Life in a Covenant Community (i.e. Nazi regime)

Our new house in Pine Creek is part of a "covenant community," which basically allows a group called the Architectural Review Board to make all kinds of silly rules that we must obey. We spent a disgusting amount of money to have our yard landscaped (the landscaping company made our backyard more level, added grass, shrubs, trees, rocks, sprinkler system, built a fence, etc.). The plan was approved by the Architectural Review Board before the first patch of sod was laid, so we figured that everything would be fine. Guess what?

Today a guy stopped by to make sure that we followed our original plan, and as it turns out, we have a few major problems with our landscaping. First, our back fence is supposed to slope downward and not rise above the back wall. Second, a few trees are too close to our property line, so they will need to be relocated a few feet. The mistake that will be the most difficult to fix is that our breeze path is one foot too close to our property boundary line. If you've ever seen a breeze path, you'll know why it will prove challenging to move. Once the path has been moved, we'll have to plant new grass where part of the path used to be. Twelve inches . . . many hours of labor. As far as I know, the landscaping company will have to return and fix all of these problems at no additional cost to us. I know that the point of a covenant community is to keep property values high, but this implacable legalism is incredible.