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If you have, or believe you are about to have, an issue with the home owner Nazis, read your regs very carefully. Read everything and anything that might work in your favor and against them if needed. Look for content, punctuation, lists, and any items contained within that could work for you.
Several years ago, one of my neighbors,let's call him "Big Bob", installed a fence which bordered another of my neighbor's, let's call him "Andy", and my property. A couple of years ago, Andy asked Big Bob about trimming the grass up against the fence. Well, Big Bob went off on Andy, calling him vile names and threatening to kick his a--. It was quite a shocker. So I made it a point never to have any dealings with Big Bob again. Andy's wife suggested to me that I am required by the HOA to trim the grass on my side of Big Bob's fence but I refused to do this. My wife also believed the HOA required this. So I pulled out my regs and read them and found that there was no requirement for me to do this. You see, a neighbor cannot have a fence built on your property.. that would not be allowed and you could sue. My measurements showed his fence to be between 3 and 6 inches on his side of the property line and I cannot touch his property without permission. And I am certainly not about to ask for that. So I don't trim and I don't have a clue who does.
As for lists, look for commas. If you see a list that looks something like this;
"fences, lawn features, decks and patios"
take note of the comma. The last two items must both exists for that part of the sentence to be true since there is no comma between "desks" and the word "and".
Look for anything that can work in your favor when dealing with these Nazis.