Need advice on Shed denial

Hello,
I was wondering if someone could give me some sound advice as I have a meeting with the board of directors to appeal my storage shed getting denied.
This started when we put in a shed without approval (it sounds dumb, but I didn't know at the time I needed approval) about a year ago. 2 months ago we received a letter saying we need to get approval from our architectural committee. So I submitted paper work along with pictures of our already installed shed. We received a denial letter stating the the roof needed to be shingled. The shed I purchased is a suncast resin shed which has a shingle style roof already so I resubmitted the paper work with more pictures clearly showing the shingle style roof. We received another denial letter and a letter saying to take down the shed within 10 days or we will be fined. So I have an appeal meeting with the board tonight.
My thoughts are:
The only requirements for installing a shed are that it must be "visually harminious with the house or fence to which is it most visually or physically attached, including matching major materials such as siding and roofing, dominant colors construction details and pitch of roof." This line sounds very ambiguous and vague to me and in my opinion is open to interpretation. The shed we installed does have matching colors to our house and fence which in my opinion is the definition of visual harmony.
The denial letter makes this argumentlastic sheds do not meet section 5.4(e) of the Declaration stating, "visually harminious with the house or fence to which is it most visually or physically attached, including matching major materials such as siding and roofing, dominant colors construction details and pitch of roof."

I have been doing a lot of reading in preparation of this meeting and found that the architectual committee requires at least 3 members but no more that 7. Right now, my community website only shows 2 members on this committee. Do you think I could have an argument there?

Please let me know if you think I stand a chance getting them to appeal or if I am up a creek.
Thanks!

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CalebE,
Before resubmitting your request did you shingle the roof? As to vague or ambiguous did you personally contact the Architectural Committee to find out exactly what was required in order to cure your violation for not getting approval in advance? Quit trying to blame your failure on someone or something other than yourself if you want to try to keep this shed.

Thanks for the feedback. I am not trying to blame anyone for my stupidity of not getting approval beforehand. This is my first home and my first hoa experience.

John as far as your question goes, I am looking at the sentence completely rather than taking it out of context.
visually harmonious with the house or fence to which is it most visually or physically attached, including matching major materials such as siding and roofing, dominant colors construction details and pitch of roof."

It sounds like it just needs to look like it matches the major materials and doesn't need to be the same materia, it just needs to be visually harmonious with the major materials. At least that is my take on it.
I attached some pictures of my shed.

Thanks again for the help!

Hi Caleb,

I like your interpretation but I disagree. It sounds to me like the shed has to be the same material as the house and same roof shingles as the house. With that being said, present your argument and see what happens. The committee may have the same interpretation as you once you explain it. There are so many resin type sheds available now as well as vinyl decking and fencing. Just keep a real positive slant and act like a salesman. Good Luck!!

You will lose the appeal.

The probable intent of the restriction was to PROHIBIT plastic sheds.

Take pictures of other sheds in the area. This can show that differences between the sheds exist and if there are any like the one you installed, it can show that there are other sheds similar to yours.

Be flexible and think outside the box. If the issue is only the shingle roof, ask if it would be acceptable if you simply glue shingles to the roof to give the appearance of a shingled roof.

Be apologetic: You know you messed up failing to get prior approval. Own up to that and apologize.

We enforce that as this:
If your house has IKO dual black architectural shingles, your outbuilding needs IKO dual black architectural shingles
If your house has vinyl 4" dutch-lap siding in a warm gray, your outbuilding needs vinyl 4" dutch-lap siding in a warm gray

I would not consider a plastic shed with a plastic roof to be harmonious based on the pics you included.

Caleb,

Thanks for the update.

oops:

WLL should be WILL