Should subdivision CCR's prepare themselves for alternative energy accomodations? Will need trump conformity someday?
Take a drive in the country, almost anywhere in the plain states and you will see the horizon dotted with an occasional windmill. Makes you think of two things: domestic water, stock water. I'm not talking about windmill farms, I'm talking about local power, provided by the wind.
Since historically we needed wind power to supply basic needs of live water, will we ever see this practice accepted in smaller applications?
I don't know of too many rural subdivisions who would have a restriction for a windmill, but some of the newer subdivisions have many restrictions for height and even antenna's. Should subdivision rules prepare for a future of private alternatives?
Seems like there could be all kinds of neighbor problems, but could some type of restriction be adaptable to the will of independent clean energy power producers?
If we saw an allowance for a windmill for domestic use, what would it look like?
I look forward to your ideas because I think we'll be dealing with this issue in the future. :)
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Wanda: I think having a windmill in a subdivision with CCR's would be a disaster. If one appeared in my subdivision, I would be the first one (maybe) to complain. UG-LY ! That is why neighborhoods have CCR's... to keep unsightly things like that... out.
An interesting question and I think the first response is probably a typical one! Most will deem this ugly,
you make an interesting point .. it is going to go the way of when satellite dishes first started dotting our neighborhoods.
Karen and Joan-- I think your response is probably the most common. What about solar panels? Lots of places around the world have big solar hot water tanks on top of their homes?
I suppose since a subdivision has a governing and voting provision, a decision could be made at the local level, but I think a lot of subdivisions have neglected their CCR's.
Eric-Every once in awhile I see one of those giant dishes being dragged from a yard after it was turned into a planter or vine arbor.
I think it will make people mad if it happens. I do believe in wind energy though. I think that more states should invest in it like California has. I hope that one day they will be able to harness the energy from the windmill. Right now, its no wind, no power. I wish you the best.