Sounds like "new suburbia" in "metropolitan you name it," where the rules are written so we can't tell each other apart.
I bet you pay alot of money in HOA dues for this sort of Stalinism, too.
Blast 'em with your Scalas! []
Yes, we pay a modest $900 per annum for the priviledge of being subjected to such nonsense. I want to create a true room in the garage with a combination of some nice Peachtree or Pella fixed and operable glass doors/windows but it is on hold pending review of the ARB. So, when I work out, I can open the garage door and eliminate the nasty reflections AND ruin the HOA President's dinner all at the same time.
Rock on.....