Would you consider this a violation?

File this under "odd" but is it violation "odd"? Here in the South we have Bermuda grass. If your not familiar with it, the grass has a dormancy period. It is brown and blah during fall/winter. The Spring/Summer months it lushes out and turns green. Nice barefoot walking grass.

Here is the "odd" part. My neighbor has decided to make his yard GREEN ALL year round! This isn't the nature of this grass. It isn't made to be green all year round. It really sticks out in the neighborhood. No one has their grass green. It almost doesn't even look like it's Bermuda grass. Which is required.

The HOA is recently going around issuing out "weed" violations. Mind you it's a bit too early to do that right now. We had to fight "Army worm" last year which killed a lawns. (Mine included). I am still trying to figure out if my grass will come back. Already have the seed ready once the weather/grass is ready. The place is only a year old right now.

Do you think my neighbor's bright green yard is a violation? It's not "weedy" which is what the HOA is going after. However, bright green in winter? Plus should make sure it is Bermuda? It almost looks like Fescue which is a "trick" one can use with Bermuda to make it green all year. Otherwise have to do a Nitrogen treatment.

Mind you he is my next door neighbor. So I have a huge green line going down the side...

It is not common to do the overseeing. It can be done but not common. Most people here burn it or scalp the yard for the Bermuda to come back with less weeds.

It is developer owned. Dumb MC in charge. So I am not sure what to call it.

If you consider north Texas/DFW area as being in the south, the most common grasses here are Bermuda and St. Augustine. I'm a 25 years ago corporate relocation transplant from northern California; I'm still not certain if we are in the south or not.

Our lawns turn brown in the late fall and green up beginning about now. While over seeding is not widely common, it is not unknown.

Our CC&R's expressly prohibit winter over seeding. Regardless of what yours say, I recommend you just ignore the whole thing. The natural green is beginning to come out, whatever was used will be be overrun soon by the Bermuda coming back.

Note I do not care. However, the HOA is giving out weed fines right now to some neighbors. My question would having a green yard count as a violation for yard or not?

Note this neighbor installed a fence without HOA permission. It seems strange to me that not hearing about any of their violations. Everyone else has been complaining about getting letters.

It is not green paint. It is grass. It does look nice. The problem is that it is not supposed to. It is to be in a dormant stage like everyone else.

It basically looking at rows of Bermuda and then bright green grass then Bermuda. Remover a HOA purpose is to keep things equal appearance wise. This yard sticks out massively.

I know grass and this has me perplexed. I can not say it is ugly. Can not say it is not Bermuda. It just is inconsistent with everyone.

My former HOA we had Bermuda only. We got a deal on some Zoysia grass. It is in the same Bermuda family. Just finer blades. Used on golf courses. Used just a few squares to cover some drainage damage. I nearly got nailed to the wall for that.

So to have a green yard all winter with a grass not known to be green in winter is perplexing if violation or not.

Mel

Many docs call for landscaping to have a "common look". If so, over seeding would not be allowed. Otherwise, funny looking or not, it is allowed.

This is such a comical posting, I'm not sure Melissa isn't taking us all for a spin.

As a former HOA President (lol) and 11k posts, Melissa should know to first check the governing documents and cite the alleged section being violated.

The first step of any investigation is to determine if the HOA has jurisdiction over the issue and then what the specific ccr's/rules/whatever say about it.

Even without her citations, I would find it quite a stretch for an HOA to consider a luscious and green lawn to be in violation and considered "weeds."

just wow.

No, it is not a violation. I guarantee you that the color of winter grass is not regulated by any HOA in the world.

Melissa, you've gone back and forth about your rule. From "Just believe it is to be Bermuda" to "rules say 'Must be Bermuda grass'"

It's either a rule in your docs or it's not.

If it is, the course is clear. It's a violation if your neighbor has replaced his bermuda with something else. Of course, if it's magical never-goes-dormant bermuda, that's different.

exactly. Just quote and cite the rule/ccr in question, or let's all just move on.