CEDAR CITY — Gordon Hodnett’s house sits nestled above the city toward the top of the Canyon Ridge Homeowners Association’s planned urban development.
One can see miles upon miles of sagebrush, rabbitbrush, Utah junipers and Pinyon pine trees galore.
So when Hodnett moved to the community and bought the house constructed four years previous to his purchase, he was under the assumption the sellers had been approved for the waterwise landscape features the home came with.
“There is a working sprinkler system with plants that can live without much water — I really liked that it was natural landscaping,” Hodnett said. “There was nothing stating the landscape plan had not been completed. Nothing about the property having a continuing violation was included on the HOA disclosure at the title signing.”
A few months after moving in he received a notice from the homeowners association stating that he needed to submit a plan to be approved for landscaping in his yard.