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They Never Promised Him a Rose Garden

Homeowners group in ritzy Rancho Santa Fe says man's horticultural display violtes an ironclad covenant

March 05, 1992

By Tony Perry (View author info)
Copyright Los Angeles Times

San Diego, California -

Jeffrey DeMarco planted 10,000 roses on the hillside of his four acre ranch. He lives in a 7,000 square foot $1.2 million home in Rancho Santa Fe Homeowners Association a 6,300 acre development with 4,500 residents.

DeMarco was recently ordered by a Superior Court judge to remove the 5,000 bushes already planted, undo his landscaping and pay the association $35,000 in legal fees. In effect, he had lost the case by being a no-show at a crucial hearing.

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