Heritage
Phone: 941-235-3566
Fax: 941-235-3561
Activities: 941-235-1924
Property Manager –
hopmanager@comcast.net
Activities Director –
hopactivities@comcast.net
Welcome
to Heritage
Rules, Regulations & Policy
Please make yourself familiar
with the rules, regulation and policies in the information packet. You will find all the rules and
regulation in your Documents that were given to you at your closing or from
your Leaser.
All owners were provided with
governing documents with the purchase of their property:
You should have been given
the Declaration of Covenants
and the Declaration of Restrictions if
you bought a Villa or a Carriage Home.
If you bought a Condominium (Condo
or Duplex) you should have been given the Declaration
of Covenants and the Declaration
of Condominium.
These documents constitute a
contract you agree to abide by when you purchases your home or condo in the
community. It is your
responsibility to make yourself familiar with your set of documents and to
govern yourself accordingly.
By the authority granted in the Article’s of
Incorporation, Article 3.E, & the By-Laws of Heritage
All Owners!... Please make sure that your Property
Manager has your current information on record – name, address, telephone
number and if applicable, renter information. If seasonable, please inform us of your
alternate address, telephone number and dates you are gone.
Your Community Association is
governed by a Board of Directors who implements the provisions of the
association documents. You’re
Board of Directors, and any committees appointed by them, volunteer their time
in serving your community. They
work diligently to preserve the value of the homes and condos in the
community. The Gateway Group is
currently the Financial Advisement Company employed by the Association to
assist the Board of Directors with the operations of the association.
Operation of the
Homeowner’s Association includes villa landscaping and irrigation
maintenance, limited building maintenance, pest control and periodic exterior
painting and roof maintenance.
Operation of the Condominium
Associations includes common area maintenance, pest control, common area
utilities, periodic roof maintenance, landscaping, irrigation, exterior
painting and parking lot resurfacing.
Operation of the Carriage
Home Association includes landscaping, irrigation, pest control and limited
building maintenance.
The governing documents of the
community are lengthy: however as an owner, you are responsible to know their
content. The association has an
obligation to enforce the community restrictions and should not be subjected to
negative ramifications of the few that do not. After
ample notice and warnings, if the non-compliance continues, the owner may be
subject to fines, the amount will be determines by the Heritage
It is your responsibility as
an owner in the community to identify and report deed restriction
non-compliance issues. Please
involve the Property Manager after identifying or addressing these incidents to
promote corrective action.
The management and accounting
representatives for your community are as follows:
Property Manager On
site management
941-235-3566
941-235-3561 fax
Activities Director Park
Activities
941-235-1924
941-235-3561 fax
The Gateway Group Association
Financial Advisement Company
941-629-8190
941-629-0987 fax
Severn
239-694-3310 ext. 109 Company
239-694-5357 Fax
Included are some of the Rules, Regulations, and Association Board
of Directors Policies for your specific associations taken from the
Declaration of Convents, Restrictions and Condominiums for
Villas I Waterside
Club I Condominiums
Villas II Waterside
Club II Condominiums
Villas III Waterside
Club III Condominiums
Villas IV Waterside
Club IV Condominiums
Carriage Homes Waterside
Club Garages
Heritage Villas Condominiums
Waters Edge Condominiums
Waters Edge Villas Condominiums
Declarations of Restrictions
Villas & Carriage Homes
Article 6
Maintenance, Repair & Replacement
6.1 By The
Association: The Association shall maintain, repair, and replace as
part of
the Common Expense:
A. The
Neighborhood Common Areas and Common Improvements;
B. All electrical, mechanical, plumbing,
ventilating, heating, and air conditioning
fixtures and
equipment serving the neighborhood
common areas;
C. All
sod, shrubs, landscape berms and other landscaping and irrigation therefore
located within
the neighborhood (including individual lots), including unpaved right
of way
6.2 By The
improvements located upon
Owner’s
own doors, windows and screens.
It is the intent of hereunder that the Association shall
maintain all lot improvements as to structural repair and replacement
and that the lot
owner maintain the interior of the lot improvements. (See Declarations of Restrictions
Article 1, Definitions 1.29 Improvements)
Article 8 Insurance
8.1 Each lot owner shall carry casualty insurance for full replacement value on the
insurable portions of his lot improvements. The policy insurance shall name the
Association as an insured.
Article 10
Restrictions
10.3
Garages Required: Except when in actual use, garage doors
must be kept closed.
No garage shall be converted to other usage.
10.4 Boats & Vehicles: No
vehicle shall be parked in the neighborhood except on a
paved driveway or inside a
garage. No restricted vehicle shall
be parked overnight
unless in a garage. No
maintenance or repair of any boat, watercraft, aircraft or
vehicle unless in a enclosed garage.
10.5
Signs: No sign of any kind shall be displayed on any lot
except as follows:
A. Individual, ornamental house number and
name plate may be displayed provided
the size, color, design and location is approved by the Architectural
Committee
10.6 Animals: One
Dog and one Cat, fish in an aquarium or other pets permitted by Rule
adopted by the board home. No pet shall be permitted outside except
on a leash.
owners having pets shall remove all pet droppings.
10.7 Trash:
debris. Owners shall place
all garbage, trash and other refuse in a sanitary container.
Containers shall be placed along
the road on the morning of the scheduled refuse
collection.
10.8 Garage Sales: No garage sales, yard sales, or auctions shall be
conducted on any lot
or neighborhood common area.
10.10 Storm
Protection: In the event
of a hurricane or tropical storm
watches or warnings,
a lot owner may board up his home or install protective shutters, but
such protective
measures shall be promptly discontinued once the threat of storm ceases.
10.13 Window
Coverings: All windows on any home shall have window coverings
which
have a white or off-white
backing or which blend with the exterior color of the home
as
determined in the sole discretion of the Architectural Committee. No reflective
coverings, awnings, canopies or shutters shall be permanently installed
unless
first approved.
10.17 Occupants Bound: All
provisions of this Declaration governing the usage of a lot or
conduct of the lot owner shall also apply to all occupants of the lot
and all family
members, guest and invitees of the of the lot owner. The lease of any lot shall be
deemed to include a covenant on the part of the tenant to comply with
and be fully
bound by such provisions.
10.18 General Restrictions:
E. A lot owner shall not lease less than an
entire lot or lease a lot more than twice
in
any calendar year.
Article 11
In
the event of a sale, lease, transfer or occupation of a home, the owner shall
notify the
Board of Directors with the name of the new tenant, along with the closing
date of sale or term of lease. A home shall not be leased for less than
a three month
term or more
than twice a year.
Article 18
Remedies
18.1
Compliance by
owner’s
family, guest, tenants and invitees to comply, with the restrictions and
covenants
set forth in this Covenants.
18.2
Enforcement: Upon the failure of a lot owner to comply with the
provisions of Article
18.1,
the Association may in the sole discretion of the Board impose a fine upon the
Owner
pursuant to the provisions of Article 17 of the Covenants.
18.3 Mediation: No lot owner or other person bound by this Declaration shall commence
or
Prosecute
any judicial or administrative proceeding against the Association, involving
any
matter related to this Declaration without first submitting the issue to which
such
Proceeding
relates to non-binding mediation.
Declaration of Condominium
Paragraph 13 RESTRICTIONS UPON USE
(a)
Use the unit for
other than residence purposes
(b)
Do any of the following without written consent of the
association board of directors, paint or change the appearance of the exterior
wall, door, window, patio or any exterior surface, place any sunscreen, blinds
or awning on any exterior opening, draperies or curtains must have light solid
or color liner. Plant any planting outside a unit; erect any exterior lights or
signs.
(c)
Permit loud
and objectionable noises.
(d)
Make use of a
unit which violates any laws, ordinances or regulations of any government body.
(e)
Fail to
conform to and abide by this declaration, the Articles of Inc. and by-laws of
the Association.
(f)
Erect,
construct or maintain any wire antennas, garbage or refuse receptacles, or
other equipment on the exterior of the building.
(g)
Permit or
suffer anything to be done or kept in his condominium unit which will increase
insurance rates.
(h)
Commit or
permit any public or private nuisance in the unit.
(i)
Divide or subdivide a unit for the purpose of sale or
lease except to the adjacent unit.
(j)
Obstruct the common way of ingress or egress to the
other units
(k)
Hang any
laundry, garments or any other unsightly objects which are visible outside the
unit.
(l)
Allow
anything to remain in the common elements which would be unsightly or hazardous.
(m)
Allow any
rubbish, refuse, garbage or trash to accumulate in places other than the
receptacles provided.
(n)
Allow any
fire or health hazard to exist in or about the unit.
(o)
Make use of the
common elements in such a manner as to abridge the rights of the other unit
owners to their use and enjoyment.
(p)
Rent or lease a single room or less than an entire
unit.
(q)
Lease a unit for a period of less than three month.
(r)
Allow any animals to be kept in the unit other than
one dog or one cat, caged birds, and small marine animals in aquariums.
(s)
Park overnight any commercial truck, boats, campers,
motor homes, trailers, mobile home or similar vehicle in any parking area(other
than an enclosed garage)
(t)
Store a golf
cart any place other than in a unit’s carport or garage.
(u)
Enclose a
limited common element area, such as an entry area.
(v)
Use or store
a cooking grill within or about the unit or any balcony, lanai or patio in a
manner promulgated by the Board.
Paragraph 14
Prior
to the sale, transfer or lease of any unit within the condominium, the unit
owner shall provide the Association
written notice reciting the name, permanent
address and telephone number of the transferee party
or tenant.
Condominium Associations Policy
1.
Any owner who
leases or sells a unit shall notify the Board prior to sale.
2.
All owners may
not rent a unit more than two times a year.
Declaration of Covenants
Article 6 Maintenance
6.4 Maintenance
of Parcels and Certain Adjoining Areas
A. Each owner shall be responsible for the maintenance
of his Parcel Improvements,
which responsibility
shall include safeguarding the Parcel Improvement in the
event of hurricane or
tropical storm watches and warnings by, among other things,
placing indoors any
unfixed items on balconies or lanais and repairing the Parcel
Improvements in the
event of any damage. (See Declarations of Covenants)
Article 1, Definitions
1.49 Parcel Improvements
G. All maintenance required by this
Article 6.4 shall be preformed in a manner
consistent with the community standards and all applicable
restrictions. If any
owner fails to perform his maintenance responsibilities, the Association
shall have
the right, but not the obligation, to perform such maintenance
responsibilities,
provided the Association has first, in any situation not involving an
emergency, by
written notice to the owner, afforded the owner a period of 30 days
within which to
correct the
failure. All cost incurred by the
Association in performing an owners
maintenance
responsibilities, together with the Administration Fee, shall be
included in the individual Parcel Expenses pursuant to Article 7.5 and
shall be
assessed against the
owners parcel as an individual parcel assessment in
accordance with Article 9.8.
Maintenance responsibilities performed by the
Association pursuant
to this Article 6.4 shall not be construed as maintenance
responsibilities assumed by the Association by agreement with the owner
pursuant
to Article 6.6a
6.6 Additional
Association Maintenance
B. With
respect to property located within a Neighborhood, the Association may
assume maintenance responsibilities in addition to those designated by
the
Supplemental Declaration applicable to such Neighborhood by agreement
with
the Neighborhood Owners or the Neighborhood Association. The cost of
maintenance provided by the Association pursuant to this Article 6.6B
shall be
included in the
Neighborhood Expenses if the maintenance is for the benefit of all
neighborhood Owners, otherwise, such cost shall be treated as Individual
Parcel
Expenses and assessed against only those Parcels within the Neighborhood
for whose
benefit such maintenance is provided.
Article 11 Restrictions
11.5
Artificial Vegetation No
artificial vegetation shall be permitted on the exterior
of
any portion of the Community.
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11.6
Decorations No person shall place or maintain on a parcel any
flags, banners,
decorative lights. Or ornaments, or similar items without the written
approval of
Declarant or the Association; provided, however, that nothing herein
shall prohibit the
Display of seasonal Christmas or holiday decorative lights and ornaments
between
Thanksgiving and January 10 or the appropriate display of the American
Flag.
Article 17
Remedies
17.3
Fines Upon failure of an Owner to comply with the provisions
of Article 17.1, the
Association may, in the sole discretion of the Board and in addition to
all other
remedies to which the Association may be entitled pursuant to Article
17.2 and
17.3 impose a Fine upon the Owner pursuant to the following:
A. Notice; The Association shall afford an opportunity for a
hearing to the
Owner, after notice of not less than: (1) three days in the event of an
Emergency, or if the owner’s action constitutes; a threat to the
health and
safety of other owner’s….. (2) 10 days, in all other cases. The notice
shall include a statement of the date, time, and place of the hearing
and a
statement of the matters allegedly constituting a violation of Article
17.1.
B.
Hearing;
At the hearing the owner shall have the opportunity to review,
challenge
and respond to any material considered by the Board; to present
evidence;
and to provide written and oral argument on all issues involved.
Laws of the
State of
1.
Golf
Carts: Operation by any
person (s) under the age of fourteen (14) years of age
(with or without an adult riding along) is not permitted by State law.
2.
Wildlife: State law prohibits the
feeding of wildlife
Policy
instituted by the Board of Directors of
Heritage
All overnight vehicles must display a valid permit or
visitors pass.
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