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RIVERVIEW CONDOMINIUM TRUST
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 | Rules and Regulations
Overview for Landscape Procedure |
| Approved Procedure, Exhibit 1: Landscaping, Shrubs, Trees and Flowers |
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Unit owners are allowed to plant most types of purely decorative
perennials or annuals in the mulch beds directly adjacent to their units,
without written permission from the Board of Trustees.
Excluded plants include vegetables and fruit-bearing plants or shrubs.
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In addition, Unit Owners can submit written proposals to the Board
of Trustees to plant additional perennials or annuals directly adjacent to their
units, but not in mulch beds (for example, behind the deck areas to which the
Unit Owner has an exclusive easement). These
plantings can include trees, shrubs, or small raised beds.
Clearly defined, written proposals MUST be submitted to the Board of
Trustees and approved in writing PRIOR to the Unit Owner taking any action. Plants that any Unit Owner installs without such written
approval will be removed at the Unit Owner’s expense, and the Board of
Trustees will impose standard fines until the removal takes place.
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Unit Owners may not remove any existing plants or plants that the
Association installs without written approval from the Board of Trustees.
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The Board of Trustees reserves the right to disapprove any
proposal that they deem is not in the best interest of the Association, causes a
safety hazard, negatively affects maintenance of the Common Elements, or
interferes with any other Unit Owner’s reasonable use of the Common Elements.
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Unit Owners are responsible for the complete care and maintenance
of all plants that they install in mulch beds and other APPROVED areas.
This includes pruning, fertilizing, dividing, and treatments for disease
or insects. Unit Owners are
responsible for removing any diseased or dead plants at their own expense, in a
timely manner.
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The responsibility for future maintenance, on sale of a unit, is
conveyed to the new Unit Owner.
· The Board of Trustees reserves the right to instruct Unit Owners to remove any plant that is diseased, dead, causes a safety hazard, is overgrown, negatively affects maintenance of the Common Elements, or interferes with any other Unit Owner’s reasonable use of the Common Elements. If any Unit Owner does not comply with a request to remove plants, the Board of Trustees will impose standard fines until the plant is removed. In the case of the Association being forced to remove a plant, due to a Unit Owner’s non-compliance to a removal request from the Board of Trustees, all costs that the Association incurs when removing said plant(s) will be charged to the Unit Owner.
Approved and consented to by the Board of Trustees on 12/9/98.
1)
Submit comprehensive plans to Board of Trustees (including the
following).
a)
Exact location of plantings
b)
Approval from neighbors
2)
Type of plantings allowed:
1)
Annuals/Perennials in front or rear in non-grass areas
2)
Permission for all shrubs not above 5' in height
3)
All trees must require a plan and Board approval.
4)
Planters
5)
Other
3)
Contractor or owner to call Dig-Safe prior to any digging, when required.
4)
Apply for and receive building permits, if needed.
5)
Use licensed and insured contractor - see minimum levels of insurance
(Insurance
6)
Receive written approval from Board of Trustees within 45 days of written
request. (If
1.
Trees and Shrubs should be selected and placed in a manner which does not
obstruct
2.
Mature size of plant is to be considered.
3.
Plants are not to encroach on walkways or block walkway lighting.
4.
Appropriate drainage is to be supplied and directed to street, to prevent
run-off into adjacent
5.
Sprinklers should be adjusted so as not to spray neighbors or common
streets/sidewalks.
6.
Application for landscape is to include:
a.
Listing of plant materials (unless already on approved list below).
b.
Location of plants on overall site plan, showing unit.
c.
Planters and retaining walls - dimensions, materials, color/finish.
7.
Any request for tree removal must be accompanied with a plan for suitable
replacement(s).
8.
No tree with a circumference of five (5) inches or greater will be
removed, without the
9.
Any semi-annual or annual flower, including the perennials listed below,
may be planted within the approved area.
a)
Potentilla
g)
Sedum
b)
Day Lilies
h)
Iris
c)
Astilbies
i)
Phlox
d)
Allium
j)
Asters
e)
Larkspur
k)
Hosta
f)
Foxgloves
Any
of the ornamental shrubs listed below may be planted in the approved area.
a)
Hydrangea
h)
Hemlock
b)
Holly
i)
Rhododendron
c)
Boxwood
j)
Baltic Ivy
d)
Junipers
k)
Cottoneaster
e)
Yews
l)
Mountain Laurel
f)
Azaleas
m)
Dogwood
g)
Cypress
n)
Viburnum
10.
Cost of material and labor shall be borne solely by unit owner.
11.
Recommend unit owners/residents get written permission of abutters and
Board prior to initiation of any planting.
12.
Unit owners cannot remove any existing plants or plants that the
Association installs, without written approval from the Board of Trustees.
13.
Unit owners are responsible for the complete care and maintenance of all
plants that they install in mulch beds and other APPROVED areas. This includes pruning, fertilizing, dividing, and treatments
for disease or insects. Unit owners
are responsible for removing any diseased or dead plants at their own expense,
in a timely manner.
14.
The Board of Trustees reserves the right to instruct unit owners to
remove any plant that is diseased, dead, causes a safety hazard, is overgrown,
negatively affects maintenance of the Common Elements, or interferes with any
other unit owner's reasonable use of the Common Elements.
If any unit owner does not comply with a request to remove plants, the
Board of Trustees will impose standard fines until the plant is removed.
In the event that the Association is forced to remove a plant, due to a
unit owner's non-compliance to a removal request from the Board of Trustees, all
costs that the Association incurs for the removal of said plant(s) will be
charged to the unit owner.
15.
The responsibility for future maintenance, on sale of a unit, is conveyed
to the new unit owner.
16.
The Board of Trustees reserves the right to disapprove any proposal that
it deems is not in the best interest of the Association, causes a safety hazard,
negatively affects maintenance of the Common Elements, or interferes with any
other unit owner's reasonable use of the Common Elements.
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