Thursday, October 1, 2009

On Being a Neighbor

Looking over the house and garage configuration I realized that the detached garage installation might be something the neighbors must appreciate some conversation about.  Plus, our subdivision has CC&Rs* governing the type of roofing material we can use on our house.  Solar panels would certainly qualify a 'roofing material'.

Some counties and states have laws which nullify subdivision restrictions.  That may soon happen in Utah, but I would check with my neighbors even if there were no restrictions.

In order to moderate the CC&Rs our subdivision has an 'Architectural Committee', supposedly made up of a few neighbors with one servicing as the committee chairman.  In our case, the original subdivision developer is still the 'Architectural Committee' — a common situation.  (He tried to talk me into becoming the Committee!  Ha ha!)  So I called him and he was fine with my solar panels but asked me to canvas the neighbors and let him know their reaction.

I spoke with our most immediate neighbors and none of them offered any resistance to my solar plans though I noticed some slight concern by one.  So I decided to mull it over for a few days.

* — Codes, Covenants and Restrictions

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