
{"id":4934,"date":"2009-02-19T11:13:39","date_gmt":"2009-02-19T19:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=4934"},"modified":"2009-02-19T11:15:46","modified_gmt":"2009-02-19T19:15:46","slug":"residents-oppose-limits-on-covenants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2009\/02\/19\/residents-oppose-limits-on-covenants\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents oppose limits on covenants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Susan Dickson<br \/>\nStaff Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several residents spoke out at a public hearing on Tuesday against a proposed Carrboro town charter amendment that would prohibit deed restrictions or covenants that limit the use of green or sustainability features on residential properties. <\/p>\n<p>The Carrboro Board of Aldermen voted 5-2 to introduce the proposed amendment to the General Assembly, with board members Randee Haven-O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Donnell and Joal Hall Broun dissenting. If the proposal is approved by the General Assembly, the board could later enact an ordinance. <\/p>\n<p>According to Mayor Mark Chilton, the matter was brought to the board\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s attention by a resident who wanted to put a clothesline in his backyard, but was unable to do so because his neighborhood\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s homeowners\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 association prohibited it. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153In some cases, some of the restrictions that were adopted five and 10 and 20 years ago may not really have taken into consideration the situation that we find ourselves in as a nation and a planet,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Chilton said.<\/p>\n<p>However, several residents said they felt the ordinance would unfairly limit the covenants of homeowners\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 associations. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I have a real problem with the town just declaring that they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re void and unenforceable and that the agreements that I bought my house under just get tossed out the window,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Richard Anstine. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Town of Carrboro is trying to go way over the top in taking away rights that were certainly in place when I bought my property.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>Anstine is involved with his homeowners\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 association and is a licensed  real estate broker. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think anybody\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s against saving the environment and being green. I think we just need to do it in a manner that is not just blatantly striking down amendment rights of covenants,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Robert Kirschner, a resident of Carrboro and a board member of his homeowners\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 association, said he felt disenfranchised by the proposed amendment. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think what is presented here really demonizes homeowners\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 associations,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said, adding that communities have a right to govern themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Board members said the amendment, if approved by the General Assembly, and later the board of aldermen, would not apply to condominiums and would not allow residents to put sustainable features in places where they wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t otherwise have the right to place something.<\/p>\n<p>The board also voted 7-0 to introduce to the General Assembly a proposed charter amendment that would add sexual orientation, gender identification and gender expression to the list of bases upon which the board may prohibit housing discrimination. <\/p>\n<p>The second proposed amendment drew no public comment. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I just think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s really interesting and really neat that of these two amendments, the one that brought people out of the woodwork and the one that had the most controversy had to do with clotheslines and not orientation,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d board member Jackie Gist said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think that really says something about how we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve evolved as a community over the last 20 years.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Several residents spoke out at a public hearing on Tuesday against a proposed Carrboro town charter amendment that would prohibit deed restrictions or covenants that limit the use of green or sustainability features on residential properties. 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