Some people consider homeowner associations basically neighborhood monarchies, where a council of wizards meets monthly to determine whether your trash can’s 3-inch visibility from the street has disrupted the cosmic balance, all while sending you threatening letters signed “Warmest Regards.”
In a particular Alexandria HOA, things really got out of hand, even making headlines this week in The New York Times in a story by reporter Elizabeth Williamson, due to an ongoing feud between a homeowner and some of his neighbors.
Potomac Yard’s 89 pages of rules ban garden sheds, jungle gyms, sandboxes, awnings, clotheslines, birdhouses, birdbaths and feeders, The New York Times noted…