My Homeowners Association forbids the installation of satellite dishs. Can they do that?
Our dish antenna size is 20″ and complies with the Satellite Consumer Bill of Rights, a regulation released by the FCC on August 6, 1996. This regulation PREEMPTS area zoning ordinances and Homeowner Association covenants and restrictions on DBS dish antennas. This rule was required by Congress in the 1996 Telecommunications Act. Some HOA’S have been fighting to keep restriction rights by threatening court action on tenants with dish antennas, in some cases arguing that a dish antenna is installed in a common area, calling the air space above the homeowners roof where the dish antenna is installed, the common area. Congress is on your side in this matter. For a copy of the FCC law please click here. For more specific information please contact: SBCA (Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Association): (703)549-6990, and at http://www.sbca.com.
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