Quote:
Posted By ChuckB2 on 05/13/2008 8:42 AM
Another thing I am thinking about, and would appreciate your opinion, is whether we should require any entity filing a complaint be required to identify themselves and do it in writing. I don't like the idea of someone anonomously complaining unless the complaint involves safety. If your neighbors dog barks, talk to your neighbor about it. If that doesn't work file a written complaint with the board.
Chuck
Chuck:
We allow for anonymous reports of alleged CC&R violations.
Our county Inspections, Permits and Licenses department allows for anonymous reports;
our local police department allows for anonymous reports;
our animal control officers allow for anonymous reports;
our fire department and health departments allow for anonymous reports. . .
If it's "good enough" for all those government agencies, what is the reason why the board would need an alleged CC&R violation "signed"?
If a neighbor is reporting that someone's dog is barking, and barking dogs are NOT covered under our CC&Rs (which they are not, directly), then we wouldn't act on the notification anyway. So it wouldn't matter if it were anonymous or not.
If someone is violating a CC&R, what difference does it make if the reporting entity can be identified? If the violation exists, and it is confirmed by a board member, what are you accomplishing by not even investigating if the notification isn't "signed"?
I've never understood that philosophy.