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PBH is
currently covered by a "patchwork quilt" of seven individual and sometimes
conflicting Covenants for different parts of PBH dating from the 1960s.
Another unified set of Covenants was developed and recorded in 1992, but it
was never ratified by the necessary majority of each PBH unit's lot owners. The PBH HOA Board supports
a single set of Covenants across all the Pine Brook Hills community with
more enforcement powers to defend them. The results of a Fall 2009 Covenants
Survey suggests that this viewpoint is also strongly supported by lot owners
and residents who responded to the survey. With a single set of Covenants,
ALL PBH lot owners and residents will have the same rules, rather than one
person finding out they can't do what their neighbor can do and vice-versa.
The existing
seven individual Covenants and the way they are written severely limit
enforcement. Only lot owners within a particular subdivision can take
effective action to enforce the Covenants of that subdivision. The HOA
itself, the ARC committee, and lot owners in other, adjacent PBH
subdivisions cannot do so. We, the HOA Board, think this should change. ALL
PBH lot owners as well as the HOA representing them should have more
effective enforcement capabilities in the rare case where it is needed to
defend our property values.
This webpage
contains the information needed to make an informed decision, as well as the
process that will allow all interested lot owners to have their viewpoint
heard.
Listed below
are the following: Rationale for consolidating Covenants, map of the Unit boundaries,
Unit boundaries by street address, the original Covenants, the
attempt in 1992 to consolidate them into a single document, the results of
the Fall 2009 survey of residents, a draft of the revised Covenants as of
Oct 27, 2009 (this draft used the 1992 Covenants as a starting template) and
the subsequent revision, Nov 23, based on comments and input from residents.
It is the
intent of the HOA Board to consider all the inputs and comments received and
draft a final document that will be presented to home and lot owners for
ratification. This will require a simple majority of home and lot owners in
each of the seven units.
Residents are
encouraged to attend the Input/Discussion meetings listed below and/or to
send their comments to
covenants@pinebrookhills.org.
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