Dave, it is impossible to eliminate personal opinion on some issues. Color is a perfect example. I believe the vast majority of lot owners would frown on approval of bright red or bright yellow siding, for example. In the area of junk, one man's junk is another's treasure.

What ECC cannot do is simply allow any lot owners opinion to prevail. ECC is like a court of law in some respects. People often end up in court becasue of differing opinions. The obligation of the court, and ECC, is use the vested authority is a reasonable way. That demands a certain application of opinion.

Not everything can be relegated to a fixed, inflexible set of rules.