We had a few many years ago that were denied on aesthetic grounds and then approved after redesign (I was president of my HOA then). But then my state passed a

We had a few many years ago that were denied on aesthetic grounds and then approved after redesign (I was president of my HOA then). But then my state passed a Solar Access law that makes HOA covenants against solar panels unenforcible, so the problem solved itself. To my neighbors who don't like solar panels because they "decrease property values" (the favorite bugaboo of HOAs), I reply that in 10 years any house that does not have solar panels will be perceived as deficient, especially in the southwestern US.