@ladybeachbum You may or may not be serious, but I foresee this might become quite common as the baby boomers age without the funds to live comfortably.
Will be a matter of economics. 4-5 people having nothing but social security in one household may be the answer for some.

@tb505 I hope I am never in the situation to just live on social security but I have read horror stories about some elderly folks that they have to. And, I am not kidding one bit about the Golden Girls! They had a better life and lots more fun than living alone. I don't think the one family rule would hold up in court anyway .

@ladybeachbum You are probably correct about not standing up in court. Besides the precedent has been set.
Not only like the Golden Girls, I foresee couples moving in for economics. Back to the Hippie era.

When our legal documents were written & filed it was legal to put in those documents single family . Each year laws change & our documents have to be amended if the things that change effect our legal doc . Example would be all the different area's within ACIA could have a privacy fence except the golf course . When law said all pools have to be fenced in to protect children then we as an association had to obey that law & make amendments to allow the black metal fences to be used on the golf course . So each year if new laws are changed we have to comply . But that does not mean OUR ASSOCIATION HAS THE RIGHT AT THAT POINT TO START ADDING NEW THINGS OR CHANGING SOMETHING ELSE IN THAT DOCUMENT WITHOUT ALL THE HOMEOWNERS VOTING TO MAKE CHANGES . Read Article 10 General Provisions of our Declaration Of Covenants & Restrictions please notice the words other than .It says (ALL lots ) then it speaks of 51% .I have not had time to compare the old Architectural Guidelines & Procedures side by side to see what all has been changed . But when I saw the term Amendment which means change I of course looked at them & saw a couple changes I am not going to get into because I don't have them in front of me at the moment . I remember off the top of my head the words ( THE BOARDS INTENT ) in the Oct meeting I brought this up & was very nicely brushed off & set aside by RH by him saying I think I see what your saying if you'll send it to me I'll look it over . I got home & thought, I am just nuts I should have said you have no idea what you folks did & you are saying you don't have your own set of documents ? No where can I find the Boards INTENT the DEVELOPER WAS MAKING HIS INTENT KNOWN & DOING THESE DOCUMENTS ON BEHALF OF TRYING TO PROTECT to be honest his $$$ till he pulled out & then to protect the homeowners investment . Our Declaration is 27 pages long & 10 pages are devoted to Architectural Procedures & Guidelines now he gave 37% of that document to what he believed was important . In our deed restrictions we don't have things like rain barrels ,generators & such So we can handle those things by creating policy NOT BY CHANGING our deed restrictions . We of course don't want to see a generator or rain barrel sitting in a person's front yard so we create policy to keep things looking good & say yes you can have them if hidden behind a fence .

@ladybeachbum We read every word on the legal documents that we were signing at closing. Since we were first-time home buyers, they were very helpful and explained throughout the entire process. We had obtained a copy of the deed restrictions prior to putting a bid on the house because we wanted to be certain that we were willing to meet the HOA obligations. I admit to being detail oriented, overly cautious and skeptical, but it has served me well so far.Actually, per the deed restrictions, our homes are required to have trash compactors. That's outdated for sure, since the trash trucks now compact, but it's in there. Revisions are most definitely necessary after such a long period of time. The ideal situation would be for everyone to be considerate neighbors and take pride in the upkeep of their homes.... Personal responsibility.

Austin made it clear about the freedom to have compost, US flags, political signs, solar panels, rain barrels and so forth. Our subdivision has the right to make policy that does not take away those rights but give some guidance. Such as no pink rain barrels. However, I do not see where Austin has given us a new law telling us we must forego single family residence and must now let as many unrelated renters live in a house in a deed restricted community. Until that changes the board should let the court decide if a home is not being used as a single family residence. If single family has been redefined as our manager claims then why was it not in the new laws that were passed.

@Sammee personal responsibility is correct. I come first. I have already figured out how to convert my residence to a duplex in case my spouse dies first.
With the community colleges close and a lot of detached garages make this area a perfect location for garage apartments.

because the board thinks they make the law for the subdivision - of course in the back room.

@bbk Thank you much 8)

@Sammee I thought I was the only person in the world that knew that! LOL

It maybe that courts have already addressed this issue and made rulings, Kind of like the right to uphold building lines. The problem is some have agendas that do not fit the law or court rulings and they do what they want- This is highly unprofessional and really ruins what might other wise be a very good subdivision.

@Posterguy I think this subdivision is a dang good one for a 40 year old master plan. I drove around the other day after reading all these comments and I can say the place looks pretty good for it's age. There could be some improvements but every community has things it needs. Every board has the opportunity to show their stuff and then they can be voted back in or out.

Please tell us all about the Shores tennis court. It's been like that for quite some time. It is a need that needed to be addressed a long time ago. In fact the majority of this current board could have addressed this needy need last year.This board has already shown their stuff and not- They conceal things from the members (by laws anyone) shown on the Agenda and yet concealed from the members. Oh well they just must not know this is highly unprofessional.I have never in my life seen board meetings or town meetings or school board meetings were the majority of the business is done behind closed doors. And they all vote the same, I have also never seen this, ever. So yes we have already seen their "stuff" and it stinks.

Speaking of needs the members really need reasonable financials posted not that "stuff" they pass off as financials. What they have distributed to the members and then posted is highly unprofessional.

@Vinbert I think it says each kitchen............. I have one. My foot. LOL.