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Volume 1
Issue 1
January 2000
How to Get ACC Approval Before Changes
by Sally Huff
Homeowners, do you have a unique and special modification you would like to make to the exterior of your home? Make certain that an ACC application has been submitted and approved before purchasing costly supplies and equipment or before signing a contract with a builder or landscaper. Unfortunately, hardly a month passes that the ACC does not receive an "after the fact" application for a project that has been completed without securing prior ACC approval. Sadly, in some cases, this expensive project has now become a deed restriction.
The responsibility assigned to the ACC is to make sure that homeowner plans meet the basic requirements of the CC&Rs as well as the other guidelines which have been set up over the years. (Most of these guidelines have been published in previous newsletters.) If the plan does not meet specifications, it will be returned to the homeowner with an explanation followed by a phone call from a member of the ACC to request additional details or suggestions as to how to modify the plans. The more details included in the initial application, the more likely the application is to make it through the first round. If a homeowner does not get prior approval before building a fence, wall, trellis, pool, etc., it may entail additional expense in removing and replacing a feature that does not meet the community standards.
The ACC meets the first Monday of each month, so we suggest that applications be submitted no later than the 28th of the previous month. All members of the ACC are volunteers with full schedules and busy occupations. Occasionally, meeting dates will vary when working around a holiday or hectic work schedules among ACC members.
We are pleased to announce that in addition to our present members (Sally Huff, Bob Collins and Kathy McBay), the ACC has recently added two new members... Paolo Sanza and Greg Stanley, both of whom have backgrounds in architecture and have lived in the community for several years. Greg Stanley has recently performed contract work with the Boulders and The Phoenician while Paolo is involved in collaborative work with Will Bruder.
