Rules Committee, Property Maintenance

All homeowners must suitably maintain their property.  Please be considerate to neighbors and the entire community by following the guidelines for suitable property maintenance as stated below:

• Yard maintenance includes mowing, edging, weeding and watering lawn, weeding and mulching around trees and shrubs, and maintaining landscaping materials like weed fabric and landscape bricks.

• Driveway, patio, and walkway maintenance includes keeping clean from debris, weeds, and moss growth.

• House exterior maintenance includes keeping roofs, siding, and gutters clean from debris and moss growth.

•  Fence maintenance includes replacing rotted, defective, loose, and aged posts and boards. Please refer to Exhibit 010 for maintenance responsibility.

• Painted surface maintenance includes any surface that has become water stained, peeled, blistered, faded, blotched, or weathered.

•  Homeowners shall not dump or store on any property directly in view from the street and neighboring properties the following, but not limited to:  garbage, refuse, lawn cuttings, debris, lawn mowers, mechanical equipment, tools, and toys.

• Trash containers shall not be stored in an area directly in view from the street and neighboring properties.  Containers are to be returned to acceptable storage promptly after pickup.

•  Recreational vehicles, boats, and trailers may not be parked on the street or driveway and shall be stored behind the primary structure or sight screened.

• Portable basketball hoops are permitted to be used on owners’ driveways.  They must not damage surrounding landscape in common areas or other property.  To prevent unsightly conditions the portable basketball hoops must be stored out of sight when not currently in use.  They must not be used on or block sidewalks or common areas.  The county will not clean or maintain streets if they are blocked.  If a homeowner observes a problem with street blockage please contact Snohomish County Public Works Department at 425-388-6408.

• Homeowners are permitted to plant portions of the common area abutting the owner’s lot with prior approval from the ACC.  Please be aware that the owner must maintain such plantings.  If the owner fails to do so, the association has the right to maintain such plantings and assess all costs to the owner.