

It looks like pine straw which is a common mulch here.

Go knock on the door and ask, rather than condemn without facts.
Or act on #3 post

Compliance to community standards is wearing thin lately. Let’s get back to how much Villagers drink too much. And maybe throw in some complaints about not fixing divits on the greens.:popcorn:

Florida Friendly
 

Pass this house everyday. The front yard was the only grass this house had since new. The sides and back are Florida Friendly plantings. They sprayed and killed the whole front yard about a month ago. I am not sure what they are doing but I will offer a guess. Some homeowners are replacing grass with a very slow growing green plant.
You see a lot of this type of plant along the MM paths. About twice a year they use a sting trimmer to trim the tops off. Please this is just a guess.