At 11:13 AM 3/30/2005, Steve Katz wrote:
>Hi Steve,
>
>The house I had with the restriction on liquor sales was in L.A. (West
>Hills). I figured the guy who sold the land to the developer must have
>been a teetotaler. L.A. was pretty antenna friendly. When I was living
>with my folks in Santa Monica in the 1950s, the zoning administrator was
>a neighbor. I asked him about putting in a tower and he said there were
>no rules one way or the other, so go ahead (that probably has changed a
>bit).
>
>::Hi Bob. Actually, it hasn't changed much. Although the Coastal
>Commission admins anything within a few miles of the ocean, so Santa Monica
>has more rules than inland locations do. L.A. remains a very ham-friendly
>city, with the only problem being private deed restrictions in some places.
>Curiously enough (check it out, this is very true), the more affluent the
>neighborhood, the less likely there will be any deed restrictions at all.
>Newport Beach, where the average home is probably $2-1/2 million or so,
>permits amateur towers to 70 feet without the need for any variance or CUP.
>Hidden Hills, just a few miles SW of West Hills, has an average home value
>of ~$3 Million and has no CC&Rs at all -- there are hundreds of homes there,
>and quite a number of hams. The notion that CC&Rs mean a "better community"
>somehow just doesn't wash, anywhere. It's baloney.
I'd venture to guess that the reason the price is higher is exactly because
there are few restrictions. You made a big pile on your last movie, and
the last thing you want is some CC&R restricting how you remodel. I
haven't seen much mention of CC&Rs in Architectural Digest.
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