On the one hand I'm tempted to take out the trash on that HOA.

But I'd backpedal on my recycling because statutory interpretation includes the letter of the law and the spirit or intent of legislation.

Binalong time.

Why do you live in a place with a HOA? Isn't a regular neighborhood good enough?

My trash cans are on the side of the road all the time, there is a cement pad next to the street and they go there. People from the neighborhood use them if their get full, and some of the homeless come by to get the bottles I put on the side of the road. I looks unsightly, but my legs are shot and if I put them anywhere else they will get full and then just sit there. No HOA here and as Lauren says they suck, owned a condo where there was one and eventually we just sold to get out.

I understand you have frustration with the HOA and how they abuse their power. But you know the saying, "Never Wrestle with a Pig. You Both Get Dirty and the Pig Likes It." Is this the best use of your time? If you don't like the rules, mark them up, submit it to them and let it go at that. What can you possibly gain by tilting at this windmill? Consider some other activity that is creative or ennobling to yourself and others. Don't let these morons manipulate you. They like creating drama. Don't oblige them.

We don't have an HOA thank dog. I can see how people could object to sometimes smelly garbage on the street where people could sometimes walk. But if it's not in the way, why should they go after recycle stuff.

I remember Mrs. Drysdale going after the Clampetts too. This makes about as much sense.

Another power hungry HOA. Sorry you have to go through this, especially without neighborly support.

I have never met an HOA that I liked, and dealing with my mother's recently reminded me of why. They're little dictatorships that allow small-minded people flex their power and personal tastes through complex and irrational "laws" and - in your case - they can do whatever they want even without laws.

We once had a similar thing happen with our City rules when they required trash and recycling bins to be at the curb by 7am. I'm nocturnal (as apparently were a lot of other people) and would place the bins out the night before, which was against their "only on the day of pick-up" rule. Ultimately they caved. Perhaps there are enough people who agree with you that the HOA will back down on this?