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The flip side of those master planned communities is that the homeowners association is sometimes run by people who would make soviet commissars blush with shame. They will land on you like a ton of bricks for painting your front door the wrong color or installing some prohibited item like a birdbath or sandbox.

- Jim[/quote]

While you may not get a junkyard you very well could get 3 3 story townhomes on 2 lots next to you that used to be single family homes, and those townhomes are set back from your property line a whopping 12 inches. (happened to a friend of mine)

As an outsider the lack of zoning laws and the fight of people not to enact them is one of the baffling things in Texas.