I pay $130 a year, which goes for snow removal and just this year, resurfacing the road. Ours is very low-key, and have next to zero authority. I had my deck design approved this year because the builder and county insisted, but that’s the only time in 31 years I’ve had to deal with them.
OTOH, the one where my father lived was a PITA. Tried to buffalo me into removing some trees because one neighbor didn’t like them, not because of any compliance problem. They backed down once they saw I wasn’t gonna play ball. I hate weasels.
