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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Then prove it.  Just switch to grass and call their bluff.  [/quote]

The “crumb-bums” would be very upset.[/quote]

The only ones that would be upset are those that don't want neighborhoods to have any say on things.  This shouldn't be a power game where you fight them just because.

If they want grass then give them grass.  It's not like artificial turf is something special or important.[/quote]

Well…neighborhoods really shouldn’t have a say on things once the authorities and the land owners have made their decisions.

This is why you have zoning laws and private property rights.  If neighborhoods had a say then it would be a chaotic mess…and next to nothing would ever happen in most neighborhoods.

BTW…I bet 90% of the neighborhood doesn’t have any opinion on what Maret uses for the field.[/quote]

You're right but, at the same time, the city has been imposing more regulations than ever before.  This is just the natural outgrowth of all that.

There's dozens of climate change and environmental rules we all have to abide by but for some reason a giant field of plastic grass is ok?  It doesn't make sense when you consider everything else.[/quote]

I agree perhaps the city should take the lead and pass some laws...but that's different than the neighborhood (let's say they arranged a vote of all the homes that are in some defined neighborhood) being able to dictate what a private landowner does with their property that is within the zoning and other laws of the city.

I have several neighbors that are literally against everything...and I mean everything.  They will make a snide comment about how someone decided to remove a hedge and install a fence...as though it is some bizarre personal affront.[/quote]

But it's not within the by right zoning and other laws.  They need exemptions and exceptions to do what they want to do and this is part of the process.

There are indeed a lot of people in the neighborhood that are very annoying.  Wealthy and connected corporations, like Maret, should have to deal with the same crap the common people do.  Tree preservation plans, runoff, permeable surfaces, traffic control plans, zoning variances, etc etc.[/quote]

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