Help keep our landscaping look awesome.
OK all you green thumbs out there! Here is your chance. The Common Area landscaping was designed to be attractive and low maintenance in order to keep our costs down thus keep our HOA fees low. This precludes putting in many bright and colorful plants and more high maintenance types of shrubs. A few homeowners have taken it upon themselves to spruce up their areas with colorful annuals, palms and other shrubs.
The board would like to encourage anyone who is interested in adding some annuals, changing existing plants, or replacing a plant you just can’t stand. However, in order to maintain the integrity of the overall landscaping plan the committee needs to have some control. Please read on below before turning any dirt or getting out those pruners!
Installing New Plant Material
- 1) The cost of all plant material, labor, and soil amendments is your responsibility.
- 2) All installed plant material becomes the property of the Homeowners Association.
- 3) You are responsible for maintenance of the newly installed plant material. This would include, but is not limited to, picking off dead flowers, leaves, or branches, pruning so as to not obstruct the pathways or driveways, and controlling pests as necessary. The landscape maintenance company and/or Landscaping Committee reserves the right to remove any plant material it deems is not being maintained in a neat and attractive manner.
- 4) Any damage caused to any existing plants or irrigation systems as a result of you or your agents installing new plant material shall become your financial responsibility. Cost of repair or replacement by the landscape maintenance company will be billed accordingly to the responsible party.
- 5) Any damage caused to any existing plants or irrigation systems as a result of you or your agents installing new plant material shall become your financial responsibility. Cost of repair or replacement by the landscape maintenance company will be billed accordingly to the responsible party.
- 6) ACCEPTABLE PLANTS would include any annual that grows to a height of less than 1.5' and spreads no more than 1.5'. Examples would be pansies, petunias, marigolds, daffodils, begonias, colombine, impatiens, or primroses. Landscape maintenance company reserves the right to remove any plant it deems inappropriate due to invasive roots, seed spread, pest/disease attraction or any other maintenance issue.
- 7) Any plants larger than described in "5" need approval of the Landscaping Committee. Please submit your request in writing to the Management Company.
Removing or Changing Existing Plants
If you just can’t stand a plant in the Common Area near your home and want to change it, or you have something else you think would look better in that spot, please contact the Landscaping Committee.
Notice
Plants can not be removed or pruned without the permission of the landscape committee. Any changes shall be at the homeowners expense.
