Wind chimes removal too much? Your Advise.

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RickR1 (California)
Posts: 37

Posted:

I'm on the board in my condo unit and we finally have to decide about enforcing the 'piercing the exterior wall' bylaw in the CCRs.
My question is this.
We have the power to remove the wind chimes as clearly stated but is it worth the back lash and appearing of being too anal by everyone?

Most chimes are fine but we have to consider these issues if we don't enforce:

1. enforcing lights, hose holders, other decorations and not enforcing wind chimes

&

2. damage caused by the screw over time. screw is removed and water can get in, including termites.

For #1, i see its an issue for not enforcing 'all' rules and we can be eventually sued in the future for this

For #2, its the future damage that can happen. Also, what would you do as to fix the hole. Hire an insured handy man to remove, fill and paint that hole and bill the owner?

RonaldW (South Carolina)
Posts: 901

Posted:

I would consider 'piercing the exterior wall' to mean all the way trough such as for an electrical cable or such but I suppose it could be interpreted the way you are seeing it.

You haven't had any noise complaints about the wind chimes?

You are right to be concerned about lights and especially hose reels. A loaded hose reel is pretty heavy and if not installed properly could be pulled off the wall taking several inches of wall surface with it.

Lights and hose reels might fall under the jurisdiction of the ACC which could prohibit or regulate them.

Back to the wind chimes: I'll never understand why seemingly normal people will go to Wal-Mart and buy all manner of junk and then bring it home and attach it to their walls or plant it in their yards thinking it improves the appearance of their property!

If you've already let several people put up wind chimes and it's been a while, you will come off as a "grinch" if you make them remove the chimes. If you have (or can "invent") noise complaints, you can order them removed.

As for the 'piercing the exterior wall', the savvy owner could mount the chimes with adhesive which won't pierce the wall but will do much more damage when it comes time to remove it.

Ron
SC

BrianB (California)
Posts: 2,820

Posted:

Can't advise too much about the issue itself, except i would make sure i had clear idea on what "piercing" was and what a "wall" was.. for instance, my wind chimes hang from eaves and porch beams, not walls, so I would be okay, i assume. Unless you think "wall" means "any exterior surface".

I would say that to target wind chimes and leave lighting, hose racks, house numbers, etc. would be setting up for a problem. enforce all, or none.

and some possible answers for the Walmart question (Ron, i think?) are:
1) appearance isn't important to everyone
2) your idea of junk differs from theirs
3) improving isn't important to everyone
4) money isn't important to everyone (kinda ties in with improving, value, etc.)

RonaldW (South Carolina)
Posts: 901

Posted:

Posted By BrianB on 01/06/2007 7:46 AM

and some possible answers for the Walmart question (Ron, i think?) are:
1) appearance isn't important to everyone
2) your idea of junk differs from theirs
3) improving isn't important to everyone
4) money isn't important to everyone (kinda ties in with improving, value, etc.)

Think pink flamingo yard art, large blow-up Christmas decorations featuring Homer and Bart Simpson, concrete sculptures of pigs or deer, plywood outlines of women bending over, etc.

Yes, my idea of junk differs from that of some others, it's a good reason to live in a community where these "artistic expressions" are prohibited or controlled. There are plenty of trailer parks where these things would be welcomed.

Ron
SC

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