Author Topic: Calling all Lawyers (Read 16473 times)

ShellShock · « **on:** October 17, 2013, 12:25:26 AM »

I need a sounding board here...

I bought a house with a satellite dish on the side a year ago and the HOA is trying to get me to take it down. I told them to get bent because of the FCC Telecommunications Act of 1996.

My questions is this: What kind of argument can they use against that piece of legislation, if any?

Thanks in advance fellow brethren. As always, go Cats!

SS

star seed 7 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 17, 2013, 12:26:22 AM »

what does the fcc have to do with your rough ridin' hoa?

star seed 7 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 17, 2013, 12:29:36 AM »

so you want to break a contract you signed?

star seed 7 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 17, 2013, 12:34:14 AM »

you signed a contract restricting your rights as a home owner, if you didn't want those rights restricted then don't move where you moved. this was 100 percent your choice.

The Big Train · « **Reply #4 on:** October 17, 2013, 12:44:09 AM »

I think you should tell that bitch neighbor of yours to do 2 things before she complains about the dish again.

1. Feed rat poison to that dog of hers so it quits barking.
2. rough ridin' grow up.

DQ12 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 17, 2013, 12:52:42 AM »

i'll let trim 3:16 handle this one

The Big Train · « **Reply #6 on:** October 17, 2013, 12:56:30 AM »

Quote from: ShellShock on October 17, 2013, 12:47:03 AM

Quote from: The Big Train on October 17, 2013, 12:44:09 AM
I think you should tell that bitch neighbor of yours to do 2 things before she complains about the dish again.

1. Feed rat poison to that dog of hers so it quits barking.
2. rough ridin' grow up.

Not the neighbor at all! She's cool with the dish and her dog will be taken care of soon enough...

I resigned from the board a week ago and I have a feeling that now they'll try to nail me with the dish policy thing...so i want to make sure I have all of my bases covered.

Oh, well the dog should still be #1 priority.

What if you donate like a bottle of Cristal and Caviar to the next HOA meeting, I bet they would give you like 6 more months before they harass you again.

steve dave · « **Reply #7 on:** October 17, 2013, 05:49:15 AM »

I think you should first ask yourself if you are the kind of person that wants a satellite dish hanging off the side of your house.

steve dave · « **Reply #8 on:** October 17, 2013, 05:50:15 AM »

SS, how many giant holiday inflatable decorations do you have in your yard at any one time? Like over a million?

OK_Cat · « **Reply #9 on:** October 17, 2013, 07:17:53 AM »

Satellite dishes are tacky.

OK_Cat · « **Reply #10 on:** October 17, 2013, 07:59:17 AM »

SlimeWarner!

I love it when people make up mean nicknames for things they don't like!

What are some other good ones?

NDSU Lollypopkid · « **Reply #11 on:** October 17, 2013, 08:02:46 AM »

no crap your neighbor wants you to take it down, she cant see the street!

WildcatNkilt · « **Reply #12 on:** October 17, 2013, 08:19:30 AM »

Move the dish to the back side of your roof where you and your neighbors can't see it. Stop being tacky. They are probably doing you a favor.

XocolateThundarr · « **Reply #13 on:** October 17, 2013, 08:29:35 AM »

Buy a new house.

Institutional Control · « **Reply #14 on:** October 17, 2013, 08:37:02 AM »

Quote from: ShellShock on October 17, 2013, 08:34:25 AM

Quote from: OK Cat on October 17, 2013, 07:59:17 AM
SlimeWarner!

I love it when people make up mean nicknames for things they don't like!

What are some other good ones?

Here's what I have for TV:

(1) Genie HD DVR
(4) remote Genie clients
Every normal channel (CBS, NBC, FX, AMC, ESPN, etc)
HBO
Starz
Cinemax
Showtime
All the On-Demand channels to watch previous episodes and such.
None of the Sunday ticket or any other additional sports packages.

I pay less than a hundred bucks a month for all of that with DirecTV and the same package will cost me $180 with SlimeWarner.

Doesn't seem worth having a lien put against your house.

lopakman · « **Reply #15 on:** October 17, 2013, 08:42:25 AM »

There's a reason for homeowner's associations. It's to keep people like you from making the rest of the neighborhood look bad. Take down the sattelite dish and remove the garden gnomes too.

XocolateThundarr · « **Reply #16 on:** October 17, 2013, 08:45:20 AM »

Quote from: lopakman on October 17, 2013, 08:42:25 AM

There's a reason for homeowner's associations. It's to keep people like you from making the rest of the neighborhood look bad. Take down the sattelite dish and remove the garden gnomes too.

I'm wondering how many flamingos are in the front yard as well. Maybe if you didn't have the rusted out El Camino on blocks they wouldn't give you crap about the dish.

XocolateThundarr · « **Reply #17 on:** October 17, 2013, 08:47:41 AM »

Ah hell, I'm just fuckin with you ShellShock. (But seriously you should haul off the old El Camino.)

mocat · « **Reply #18 on:** October 17, 2013, 08:52:04 AM »

ShellShock lives in Mission Hills

The Big Train · « **Reply #19 on:** October 17, 2013, 08:52:11 AM »

I have been to the house like a billion times and I'm pretty sure I don't even know where the satellite is.

Belvis Noland · « **Reply #20 on:** October 17, 2013, 08:58:25 AM »

I know a bunch of cases popped up in CA when the CA Solar Act went into effect, attempting to prevent HOA's from regulating placement of solar panels on houses. Some courts out there said that, notwithstanding the Act, HOA could place "reasonable" regulations on placement of solar panels. Restriction just can't be arbitrary.

FWIW.

Brock Landers · « **Reply #21 on:** October 17, 2013, 08:58:46 AM »

This is not a very good humblebrag.

So if the dish is not allowed by your HOA then how did it get on the side of your house in the first place? Did the HOA shame the previous owner into moving away or what? Did they murder the previous owner??

EllRobersonisInnocent · « **Reply #22 on:** October 17, 2013, 09:01:08 AM »

Note to self: never move into a neighborhood w/ a HOA.

Belvis Noland · « **Reply #23 on:** October 17, 2013, 09:02:24 AM »

Quote from: EllRobersonisInnocent on October 17, 2013, 09:01:08 AM

Note to self: never move into a neighborhood w/ a HOA.

Any quasi-nice neighborhood has an HOA. If you're a poor, nothig to worry about.

puniraptor · « **Reply #24 on:** October 17, 2013, 09:02:50 AM »

Not like the shellshock I know to encourage the federal government to infringe on the freedoms of a peaceably assembled HOA.