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HOAs often impose yard upkeep rules on owners. I have a buddy whose front yard grass keeps dying from dog walkers letting their dogs pee in his yard, and then as an insult to injury, the HOA cites him.
It'd be ideal if your neighborhood had a dog park established as an alternative, but honestly, this rule is on the more agreeable side as far as HOAs go.
Oh wow I read a functional ban on dogs as extreme rather than agreeable - that's interesting.
I'm of the opinion that more often than not, dog owners suck for everyone around them. They typically suck so much, that dog owners don't often even like other dog owners. But the problem is that the individual dog owner can't see that they themselves probably suck.
So, I personally find strict rules about their impact on a neighborhood agreeable.
Interesting perspective. Other than being mad that dogs exist and inconsistent grass color I can't imagine other slights dog owners are applying to the neighborhood. Maybe barking? But that has never really been a issue here, to my knowledge.
Constant barking, dog crap on my lawn because the dog owner doesn't want to deal with it on their lawn, dog running into the middle of the street and nearly getting hit, and my personal favorite, chasing children and trying to bite them.
Sounds like you have a problem with extremely irresponsible people who happen to have dogs.
Sadly many people who own dogs fall into that category.
I think we can just say "many people fall into that category".
You're not wrong, but I'd offer a slightly more generalized version: People suck.
There's a forest near my house that has a public trail network and it's explicitly marked as an on-leash area at every point of entrance. About 90% of dog owners seem to think they're the exception to the rule. 20% immediately leash their dog when they come across other people, 30% have aggressive dogs that the owners don't seem capable of or interested in controlling, and the rest are somewhere between the two.
Maybe it's a localized phenomenon, but it's telling that most of them think the rules shouldn't apply to themselves.
(And before anyone says I'm biased, I like dogs!)
The ideal solution is that HOAs be abolished op lives in a community where 50% of the residents are held to a collective standard they have no say in that's enforced by those who's qualifications are they've nothing better to do with their time. The idea that HOAs increase property value is a scam.
This. States need to start banning HOA's