Do you think HOA's should be able to

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106. Something worth thinking about...

Your HOA documents are probably cut and paste extracts from previous (other) HOA documents. I would have to think the documents in our community, for example, are rehashed docs from the late 70's. Much of what was considered good practice back then can not be considered reasonable today.
Lawns require lots of petrochemicals, excessive amounts of water and FAR TOO MUCH work. What was considered 'the gold standard' (a perfect lawn) is now viewed by many as wasteful. Florida has been in a drought situation since 1996. To continue to waste the most precious and important resource we have so people can look at a 'pretty' lawn, is the pinnacle of wastefulness.

A lot of these outdated requirements need to be dropped and forgotten. Grow wildflowers instead, the bees will thank you.