Community Standards office has received a total of 87 complaints about the white crosses that have been popping in yards around The Villages.
Between Jan. 1, 2016 and Jan. 30, 2017, Community Standards received 310 lawn ornament complaints of which 87 were for crosses.
“All of the 310 lawn ornament complaints were investigated in accordance with the deed restrictions and the District’s adopted Rule and processed in the same manner,” said Candice Dennis, manager of the Community Standards Department.
One of those cross complaints was lodged against Larry and Rose Kehoe in the Village of Gilchrist. You can read more about their reaction HERE
By far, the greatest number of cross complaints came in Community Development District 9, where the Kehoes reside. But there were also cross complaints in CDDs 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9.
Here is how the District describes lawn ornaments:
Lawn Ornaments – Lawn ornaments, or yard art, generally refers to manmade items located anywhere outside the structure or footprint of the home. However, pots and planters designed and constructed for plant use are permitted so long as they are used for their intended purpose. The inclusion or attachment of flowers or plants to a manmade ornament, not originally constructed for plant use, does not change the item from a lawn ornament to landscaping. The word ‘lawn’ includes areas that are mulched, concreted, sodded, rocked, landscaped, bare earth or any other material outside the structure (footprint) of the home. The following is intended as a partial reference list of lawn ornaments: any man made concrete or ceramic statue or figure (including religious symbols), windmill, pinwheels, train sets, deer, geese, flamingos or any other animal or human figures.
