As many people who live in communities operated by a community association know, one of the advantages, or disadvantages depending on who you ask, is that the association typically has the authority to regulate the improvements that are made by residents within the community. This authority will keep the purple house out of your neighborhood – good for those who would prefer to look out their window and not see a purple house, but bad for the person wanting the purple house. While most of the aesthetic qualities of a community can be regulated by the association through established architectural standards and guidelines that are set out in the community’s governing documents, the association is at times hamstrung by statutes or other regulations which govern certain improvements, such as solar panels, other energy saving devices and antennas.    Read the article…………………