Valley Circle Townhomes

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1 Valley Circle Valley Circle Townhomes s OWNERS ASSOCIATION Rules and Regulations Rules and Regulations Approved June 2015

2 Valley Circle Townhomes Rules and Regulations IIII INTRODUCTION ODUCTIG The success of VALLEY CIRCLE TOWNHOMES depends on the cooperation of each and every Resident. Because we share common walls, grounds, driveways, and recreational areas, we must also share in maintaining these areas for ourselves and for all other Owners and Residents. Whenever groups of people live or work together, Rules and Regulations must be established to safeguard the well-being of the community. Our rules have been established to ensure that VALLEY CIRCLE is a successful, happy, and comfortable environment for everyone. In most cases, these rules are a restatement or clarification of the VALLEY CIRCLE TOWNHOMES Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (CC&Rs). BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Board of Directors is comprised of five (5) Homeowners, elected by the members of the Association, who represent the VALLEY CIRCLE TOWNHOMES Owners' Owners Association in overseeing the smooth functioning of the complex, these people volunteer their own time and energies in assuming administrative and maintenance responsibilities for the complex. All issues should be addressed to the Board of Directors in care of the Management Company. The Board of Directors meets monthly to address business matters of the Association. EEFINITIONS DEFINITIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES RESPONSII3ILITIESI OWNER(S): The person holding full or partial title to one or more units within the complex. TENANT(S): The person renting or leasing a condominium unit from an Owner. GUEST(S): A person who does not normally live on the premises but who is on the premises by invitation of an Owner or Tenant. ALL OWNERS, TENANTS, AND GUESTS ARE SUBJECT TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS BOOKLET. ALL OWNERS AND TENANTS ARE SUBJECT TO THE REGULATIONS SET FORTH IN THE BY-LAWS AND THE CC & R S. R'S. OWNERS WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF THEIR GUESTS, THEIR TENANTS, GUESTS OF THEIR TENANTS AND CONTRACTORS THEY HIRE. 1

3 COMMON AREAS AND GENERAL RlIJ RULES 1. Owners are required to provide the Association with the most current names of all residents, breed and description of all pets, vehicle information and an emergency contact. Resident Information Forms are available from the Management Company. Owners are required to provide updated forms when requested from the Association or when there are changes in the information previously provided. This information is never shared or sold and is only used for management and emergency purposes. We request that this document be updated annually to ensure that all information is up to date. 2. Speeding through any driveway is prohibited. The speed limit is 5 mph. 3. Excessive noise, including but not limited to barking dogs and loud music, is not permitted at any time. 4. Parents and/or guardians are responsible to ensure that minors behave in a way that does not disturb other people or cause damage to the complex. 5. Motorized vehicles, bicycles, skate boards, roller skates or any wheeled vehicles, with the exception of wheelchairs, are not allowed in the walkways or in the interior common areas. 6. Garbage and trash must be deposited inside the containers provided. Garbage must be sealed in plastic bags. Dumpster lids and doors are to be kept closed at all times. Trash, whether bagged or not, must not be left on the ground in or around the trash enclosures. 7. Large items must not be left in or around the trash enclosures. Large item pickups must be called into the Management Company to make arrangements for pick up with the trash company. 8. Homeowners and contractors hired by Homeowners must remove all construction debris from the community. Construction debris may not be disposed of in the Association s trash bins. Contractors and/or Owners may have a trash bin for the disposal of construction debris in guest parking with at least seven (7) days notice. The trash bin maybe placed in guest parking or on the street for no more than five (5) days without written permission from the Board of Directors. 9. No personal property of any type may be stored or left in common areas. 10. All entrance gates must be kept closed. 11. Signs - Subject to Civil Code Sections 712 and 713, and any local ordinance, an Owner may advertise a Condominium for sale or lease with one sign, not to exceed 24" 24 by 36" 36 in size. This sign may be placed in a window on the inside of a unit. 1

4 12. An Owner may, pursuant to Civil Code Section 4710, display a non-commercial sign, poster, flag or banner. The sign, poster, flag or banner may be made of paper, cardboard, cloth, plastic or fabric and may be posted or displayed from the exclusive use common area yard, window, door, balcony or outside wall of the separate interest. The sign, poster, flag, or banner shall not be made of lights, roofing, siding, paving materials, flora or balloons or similar materials and shall not include the painting of architectural surfaces. The signs and posters permitted hereunder shall not exceed 9 square feet in size. Flags and banners shall not exceed 15 square feet in size. Attachment of these items to the exterior of the separate interest in a way that results in damage to the structure or waterproofing of the building is prohibited. Except as provided herein, no other signs or banners may be displayed anywhere on the Property visible outside a Unit without the prior written consent of the Board. 13. No landscaping alterations may be made to common areas without prior Board approval. 14. Landscaping for individual units including patio area, which is visible from the common area or other residences, must be kept in presentable condition. All plant material must be kept clear of the buildings, roofs and gutters. 15. No garage or patio sales of any nature are permitted anywhere in the complex. The Association may initiate an annual garage sale in which any Resident may participate. 16. No one may tamper with or attempt to adjust any operating piece of equipment, valve, electrical, gas or water connection within the common area without Board approval. 17. Any personal item within an individual unit which is visible from the outside must be in presentable condition. 18. Windows may not be covered with tin foil, newspaper, or other makeshift items. Curtains, drapes, and other window coverings must be in good condition at all times. 19. Screens must be kept on the windows and in good condition at all times. 20. No blocking of vents in garage doors. AUTHORIZATION TO LEASE An Owner may rent/lease a Residential Unit for Residential purposes subject to the provisions of this Article and Article III, Section 3.01 of the CCRs as follows: 1. Pursuant to Article III, Section 3.01 (b) (8), of the Valley Circle Townhomes Owners Association, Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (CC&Rs), adopted and recorded August 12, Any Owner purchasing a unit after the date of recordation must obtain authorization to rent or lease their unit. There can be no more than thirteen (13) units leased at any one time. 2. If the maximum number of allotted units has been rented/leased at the time of your request, any application to rent/lease will be placed on a waiting list. 3. Obtaining authorization to lease applies to all Owners that purchased their unit after August 12, Any Owner that owned their unit prior to that date is exempt from this requirement. All other rules and regulations pertaining to leasing affect all owners who lease their unit. 2

5 4. A copy of the lease must be provided upon renting your unit and an offsite mailing address provided for correspondence, billing and notices. 5. The Owner is responsible for providing the Association s documents and Rules and Regulations to the Tenants. The Owner of the property is ultimately responsible for any violation or damages caused to the common area by Tenants, Tenant s guests or family members and contractors hired to work on the units. 6. Once the unit is leased the Owner has delegated use of the common area to their lessee and may not use the common area facilities and forfeits their rights to use the common area facilities. 7. There is a written agreement between the Owner and Tenant, a copy of which is provided to the Association prior to Tenant occupancy. This document shall include the names and telephone numbers of all Occupants, Tenants, and their roommates; 8. The rental term is at least six months in duration and is for the entire condominium unit, not a room or portion of the unit; a. The lease expressly states that it is subject to all the provisions of the Governing Documents, which include the Declaration, the Condominium Plan, the By-Laws, the Articles of Incorporation and the Rules and Regulations such that in any action by the Association to compel compliance with the governing documents, the Tenant can be a party thereto and subject to an injunctive remedy. The Association and each Owner shall have a right of action directly against any Tenant/Occupant for any breach of any provision of the Governing Documents. The Owner shall supply the Association with a written acknowledgment of receipt of the Governing Documents signed by the Tenants; 9. The Owner is solely responsible for obtaining compliance by a Tenant as to the governing documents. In the event a Tenant fails to comply with the governing documents and the Owner fails to obtain compliance by the Tenant within thirty (30) days of written notice, the Association can pursue both the Owner and Tenant in an action for injunctive relief to comply with the governing documents. In such event the Association shall be entitled to recover all attorney s fees and costs actually incurred in the prosecution of said action, from the Owner. If an Owner, in response to a demand to obtain compliance from the Association initiates and prosecutes to conclusion an unlawful detainer against the Tenant, which shall be deemed compliance by the Owner. 10. The Owner shall expressly indemnify and hold the Association, its Board of Directors and its agents and employees harmless from any and all claims arising out of the actions or conduct of Owner s Tenant, including the cost of attorney s fees and costs incurred in defending any such claim.;1] POOL AREA;0] 1. The use of the pool and jacuzzi is EXPRESSLY limited to Residents and their guests. Guests must be accompanied by an adult Resident host at all times. Residents may not bring more than four (4) guests per unit into the pool area at any one time. 3

6 2. Pool area hours Sunday 8:00 Thursday 8 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Friday Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. 3. No glassware or breakable objects (such as bottles, plates, etc.) are permitted in the pool area. 4. Proper bathing attire must be worn at all times. Anyone that may be incontinent must wear rubber pants or suitable clothing to avoid contamination in the pool or jacuzzi. 5. Residents are responsible for cleaning up after themselves and their guests. Please use trash receptacles, not ashtrays, for garbage. Excessive amounts of trash should be removed from the pool area by the Resident. 6. Animals are NOT allowed in the pool area. 7. No poolside furniture or safety equipment may be removed from the pool area, used as playthings, or damaged. 8. Smoking is not allowed IN the pool orjacuzzi. Please use ashtrays. 9. Minors under the age of 14 are not allowed in the pool area unless accompanied by a responsible adult 18 years of age or older. 10. No running, pushing, or horseplay is allowed in or around the pool area. Loud noises or other disturbances will NOT be tolerated. 11. The use of air mattresses, rafts, balls, etc. must be restricted when the pool is congested. 12. Pool and jacuzzi equipment are off-limits to all persons except pool maintenance personnel and the Board Members. 13. Pool gates must be kept closed and locked at all times. Leaving the gate ajar or blocking open is strictly prohibited. 14. The pool area may not be reserved for the exclusive use of any one unit or Resident. Events or gatherings which exceed the allotted number of allowed guest in the pool area are strictly prohibited. (This does not apply to Association hosted events.);1] ANIMALS;0] 1. No animals, livestock, or poultry of any kind shall be raised, bred, or kept in the Project, except upon specific approval of the Board. 2. A Resident shall be allowed to maintain one dog or two cats (two pets total) so long as a pet does not unreasonably annoy, or inconvenience any other Residents, guests or other pets and provided that such pet or pets shall, if and when declared to be a nuisance by the Board, forthwith be removed from the Project. 3. Pit bull terriers (Staffordshire Terriers) or Pit bull terrier mixed breeds of any size are expressly prohibited. 4

7 4. Small domesticated animals (e.g., birds, hamsters, turtles and fish) may be kept in a contained environment (cage or aquarium), provided they are not kept, bred or raised for commercial purposes, and subject to the following sub-paragraphs of this Section. A maximum of two (2) birds may be kept in a contained environment in a unit. 5. Dogs must be curbed and kept on a leash at all times while in or on the Association common areas. The common area is any area outside your unit. 6. You are responsible for cleaning up after your own pet. Pets shall be taken outside the complex to relieve themselves. 7. Any inconvenience, damage or injury caused by such household pet(s) shall be the sole responsibility of the respective Owner and said Owner indemnifies the Association, its Board of Directors, Officers, Manager and its staff and holds each of them harmless from and against any and all loss, cost, liability and expense of any kind and nature arising out of having pets within the project. 8. Any expense incurred from damage caused by pets will be borne by the Owner of the unit where the pet resides or is a guest of. ARK1NG PARKING AND GARAGES GARA[#I 1. Guests may park in spaces designated as Guest Parking at any time subject to the following: a. Guests must hang a guest-parking permit issued by the Association from the interior rearview mirror of their vehicle with the lettering thereon facing the front of the vehicle. If the vehicle does not have an interior rearview mirror the guest parking permit must be placed in such a manner that it can be seen in the front windshield driver s side of the vehicle. b. Only one guest permit is allowed per unit. Replacement cost for permits are $ c. All guests of a particular unit collectively may park no more than ten (10) nights per calendar month in any space designated as Guest Parking. d. A vehicle will be considered parked for a night if it occupies any space designated as Guest Parking during any portion of the time from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. of the following morning. e. Any vehicle found in violation of this rule may be towed at the Owner s sole expense. 2. Parking in any of the common areas, driveways, or fire lanes, including in front of a Resident's Resident s garage, is not allowed. Exceptions will be permitted for temporary usage, such as car washing, deliveries, loading or unloading. Contractors working for Owners may not park behind the garage or in the alleys except to load and unload equipment or supplies. 3. Garages shall be used for the parking of vehicles and the storage of an Owner s household goods only. No other use is permitted without written permission from the Board of Directors. 4. Garage doors shall remain closed except to permit ingress to and egress from the garage. Garage doors may be left open no more then 6-8 inches to allow for ventilation. 5

8 5. Abandoned cars or any vehicle not complying with parking rules, will be towed away and disposed of at the Board s Board's discretion and at the Owner's Owner s expense. 6. No personal items, such as but not limited to, lumber, furniture, or crates are permitted in driveways. 7. No gasoline, explosives, or flammable fluids are to be stored in garages, except in Fire Department approved containers, subject to Los Angeles municipal codes. 8. No house trailers, boats, boat trailers, campers, trucks, or similar vehicles shall be parked in any of the parking areas without the prior written permission of the Board. 9. No vehicle shall be used as a living area while within the project or development. No boat, truck, trailer, camper, recreational vehicle or tent shall be used as a living area if permitted by the Board to be parked within the development. 10. Only emergency and/or minor repairs may be done on Residents Residents' vehicles in the garage area. Such work must be done in a manner that does not restrict access to any unit or create unhealthy or annoying situations. 11. Oil, gasoline, spare parts, etc., must be disposed of AWAY FROM THE COMPLEX. 12. For safety reasons playing is not allowed on roads, driveways or alleys in the community Hour Parking Vehicles may not be parked more than seventy-two (72) consecutive hours in any guest parking space without being moved. Vehicles parked more than seventy-two (72) hours in one parking space will be considered stored. Storage of vehicles in guest parking spaces is not permitted. Notice will be given by placing a ticket or notice on the vehicle. Once notice has been given vehicles may be towed in accordance with Vehicle Code Homeowners and Tenants may park in spaces designated as Guest Parking from 6:00 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day. At all other times, spaces designated as Guest Parking may only be used by guests. II1OR EXTERIOR ALTERATIONS 1. Exterior alterations, modifications, or additions, including but not limited to patio covers, water softener containers, and flag poles, are not permitted without WRITTEN consent of the Board. Architectural Request Forms are available from the Management Company. 2. Dwellings are not to be used or improved in any manner which might increase community insurance rates or threaten cancellation of insurance. 3. Dwellings are to be considered as Residential units and no business may be operated from within a unit or garage which disrupts the Residential environment of the complex. 6

9 ENFORCEMENT AND PROCEDURES PROCED1IJ1 1. All Homeowners and Tenants are asked to work together to enforce these rules, and to do so in a courteous and cooperative manner. Any violations of Rules and Regulations, Bylaws, or CC & Rs, should be reported to the Board in writing via the Management Company, stating the nature of the infraction(s), the person(s) involved, the date, time, and place of the incident, and the Owner or Tenant's Tenant s unit number. 2. Any Owner or Tenant who has been charged with a violation of any of these rules shall be notified in writing of the alleged violation and allowed a hearing before the Board of Directors. Hearing notices must be sent not less than ten (10) days from the date of the hearing. If the Owner wishes to appeal the violation charge, he/she must submit a written statement of rebuttal to the Board for review at the hearing or attend the hearing in person. 3. Notice of the decision of the Board of Directors from the hearing will be sent to the Owner within fifteen (15) days from the date of the hearing. 4. The monetary penalty policy is as follows: FIRST NOTICE: a courtesy violation letter with no monetary penalty and a request to comply. If not resolved, then SECOND NOTICE: a violation letter with a possible $50 monetary penalty after notice and a hearing. If not resolved, then THIRD NOTICE: a violation letter with a possible $75 monetary penalty after notice and a hearing. If not resolved, then FOURTH AND SUBSEQUENT NOTICES: a violation with a possible $100 monetary penalty after notice and a hearing and the possibility that the account will be turned over to the Association s legal counsel for legal action. 5. The Board of Directors may vote to temporarily suspend and Owner s voting rights as a Member of the Association as long as the violation continues and suspend an owner s privileges to use the recreations facilities, and other services provided by the Association which does not affect habitability or safety. (CC&R s Article V, section 5.6 (3)) 6. The Homeowners' Homeowners Association has the right to file a Small Claims Court Action to recover any sums not promptly paid as a result of said monetary penalties being assessed against a Homeowner or Tenant. The Board also has the right to assess penalties and interest for the late payment of violation monetary penalties. 7

10 ONCLUSIOI CONCLUSION These Rules and Regulations do not supersede or change the By-Laws or Conditions, Covenants & Restrictions or City, State or Federal laws in any manner. They do have the same status of law and enforceability. In addition to these Rules and Regulations, all federal, state, and local laws will be strictly enforced on the premises. This includes, but is not limited to, the use of illegal drugs or substances. Owners shall be responsible for the actions or misconduct of their Tenants or occupants, guests, family members or hired contractors for adherence to the Rules and Regulations of the Association. Each Owner shall be responsible to provide Tenants with a current copy of the Association Rules and Regulations. Management Company Concord Consulting & Association Services, Inc. 888 West Ventura Blvd. Suite C, Camarillo Mailing address: P.O. Box 6105, Oxnard, CA Telephone: Fax: