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A Littleton, Colo., homeowners association failed to present...

A Littleton, Colo., homeowners association failed to present evidence justifying its rules on satellite dish installation, said the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association in reply comments to the FCC Media Bureau Monday (bit.ly/ORegKm). The comments concern a petition from Littleton…

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resident Rhonda Rivenburg that the satellite installation rules of the Dutch Ridge Home Owners Association are preempted by the FCC’s over-the-air reception devices rule (CD Feb 7 p18). The association hasn’t demonstrated why rules that the association says allow dishes to be installed on residents’ back porches prevent Rivenburg from installing a dish on a storage unit on her back porch, SBCA said. The FCC should “grant Ms. Rivenburg’s petition and declare the Association’s rules regarding satellite-dish installation to be preempted and unenforceable,” SBCA said.