Wintergreen Property Owners Association

Key facts from Wintergreen Property Owners Association's documents

Reflects the 1997 governing documents — figures and rules are as originally recorded and may have changed since.

Community type

HOA (The Cottages Unit Owner's Association and Wintergreen Property Owners Association, Inc.) (Definitions: 'Association as used herein)

Developer / declarant

Wintergreen Development, Inc. (Opening paragraph: made by Wintergreen D)

Assessments & dues

Each Lot: $50.00 per year. Homes assessed equally quarterly by the Association. General Covenants filing fee: $10 (later replaced by $750 special assessment as per 2018 note). (Cottages Part IV, section 1; General Cov)

Collections & liens

Association may perfect a lien against a Home or Lot for assessments unpaid more than 90 days from due date. (Cottages Part IV, section 3)

Pets

Yes, domestic cats, dogs, pet birds (except parrots) in reasonable numbers, not for commercial use. No doghouses, pens, animal shelters. (Cottages Part II, section 9)

Architectural approval

Yes, all buildings, fences, structures, changes in exterior appearance, landscape plans, and mailboxes must have prior written approval from the Company. Approval based on subjective aesthetic criteria. (Cottages Part II, section 1; General Cov)

Home business

Use of portion of Home as office allowed if it does not create customer or client traffic. (Cottages Part II, section 2(a))

Use restrictions

Yes, all Homes in The Cottages shall be used for residential purposes exclusively. Model units and home offices without client traffic are allowed. (Cottages Part II, section 2(a))

Voting & meetings

Each Owner of a Lot or Home in The Cottages has one vote per property. Multiple owners must designate one person to cast the vote. (The Cottages Covenants Part III, paras 1)

Amendments

Covenants run for 30 years from execution date, then auto-extend for successive 10-year periods unless an instrument signed by a majority of owners of property substantially affected is recorded to change covenants. (Cottages Part VI, section 1; General Cov)

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