I have been going back and forth with the architectural control committee for my neighborhood. I submitted for review plans for a shed. I initially wanted a low profile slant roof shed on the side of the house. I carefully followed the rules outlined in the HOA documents, but the request was denied. Reason they gave for the denial was 1. must be a gable roof, and 2. cannot be on the side of the house. So, back to the drawing board and placed the shed in the backyard and gave it a gable roof. This too was denied stating the top of the roof cannot exceed 8'. This does not make any sense as a shed 10' wide with an 8 on 12 pitch would have walls a few feet tall. At this point, it was obvious to me they were pulling rules out of their butts just to be difficult. I fired off an email asking for clarification of these rules and sent them of copy of the HOA documents covering sheds. Their reply back did not address the points of their denial, but they indicated that these shed rules are "silent". My question, can the HOA deny request based on criteria that do not violate rules set forth in the HOA documents? Do I need to just drop it because I'm fighting a loosing battle? This pisses me off because prior to purchasing this house, I reviewed the documents just for this scenario.
