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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (3704)	1/28/2001 3:36:34 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

For tin pot Napoleons, nothing beats a Homeowner's Association, especially in a planned community. I have several friends who handle zoning cases - have heard a lot of horror stories. The worst one was the guy whose house was burglarized - the burglars broke in through his front door and he couldn't lock it - he got a plywood door from the hardware store just so he could lock the front door until the "proper" style door came in - the Homeowner's Association cited him for having the wrong style door. Another case was one where the daughter of the homeowners was in a wheelchair - after a bad accident - they wanted to put a wheelchair ramp into the house and the Homeowner's Association fought it tooth and nail, although the family eventually prevailed. We were very careful not to move somewhere with a Homeowner's Association. The way I look at it is, if the laws are in place when you moved there, you have no excuse if you don't like them. Live somewhere else. If the laws are enacted after you move there, your non-conforming use is grandfathered. Here in Fairfax County, zoning enforcement is very zealous - so is Permits and Planning. In the contiguous communities, including Fairfax City, these agencies are much more lenient. It just depends on how you want to live.