Then you could teach them a lesson or two. In person, man-to-man.

I was taught it shows integrity and honesty to try to solve problems at the lowest levels before elevating.

It also breeds distrust amongst us when we don't know which neighbor basically stabbed us in the hack as opposed to simply having a friendly/civil discussion about something we may not even be aware of...

I'm glad there are restrictions on what a homeowner can do, however I have a problem with the anonymous reporting. It fosters suspicion and distrust of your acquaintances and neighbors.

nope!

Other than the Karen part… Tell me what in their post was wrong?

I know my neighbors if I did something wrong, it would be by mistake but whoever would report me sure wouldn’t be one of my neighbors! What kind of neighbor is a person if they are worried about theirs?

Now that everyone in Florida can carry a weapon without a permit or anything else you may want to rethink that line of reasoning.

How do you know if it was the same individual if they are all anonymous? I know the community standards people who contact you do not have any information about the person filing the complaint.

I think you lost us when you tried to imply that flowers being placed too close to a street would be heard by a " federal court":1rotfl:

You have made a good point about "FLOWERS". But, don't forget that "flowers" usually have a stalk that supports the "flowers" up to some certain height. Suppose that the stalk height is 3 ft or 4 ft. Now we have a bush with flowers and that could present a visual safety hazard for oncoming vehicles;
......Now that 13 ft back from the street seems WAY excessive, maybe 5 or 6 ft would be reasonable.
.......At the exit of the Southside pool there is a large bush that forces cars to go out into the middle of the street in order to see if other cars are coming. That is a safety hazard created by plants and it is 2 ft from the road and it is on Village property, not a resident's.
.......The excessive plants on ALL the roundabouts create a traffic safety hazard.
........Just saying that it is possible for plants to create a LEGITIMATE hazard and therefore a need to be written up.
........I can't make a judgment in this particular case because there are other factors like is the street straight or does it curve. And other factors.

wrong she hired the roofer in 2020 to put new roof on ,the fault is on her not anyone else , it’s tough but buyer beware, almost all the roofers doing business in the villages know these rules and have to get building permits , it should have been caught before it was completed

Don't they dig up the flowers at intersection R-O-W whenever they need to (without any extrea effort) ????

So......you don't even live here?? I never understood the need to read\comment on a place I formally lived. A lot of people Facebook stalk old girlfriends and wives, so maybe its the same compulsion.....

New troll.

The complaints were emailed in with the same email address, shared by the Community Standards rep.

Hopefully next time they will use an anonymous email service.

Yep. Misread it.
Early in morning before coffee is my only excuse.

Or, if the sale was made through The Villages real estate sales office, if they are liable for not disclosing the violation or remediation of the violation prior to the sale?

The "13 feet" is to allow utility or emergency equipment access as needed. Think interns of an alleyway behind or between homes.

Excellent excuse! You have been exonerated. Release the prisoner.

This!!!

FYI! Trolls have no heart, therefore, no compassion. They hate every flower except stink weed. And they eat babies, furry or shaved.

I agree with you 100%. It is as sad as someone who needs to identify as a specific type of person in order to give their life meaning. "Today I am going to go and measure how far the pansy is from the road" or "I am going to show how clever I am by inserting my objection to the second amendment to a post about pansies and petunias".

As someone suggested perhaps only accepting complaints from people that live in their own village would help. But the bottom line still is - Why do you want to know who made the complaint. What would you do with that information? I would love to hear the honest answer to that question.

Can someone point me to the deed restriction that mentions no flowers in a 13' easement?

I can find mention of a 10' easement but no mention of flowers. Even if "no flowers" is understood as a standard restriction on an easement, I still don't see 13' mentioned.

So a community standards person, mentioned to more than one household in the 65 complaints at our old neighborhood, one of the original clipboard ladies was turned in for the multitude of white crosses in their front, side yard.

She fought the complaints, and lost, and fines were incurred, Weeks later she started filling out complaints in her own neighborhood, because she didn’t know who turned her in. Then with a partner it escalated to traveling to other villages. Because if she couldn’t have whatever in her yard, than nobody else would either.

Our complaints were from the original red golf cart clip board ladies. For all anyone knows she may have expanded into a organization group with monthly meetings:1rotfl:

True origin of the clipboard ladies?-----maybe
Urban legend?-------------------------------------maybe

Kind of like the "People who live in Harmeswood don't have to rake traps" story that's been circulating for over 10 years.

10' became 13' due to inflation.

No problem. Just tell them what you want along with your expectations for correction of defects if they miss. That way, they can calculate the bill for the added responsibility or politely suggest that you go elsewhere.

Wow

10 ' vs 13'.....
 

As I sat here reading all the comments I noticed that not one person mentioned that. I believe, as you, that the easement is 10'.

I would fart in their general direction!

Actually, give them the "stinkeye". But it would allow me to know which neighbor is a tattle tale and guard my privacy accordingly.

Or drag a gator to their front door.

Um, post #105. So at least one person mentioned it

I thought I read somewhere that they were doing away with anonymous complaints.

I said that the 13 ft seemed excessive.

The Villages is one big community trying to establish standards which enhance the community. These standards have evolved as the community grows. There is plainly a reason that they ban fences, mailboxes along the street, sheds etc. Other restrictions may be less obvious but likely have valid reasons. We, the property owners need to adhere to these standards and put our big people pants on if in non-compliance. It shouldn't be an issue with the reporter of the compliance or where they are located. The problem is the person in non-compliance.
I have no idea why flowers too close to the road are non-compliant. It may be something as simple as trying control front yard lawn appearance.

Wow
 

You're certainly bright spot in someone's life. Glad it's not mine

District 5 has for sometime……complaints went down.
District 2 just approved….effective May 1.

Reporting
 

If a person has the nerve to ride all over interfering in other people's lives then they should have the courage and the nerve to sign their name to it. In my opinion they are a coward.

Good! Then we'll find out where the fiends are hiding. The Burgermiester says lock the women and children in doors, get torches and gather the hounds. We'll track the fiends to their lair and we'll....
Um. Sorry, I got carried away.