You're right about the color of your house.  When she bought her house, 
she had only certain colors to pick from.  There was a case here in Vegas 
where a lady had a dog who was going blind.  She had put in a brick walk 
in her back yard as the dog needed this to find its way back to the house 
as I recall.  You couldn't even see it unless you looked over her wall, 
but someone complained and the association made her remove it.   A local 
land scaping company here in town took pity on her and put in a path made 
of astro turf, which wan't forbidden.

I wish I lived back in the wide open spaces of no permits and rules!!!

To run any concrete here in Vegas, even setting a fence post, you're 
supposed to get a permit.  Mininum cost $350.00.
73s
Butch Bussen
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