What type(s) of (illegal) yard ornaments, represents that the homeowner follows..."hedonistic ways?" :D

By definition, shouldn't someone who displays a white cross to proclaim they are a Christian...at least try to follow the tenets described thereof?

I can't help but notice, a lot of downright 'un-Christian' reactions and posts...toward anyone who is against white crosses on lawns.

Is it just me that finds this...highly hypocritical? :shrug:

Respect. Maybe the problem would be lessened by people respecting their agreement to abide by the deed restrictions as shown by their signature on the purchase documents. My residence is in compliance and, by chance, it was not and was reported by someone, the blame would be mine alone. And certainly not the person who reported it.

I’ve read some hypothetical situations posted in opposition to the anonymous reporting system but what they really do is support homeowners adhering to the deed restrictions. It’s not the system, it’s people failing to honor the commitment they accepted by purchasing here.

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True (and funny) story: First bought in Woodbury in 2003, new neighborhood. Restrictions/compliance was really strict back then. Community Standards/watch whatever drove around checking for "Violators". Garden gazing balls were very popular then, saw them everywhere including other neighborhoods and villages. So I bought one and put it IN my garden surrounded by shrubs and flowers. It was not on my lawn. A couple weeks go by and I come home to an official warning ticket on front door knob. Oops. BTW, I am a rule following type of person. Apparently can't have a gazing ball in the garden. Okay fine, I moved gazing ball to rear yard against lanai where it lived for several years. No problem. Our yard backed up to a fence.
It gets 'better'. We had a company do a screened in front porch with door, etc. All ARC approved of course. During the work, we had to get everything off our porch and out of their way. We had a plain white cement/concrete statue of a dog holding a basket of flowers. It was extremely heavy. We TEMPORARILY moved it to the corner of our sidewalk until it could go back to living ON OUR PORCH. The SAME DAY the porch was completed and workers had left, someone stopped their white truck, came up to our door and gave me a verbal 'warning' that the statue can not be out there. I was like come on, really? I explained why it was out there for ONE FREAKING DAY, that I couldn't pick it up and carry it myself, and my husband would deal with it when he got home. If the guy couldn't wait until hubby was home, he was more than welcome to put it on the porch himself. Jeez!
THAT, my friends, is the definition of OVERZEALOUS rules enforcers in TV! LOL!
I realize it takes all kinds, people are different, but I have always minded my own business and I appreciate people who do the same.
Extremism either way is not a good thing. If everyone used common sense and lived by the Golden Rule, we'd ALL be better off. Have a peaceful day!

Well put!

Would it have made a difference if you say put a blanket on the dog statue to indicate it was being moved?

Did the warning give you a time frame to comply with the warning?

Are you referring to Christmas time? That is not 4+ months of the years. More like the month of December. I don't know what you are getting at.

I think someone was trying to get at the idea if you have an illegal ornament, add a Christmas bow to it, then change it to a Valentine heart, then add Easter eggs etc etc throughout the year.

We had a family on a street I once lived on (not in TV) that had a life style statue of holy Mary, two 8 foot blue Smurfs and a very large blown up Santa all year long.

WOW.....good catch. I always thought of seasonal displays as Christmas time only. Never dawned on me that we could display lawn ornaments for Summer, Spring and Fall. Hmmm. Something to think about.

I don't have the rules in front of me but, (correct me if I'm wrong here); I have always been under the impression the Christmas displays must be down by the first week in January. No?

So.........given that time frame for Christmas displays, when do the Summer, Spring and Fall displays have to be down by? See what I'm getting at?

Is this for real? Yikes!!!

I agree with you 100%. The reason the complaint system is complaint driven is because having someone driving around and reporting every violation would be expensive. As large as TV is it would take a large department to deal with all of the violations and we would pay for this via increase amenity fees. I lived in a neighborhood of only 1300 homes and the expense of having someone deal with violations was costly.

6' tall lawn ornament? Why is this neighbor pushing the envelope that far? You can't be serious. I have never reported any infraction I have seen and I am opposed to all those little white crosses. Having said that......I would report a 6' lawn ornament in a heartbeat! I would not put up with that. Sorry.

Just wondering.... is it a dinosaur?

Obviously it's not expensive at all, if you have so many willing and eager volunteers already doing it for free. Make them official Volunteer Compliance Officers, tell them it's now their actual responsibility, they get coffee and donuts when they turn their report in at the end of their shift, and problem solved.

Of course that means everyone will know who they are. But if they are sincere in their need to ensure that the entirety of the Villages is in compliance with each area's respective deed restrictions, they should have no problem identifying themselves. They could even get fancy hats and a special marker on their golf cart to indicate that they're "on duty."