The Parkways
Although it's prohibited, we recently noticed that several of the homes in the Alder and Sycamore communities have modified the parkways in front of their respective homes, so i t appears we have yet another major rule that the developer-controlled HOA has not enforced. This is another important one for us since the development is too densely populated to allow for such a high level of homeowner personalization. From our perspective, a high level of personalization without adherence to an aesthetic standard in a community in which homes are located so closely together, combined with the fact that the HOA is not enforcing required garage usage (leading to a number of vehicles in the respective driveways), has led to a development that feels increasingly chaotic and cluttered. It was inconceivable to us that there were HOAs that did not enforce their own CC&Rs; this is one of the Board's most basic responsibilities ! This is most certain...