"Cecil Moore" wrote

Did you previously agree to the restrictions?
If so, it is likely a legally enforceable contract
between you and the other party.
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I used to live in a town where the cable company had required builders to
attach a 'no-antenna' covenant as a condition of providing service....and
the town insisted that builders see that cable service was provided. So it
wound up as a covenant, but coerced by the city. Not exactly a level
playing field.

It was almost impossible to live in that area without having some
restrictive covenants...so it oversimplifies to simply suggest that you can
choose to live elsewhere. Most of us have to go where the work is.

Bill KB0RF (now happily living with no covenants and no HOA)