I think you are missing my point. We are not asking anyone to break or bend rules. The only written, specific front yard fence rule (other than getting permission to install one), is that is must be consistent with the architecture of your home. There are homes in my area with the same design that have wrought iron fences in the front. The area I live in, with the exception of one front yard fence, is wrought iron. From a consistency standpoint, my front yard fence should be wrought iron; not wood. This is the reason why we are challenging this decision.

Just because someone may have bent rules (again, just from what I have read on this board) and allowed our neighbor to install a wooden picket fence; it doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense to force others to mirror that exception when the rest of the neighborhood is a different material.