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HOA banning dogs on grass - suggestions? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by iluminae to c/asklemmy

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Hi Lemmy, My HOA sent out a email saying dogs are no longer allowed on any grass in common areas or front yards including grass between sidewalk and curb which is.... everywhere except our own tiny backyards. The reasoning is some dog urine effected dead spots. Honestly I didn't even notice them, it's 95° here and all the grass looks sad.

It's a walking town and we are not a gated community, non-residents walk their dogs here all the time, so this rule can only punish those who live here and has no ability to effect others.

Anyway, this seems like a 'we have tried nothing and we are all out of ideas!' moment so I wanted to see if anyone here had any suggestions I can pass on to maintain a "good" curb appeal ground cover-wise while allowing dogs to do normal dog stuff.

I can converse with the HOA board in good faith, but this rule is basically banning dogs from the neighborhood - which I super did not sign up for.

Pertainent info: PA, USA - Town Home style homes - small central common grass - owned for 8y.

Edit: it seems like people may have glossed over the question part and skipped straight to HOA bashing (which is warranted at times!) so I will rephrase:

What ground covering or neighborhood solutions to similar (perceived) issues have other communities employed?

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So the AKC has this page that lists about half a dozen alternatives to outright banning dogs on grass.

https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/home-living/dog-pee-killing-grass/

I agree this very much sounds like the HOA taking the laziest route possible at the expense of it's residents.

But also, fuck HOAs. Get on the board and take that shit down from the inside, only reliable way to destroy those parasites.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Get on the board and take that shit down from the inside, only reliable way to destroy those parasites.

I live in an area where most houses predate HOAs and home values are too statically low for anyone to want one, but if I were in a position where an HOA started passing nonsensical rules like that I would 100% be reading every rules document and figuring out how to get in charge in order to dismantle every single rule until the only thing the HOA does is pay for necessary/agreed upon shared services