Hillvale Commoms

Key facts from Hillvale Commoms's documents

Reflects the 1998 governing documents — figures and rules are as originally recorded and may have changed since.

Community type

Covenant / Planned Community

Legal name

Hillvale Commons

Developer / declarant

Benchmark/Hillvale Commons, LLC (Page 1, Article I Section 4)

Governing law

Georgia State Law (negligence standard) (Article I Section 3, Page 2)

Assessments & dues

$120 per lot until Jan 1, 2000 (Article IV Section 3, Page 7)

Special assessments

Permitted for capital improvements or other purposes (Article IV Section 4, Page 8)

Collections & liens

Assessment is a continuing lien; may be foreclosed; subordinate to first mortgage (Article IV Section 9, Page 10)

Reserves & fees

Capital contribution of $120 upon sale of home (Article IV Section 3.5, Page 8)

Parking & vehicles

On-street parking limited to 4 hours per day; resident vehicles in garages over 4 hours; inoperable vehicles in garage; no commercial vehicles, RVs, campers, boats visible; no storage visible (Article V Section 2(a)(e)(f)(g)(h), Page)

Architectural approval

Yes, for buildings, fences, walls, structures; except Declarant (Article V Section 1, Page 11)

Setbacks / home size

5500 square feet (Article V Section 1, Page 11)

Maintenance

Association maintains common area and entrance area; detention ponds maintained by Association; Owners maintain their lots except as noted (Article IV Section 2, Page 7; Article V )

Insurance

Association shall insure common area improvements for replacement cost; may insure other property (Article VI Section 1, Page 18)

Use restrictions

Not explicitly stated, but implied by nature of subdivision (General context)

Voting & meetings

Two classes: Class A (each lot = 1 vote), Class B (Declarant = 3 votes per lot) (Article III Section 2, Page 6)

Amendments

Within first 20 years and thereafter: instrument signed by 75% of Class A and 75% of Class B members, recorded (Article VII Section 3, Page 19)

Amenities

Entrance monument; detention ponds; recreation facility mentioned (no specifics) (Article I Section 3; Article II Section )

Extracted from the recorded governing documents and cited to them; may be incomplete and is not legal advice — verify against the official documents below.