re: #91 MandyManners

What about HOA’s that forbid those?

I’m pretty sure the rule in such cases is that the more local rule or ordinance takes precedence.

The rationale behind the restrictions is that the sight of your laundry flapping in the breeze offends your neighbors. So if all your neighbors are in the HOA, there’s already been mutual agreement that it’s OK.

Also, “nuisance” ordinances like this are almost never enforced unless the police receive an actual complaint. It’s not like the police are going to waste their time patrolling for laundry violations.

But still, it ought to be up to the homeowner. I don’t like the color of my neighbor’s roof, but I’m pretty much stuck with it.