Lawn Fascism?

A woman in Missouri is being forced to get rid of the front yard that she turned into a sandbox.  Instead of being able to pursue her particular form of front yard happiness (no mowing and the local alley cats have no trouble finding a litter box), her community has decided that she must conform in what I suppose we can label lawn fascism.  The woman apparently still plans to resist by putting asphalt over the sand.  It's a good thing that she doesn't live in Ohio. America loves freedom and the individual except when it comes to the lawn apparently.