When you purchased your homes each came equipped with a photo-sensor light by the back garage. If you have tried to change your light bulb and the light still does not work, Home Depot carries the Hemco screw in light control for $5.00. This screws into the fixture and the light bulb screws into it. Most break-ins occur from the rear of the property and not from the front porch. To protect yourself as well as your neighbors please make sure your light is in working order.

Like all neighborhoods, some owners love pets, and others want nothing to do with them! Most owners who have pets understand their obligation and do the right thing for their pets and neighbors. Unfortunately, a few residents don’t care for their pets properly and allow them to run loose and don’t pick up after them. There are laws and covenants addressing this behavior, but before we can take the appropriate action, we must know the name or address of the owner of the pet who is in violation. The Association can write letters, but you need to let us know if the letters are working and the problem has ceased.

Also, for the Association to take more aggressive action, we need written complaints. However, one of the best deterrents is neighborly peer pressure. TO ALL PET OWNERS…please have consideration for everyone else who walks the property, not to mention the mess when the landscapers come through and mow!

The Architectural Review Board must approve all exterior changes to your property, including landscaping.

The Board strives to approve every request submitted, however, from time to time there are conditions that don’t allow the Board to approve certain requests. Usually rejections can be approved either with more information that wasn’t provided in the original request, or with slight modification.

Please remember, the Board has a responsibility to the overall Association to make decisions that protect the property values of the members of the Association. Just as a note, here are a couple reminders:

1. The Board endeavors to process all requests within 30 days of receipt.

2. All requests should be submitted in triplicate.

3. Any change requiring concrete pouring such as patios or pools, must include a $500 damage deposit with submittal.

4. Large numbers of requests are processed every month, and it does take time to notify owners after the meeting.

Again, it is the goal of the Board to approve all requests that fall within certain guidelines of the community, which protect everyone’s property values. If you have questions prior to submittal, please contact Bristol….we are here to help you.

Do you know what areas the association is responsible for maintaining? The association is responsible for all common area maintenance of lawns and landscaping installed by the association. If you are a townhouse homeowner, the association maintains the front, back and side of the building. If you are a single family homeowner, the association is responsible for the lawn and landscaping located in the front yard. The imaginary plane of your front door defines the front yard. The association maintains anything that the association has planted from this line to the street. The association shall also maintain the lawn and landscaping located on the alley up to an imaginary line formed by the continuation of the horizontal plane of the garage door of an alley home to the boundaries of the lot. All side yards not defined by the imaginary planes as described above are the owners responsibility.

Many owners have planted additional landscape material around their property. The owner is responsible for maintaining this additional material. If the plantings become overgrown and or not maintained, the association has the authority to remove the landscaping. Please remember newly planted landscaping will need to be hand watered.

The association contracted with the new landscaper to provide fertilization and pest control for the entire community, which includes the backs and sides of the single family homes. Fertilization will begin the last week in June 2002.

The water restrictions for irrigation were lifted on June 18, 2002. Thank you for your patience during this very difficult time. The associations’ biggest problem with the irrigation is homeowners opening the valves in front of their homes. A computer operates the irrigation. For the computer to operate the entire system the valves need to be in the "Off" position. The only reason an individual or group of homes should be in the "On" position is to override the system. This is done when we are performing maintenance on the system. If an owner turns on the valve in front of their home it overrides the system for the rest of the community. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM.