Are clotheslines legal where you live? (Mesa: hoa, house, crime)

[silvermountain]

I recently bought a house in Mesa and am interested in hanging a clothesline in the backyard (on balcony would be best, but will probably hang under it). I am keeping my acreage in Idaho, where I have been using one all summer for the first time in my life and love it. I have a few kids so it's nice to run all the laundry (4 loads) in about an hour and hang them all out to dry and be done with it. I don't have an HOA to worry about; and know that some states have passed "right-to-dry" laws such as Vermont. But growing up in Mesa, I seem to remember not being able to have one. And I know we couldn't have one when we lived in an HOA. Anyone have details on Mesa, or anywhere else in the valley for any others who like the simplicity, less energy use and / or money savings?

[aj661]

I live in Mesa and I'm not aware of any laws against them. That would be nuts! Which I guess is why HOAs don't allow them-can't let common sense get in the way of their CC&Rs! It wasn't all that many years ago that most HOAs wouldn't even let you fly the flag in front of your home except on holidays. BTW, we're going to be buying one soon and we live in an HOA. As long as it can't be seen from the street, we're okay. Besides, they won't even know it's there. Anything to cut our electric bill.

[OctoberMoon]

Originally Posted by silvermountain

I recently bought a house in Mesa and am interested in hanging a clothesline in the backyard (on balcony would be best, but will probably hang under it). I am keeping my acreage in Idaho, where I have been using one all summer for the first time in my life and love it. I have a few kids so it's nice to run all the laundry (4 loads) in about an hour and hang them all out to dry and be done with it. I don't have an HOA to worry about; and know that some states have passed "right-to-dry" laws such as Vermont. But growing up in Mesa, I seem to remember not being able to have one. And I know we couldn't have one when we lived in an HOA. Anyone have details on Mesa, or anywhere else in the valley for any others who like the simplicity, less energy use and / or money savings?

That is so silly. I had no idea it was against the law to do this anywhere. I just did a quick google search and sure enough, it came up that in a bunch of cities across the nation it IS against the law to hang clothes on clotheslines.

I tried to search for Mesa specifically and couldn't find anything.

[Livewire]

HA! I can relate to your thoughts, and wouldnt live someplace where I cant have one, namely an HOA neighbourhood. Living where using a dryer is necessary when its already well over 100 degrees outside is crazy, there are better things to put that money towards, rather than the electric/gas bill for use of a dryer.
Again, if a clothesline option isnt allowed, I simply wont live there. Problem solved. Besides, I rarely to seldom use dryer any time of year.

[SOON2BNSURPRISE]

We have a finished garage. Guess we could put one in the garage. My wife won't put dark or bright clothes in the dryer. Other items she won't dry because of the material.

[MichaelinWA]

Clotheslines are functional but really tacky looking. I can understand why HOAs, especially in an upscale development, would not allow them.

But it would seem silly for a municipality to have a law like that.

[rickers]

We use a clothesline in the summer (I'm in Mt.) and on a good breezy dry day our clothes dry in less than an hour. It saves us quite a lot of money. But when it gets too windy we have dirt and dust blowing all over the clothes getting them dirty again.

[Finger Laker]

growing up in the country a clothsline was a way of life in the summer

down here we don't use one and I really don't think I'd like the aesthetic of it

however with just two of us we setup a couple of drying racks inside ........ it's usually warm and dry enough where the clothes dry up pretty fast and then when we are done they just fold up

probably dry 1/2 our clothes on the racks

[dc1225]

Originally Posted by silvermountain

I recently bought a house in Mesa and am interested in hanging a clothesline in the backyard (on balcony would be best, but will probably hang under it). I am keeping my acreage in Idaho, where I have been using one all summer for the first time in my life and love it. I have a few kids so it's nice to run all the laundry (4 loads) in about an hour and hang them all out to dry and be done with it. I don't have an HOA to worry about; and know that some states have passed "right-to-dry" laws such as Vermont. But growing up in Mesa, I seem to remember not being able to have one. And I know we couldn't have one when we lived in an HOA. Anyone have details on Mesa, or anywhere else in the valley for any others who like the simplicity, less energy use and / or money savings?

jesus i remember when i was a kid getting clotheslined by the clothesline...many times...that's no fun! this may explain the reason why I am the way I am...this is 2008 peoples, get rid of the clotheslines already!

[Bette]

Our neighborhood does not allow them. We also do not allow fences. It is open and green and we have no crime.

I remember for a very short time when I was around 11 or 12 my mother used one - then it wasn't there anymore.

I always thought they looked really tacky.