My friend uses a retractable clothes line and their HOA doesn't say anything about it. Only one line. The clothes aren't out there that long. I'm glad we live in the country, I love my large clothesline that I can hang everything on. In the winter I have the racks next to the woodstove. Sometimes I have strings of apples over top the woodstove. Right now it's so humid the bath towels aren't even getting dry by the next time they are needed. My daughter left her jacket on the chair on her balconey and got a notice that no clothing was to be hung on the balcony.