How do you read this statement....

[mitchelt]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CO

Our neighborhood Covenants state the following:

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Except as may otherwise be permitted by the Architectural Review Committee, no exterior radio antenna, television antenna, or other antenna, satellite dish, or audio or visual reception device of any type shall be placed, erected or maintained on the Properties, except inside a residence or otherwise concealed from view; provided, however, that any such devices may be erected or installed by the Declarant during its sales or construction within the Properties.
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The way I read this is that if the Architectural Review Committee grants someone permission to install a security camera then the rest of the paragraph does not apply and the rules were followed and none were broken.

How do you read it?

 

[FarmerJ]

Whole thing sounds pretty clear to me but you know FCC has already written rules pertaining to satelite dishes. Have you sought consent to install a camera or other antenna or is this about a sat dish ?

 

[154NH773]

The way I read this is that if the Architectural Review Committee grants someone permission to install a security camera then the rest of the paragraph does not apply and the rules were followed and none were broken.

I read it the same way you do, although you may have to prove that such permission was actually granted.

 

[mitchelt]

Thanks for responses.

If the person who is complaining wants to see the approval letter, we would gladly show it to them.

I'm so glad we have "good" neighbors. ;-)

 

[Ozark_Sophist]

Nothing in that section applies to security cameras.

 

[mitchelt]

That's the only paragraph that even remotely has anything to do with cameras, but I agree...a camera is not a transmission device.

Either way, they did receive permission with very strict guidelines as to were to place the cameras.

 

[tranquility]

"Permission" (aka license) can be revoked at any time.

 

[You Are Guilty]

That's the only paragraph that even remotely has anything to do with cameras, but I agree...a camera is not a transmission device.

How is a video camera not a "or audio or visual reception device of any type"? (Where is the "transmission" language coming from?)

 

[154NH773]

or audio or visual reception device

Agreed with above, a camera is a visual reception device.
If you have a letter approving, you are golden...

 

[Ozark_Sophist]

In the context of the paragraph, a camera is not a visual reception device. A reception devices receives signals and does not create them.

 

[154NH773]

In the context of the paragraph, a camera is not a visual reception device. A reception devices receives signals and does not create them.

I would disagree. A camera receives visual "signals". There is no other device that can receive a visual signal. A camera is a reception device for "visual" photons.

An audio reception device would be a microphone; it receives sound waves.

All other electronic signal reception device types are listed as

radio antenna, television antenna, or other antenna, satellite dish

If I am wrong, which is possible, then there would be no prohibition against cameras, as they are not otherwise listed in the restrictions.

 

[You Are Guilty]

If a video camera is not a "video reception device" (and possibly audio as well), then what is?

 

[HomeGuru]

If a video camera is not a "video reception device" (and possibly audio as well), then what is?

**A: maybe disguised as a beam me up Scotty type device.

 

[Ozark_Sophist]

Context. An antenna of whatever sort receiving video signals is a video reception device.

 

[HomeGuru]

Context. An antenna of whatever sort receiving video signals is a video reception device.

**A: yes, even a tin foil hat.