The Gull's Call - Jul/Aug/Sep 2024

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Update to Community Architectural Rules: Basketball Standards by Anisa Dominguez, Architectural Standards Manager T HE FOLLOWING RULE COMPLETED A 28-DAY review period and has been voted on, and approved, by the Community Board of Directors and Community Architectural Committee. The Community Board ratified the rule change on March 27, 2024. These changes are now part of the Community Architectural Rules and Standards; they should be kept with your records. The rule change addresses how Basketball Standards are placed and stored. It further gives additional rights to the project associations to make more strict or lenient rules, due to the fact that some project associations have more space than others. Basketball Standards: Permanent basketball standards are not permitted on private lots. Project Associations may apply to the CAC for basketball courts in common areas with the condition that the courts not be lighted, or larger than standard high school half size courts. Before making application to the CAC for such a court, Project Associations must obtain the written approval of a majority of the property owners within a three hundred (300) foot radius of any part of the proposed court.

Temporary basketball standards shall be permitted on private property when they comply with all of the following conditions, unless the project association has developed stricter or more lenient requirements: 1. Free-standing from any residential building, fence or other permanent structure; 2. Maintained in structurally sound and safe operating condition, with no visual damage. Unsightly or unsafe equipment must be repaired or removed. 3. Used only during daylight hours; 4. Used only where they do not cause a traffic or safety hazard by blocking traffic, parking, or visibility on the streets or sidewalks; 5. Used without any additional artificial lights; 6. Used so as not to create a nuisance for any neighbor or other resident; and, 7. Standards no higher than 5 (five) feet may be used in backyards.

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