Saturday, March 28, 2015

Homeowners face HOA fines for children playing in driveway and on sidewalk

No, really.  It's true.  Having solved all other problems, this HOA has decided to prevent children from playing.  Why would anybody, with children or not, live in a place like this?


 "Some Chula Vista homeowners contacted Team 10, furious that their homeowners association is fining them if their children are caught playing outside on the driveway or sidewalk. Under the Agave and Saguaro HOA's rules, there are no wheeled toys -- including, but not limited to, bicycles, scooters, rollerblades, skateboards or roller skates -- allowed to be ridden in the HOA's common areas. Common areas include driveways, sidewalks and streets in the complex. According to the property manager, it's for safety reasons, but resident Karen Deviolini said, "You're fined because you live in a place where kids can't be kids."

http://www.10news.com/news/investigations/chula-vista-homeowners-face-hoa-fines-for-children-playing-on-driveway-sidewalk

1 comment:

robert @ colorado hoa . com said...

In his 1957 review of Ayn Rand's novel, Whittaker Chambers observed that:

"the strenuously sterile world of Atlas Shrugged is scarcely a place for children. You speculate that, in life, children probably irk the author and may make her uneasy."

at www.nationalreview.com/article/222482/big-sister-watching-you-whittaker-chambers

FYI: For you young kids who aren't familiar with the magazine, National Review describes itself as "America's most widely read and influential magazine and web site for conservative news, commentary, and opinion."