Notwithstanding the propensity of some to embellish their position on this forum, I offer a tertiary response to Gary's original post for some amusement:
About 15 years ago, while a resident in a CA HOA, I received a notice of violation of the HOA rules. The root cause: my wife planted a non-authorized rose bush that was not on their 'approved' list of rose species (roses all look the same to me). We had 30 days to mitigate that violation or be fined.
So, the rose was removed and we placed the house up for sale the next month.
BTW, the HOA never did find any of my stealth antennas...