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Florida has a statute that prevents local governments and HOAs from banning or prohibiting "solar collectors, clotheslines, or other energy devices based on renewable resources"

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Displ...

I once did some math and rain water tanks around auckland(by far most common way to get water if you don’t have municipal source) cost less than the land that they sit under.

My guess it might be similar to rotary dryer - the land under it costs more than lifetime of power your dryer will use.

P.S. if you have lots of small kids then at some point hanging out tons of small clothing becomes an exponential chore.

Also, quite a few lease agreements I have had place restrictions on it.
What public good could possibly come from such a restriction/ban?
"We don't want the building to look like a ghetto". Seriously. That's the explanation I got from the rental manager for why it was banned on their property.
It is mostly cosmetic. (Lowers property values in the eyes of the investor) In my case it would be 2 lease violations since simply putting up a line would be a second violation for doing "unapproved work".

Lease agreements are a bit out of hand...especially in states with little/no renter protections.

I am imagining the Clothesline Police climbing up the fence to peek into your backyard to see how you are drying your clothes. We truly have run out of real things to be upset about and are just inventing more.
>What public good could possibly come from such a restriction/ban?

Often it's to keep out the "wrong" sort -- don't want some uppity poor moving into your school district.

So small things like hanging your laundry to dry or hosting a lemonade stand will have the cops rolling up on your house.

(Yes, that's right -- I witnessed a township cop come destroy a child's lemonade stand signs, demand they disband, and threaten to cite the parents, and ultimately arrest the father within a week of living in an allegedly "upscale" neighborhood.)