The comment should have been to Percival Cassidy a couple levels up.
The ARRL is the major association of hams in the US. From a link on antenna restrictions at the ARRL website (QST, May 2007): The FCC made a "declaratory ruling requiring that local zoning laws must reasonably accommodate amateur antennas and support structures with minimal regulation and without unreasonable restrictions. Any regulations must constitute the minimum practical regulation to accomplish the state or local authority?s legitimate purpose of protecting public safety."
Hams can not erect "anything" they want to. But the power of governmental entities to limit what a ham can build is limited.
It is what the ARRL thinks.
From the same QST article: "The FCC has been very clear that [the FCC limited preemption on antennas] does not cover [covenants, conditions and restrictions], as they are a private contract, not public policy issues."
HOAs are among the restrictions a ham may encounter building an antenna.