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Parkwood IX Homeowners Association

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Architectural Modifications/Improvements

The Association is here to serve the community in different ways, including enforcing the Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions and the By-Laws. These documents contain the requirement that architectural modifications and improvements to the exterior of your home or your property require prior approval from the Architectural Control Committee. Please be aware that if an unapproved modification is identified that has been completed or is underway, it is still subject to review. You will be asked to stop all activities on the improvement and to submit plans for review (retroactively if the improvement is completed). The Association might also physically review the modification. If the plans or modification are disapproved, you will have to submit modified plans for review and then complete or redo the improvements in accordance with the approved plans, solely at your cost.

Pet Clean-Up

We have received numerous complaints from homeowners regarding the continual lack of cooperation of dog owners in cleaning up after pets. To reiterate the regulation set out by the Parkwood IX covenants: "Dogs must be kept on a leash when outside of the residence. Any Owner shall be required to immediately pick up any animal waste deposited by his/her pet on any portion of the Subdivision. No pets may be left outside at night between the hours of 9:30 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. "

Road Rules

Please obey the speed limits and stop signs posted within our community. Since we do not have sidewalks within our community, we are forced to use the streets to walk. We have a lot of neighborhood children at play in the streets and we need to become more aware of their presence when we are behind the wheel. PLEASE MAKE A FULL AND COMPLETE STOP at all Stop signs within our community.

Selling Your House?

There have been a number of homes sales within our community in the past year and the following is provided for clarification.

FOR SALE/OPEN HOUSE Signs

	A maximum of one "Open House" or one "For Sale" sign may be displayed in a home at any one time, but not both. Such signage must be displayed in a window.
	Absolutely no signage may be displayed on or within any common area of the neighborhood without prior, written approval from the Association; such approval may be arbitrarily withheld.

Estoppel Letters

Before closing on your property, your closing agent will need to send a letter to the Association advising that your house will be sold. The agent needs to send this letter along with a $50.00 processing fee check to: Parkwood IX Homeowner’s Association, P.O. Box 970503, Coconut Creek, Florida, 33097. The Association’s Treasurer will check your homeowner’s account records and violation records regarding your property. An Estoppel letter will not be issued to the closing agent until ALL outstanding issues have been cleared.

Leasing Your Property?

If you are considering leasing your property the following By-Law is in place and is provided as a reminder:
"No owner shall lease his/her Improved Lot, or any portion thereof, without the prior approval of the Association. Said approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Under no circumstances shall the Improved Lot, or any portion thereof, be leased for a period of less than six (6) months.”

Quarterly Association Maintenance Fees

Each year the Association is responsible for preparing a budget and establishing a maintenance fee for the general expenses to operate and maintain the Common Areas of the property. The budget process is used to determine the maintenance fee required of each homeowner to meet these expenses. The current charge is $135.00 per quarter.

Payments are due on the 1st day of January, April, July, and October.

Homeowners who have not paid their maintenance fees by the last day of the first month of each quarter will automatically be assessed a $50.00 late fee and sent a statement reflecting such. A late fee of $50.00 is assessed for each month thereafter. Please also be advised that pursuant to Article 7.06 of the Association By-Laws:

a) In the event any Lot Owner is delinquent in the payment of their Association Assessments two or more times in any 12 month period, the association shall be entitled to accelerate the next 12 months of the regular maintenance assessments due for said delinquent Lot provided the Association complies with the following notice requirements:

i) The Board of Directors must vote and receive an affirmative majority vote of the Board of Directors at a duly called and properly noticed meeting of the Board of Directors, approving acceleration.

ii) The Board must provide the delinquent lot owner opportunity to cure the default and notice of the Associations intent to accelerate the assessments if the delinquency is not cured in 30 days. Such notice and opportunity to cure must be delivered or mailed to the last known address of the owner as provided to the Association and found in its official records.

b) After any 30 day opportunity to cure and notice of acceleration, if an account remains delinquent, collection of the accelerated amounts may be secured by the recording of a lien for assessments in the public records of Broward County, Florida and may be pursued for collection by the Association as any other regular assessment, as provided in the Declaration of Covenants or as otherwise authorized by Florida Law.

This page last updated 02/09/2010 07:23:24 AM