Common Area Policy - January 2010
These rules and regulationshave been adopted by the Board of Directors. Common Areas within the Village of Waxpool are for the use and enjoyment of the Members of the Village of Waxpool Homeowner’s Association. Recognizing the scenic and natural value of the common area in its present state, the VOW HOA’s goal is to preserve the woodland, wetland and grassland features of the Common Areas.
To achieve this goal, homeowners are not allowed to perform work beyond the boundary of their property line.
Activities prohibited by homeowners in the Common Area include but are not limited to the following:
- Removal, destruction and cutting of trees, shrubs, or other vegetation
- Cutting of tree limbs or branches
- Planting of trees, shrubs or other vegetation
- Mowing of vegetation by homeowners
- Raking or disturbance of leaves
- Modification to soil and drainage
- Discharge or diversion of water
- Dumping of any material, such as trash, hazardous material, animal waste, grass clippings or soil
- Storage of any material
- Use of any motorized/powered vehicles and or equipment
In an effort to maintain the Common Area in good order and neat appearance consideration will be given, on a case by case basis, to requests by homeowners who are willing to remove fallen debris in the Common Area or who desire to plant within the Common Area to remedy an existing condition. In either case, homeowners must complete anArchitectural Design Review Applicationdetailing the proposed workin order to request an on-site review by the CAP committee. Pre-approval from the Common Area Protection (CAP) committee is required before any work begins. Please note that the general rule is that homeowners may not perform work in the Common Area, and the policy allowing for consideration of limited exceptions is intended solely to preserve and maintain the Common Area. In no event will a request be approved that seeks merely to extend a homeowner’s property by landscaping into the Common Area.
Any failure to comply with this policy may result in monetary damages and will also require homeowners to restore the Common Area to its prior condition.