BYlaws vs, County Ordinance

The HOA rules can be more restrictive than than the county rules. They still can comply with them as yours do. Just your rules are tighter on the time line.

However it being tighter time line means the HOA enforces the rules versus the county police. They in police territory between 11 to 6.

Hey Melissa,

Thank you soo much.. What about the fireworks? The reason I ask is becuse we had 2 board members say fireworks in the community are OK to do even though the covenants say:

The display or discharge of firearms and fireworks within
the Community is prohibited; provided, however, that the display of lawful firearms is permitted
by law enforcement officers and also is permitted for the limited purpose of transporting firearms
to or from a Lot. The term "firearms" includes, but is not limited to, "B-B" guns, pellet guns,
archery equipment and firearms of all types, regardless of size. The term "fireworks" shal 1
include, but not be limited to, those items as listed in O.C.G.A. Section 25-10-1, as amended.

I think every HOA in the country is having this issue. It is nearly impossible to enforce fireworks restrictions. Even the police do not in many cases unless other laws are being broken. Not sure how a HOA could enforce anything unless have ability to find. Which has to be on a fining schedule.

The unfortunate situation with fireworks is they are fun until they are not. The people shooting them will ultimately be responsible for any damages they cause.

Best think can hope for is common sense to stop at 10 pm. Otherwise just give dogs some tranquilizers and the cats indoors. It should stop as soon as the fireworks run out.

Yup.

My community also has a no fireworks rule - after several years of hearing boom, boom, pow in the middle of the street and seeing remnents of fireworks material all over the lawn, it appears the kids, teens (and several adults) have moved to the parking lot of a warehouse across the street from the community. It looked and sounded like Ukraine last night, but it seems they had the good sense to finally stop around 11:30, although the city-county ordinance says pop them between 8 pm and 10 pm.

Our security officers used to drive around a bit on the holiday and ask people to stop, but the results were mixed, as you can imagine, and with everything else going on around town, the best they can do is ask people to leave the community (if they get caught somewhere else, that's their problem).

Fido and Fluffy aren't the only things that get really spooked by fireworks - the ex-husband of a friend of mine had to stay in the bathroom with headphones because the racket bought him back to his days in Vietnam. I'm sure this also happens with lots of other veterans from other conflicts, so perhaps next year, you can issue a notice to the community saying there ARE people who don't enjoy the holiday the same way. Not to mention there's drought in a lot of places and all it takes is for one wayward firecracker or several to make the area look like the wildfires in California - or Canada.

All I can say is Google "puppy poop fireworks" you will thank me later...