APRIL NEWSLETTER
Here are a few reminders:
We are only a few months away from the opening of the swimming pool season here on the complex. Please obtain your 2006 pool keys, tennis court keys, and Cabana rental information from the staff at Easthill Apartments. Reports of vehicle break-ins and theft have increased. If shutting off the water in a building is required, it is necessary to notify all the homeowners/tenants affected. Water keys are located in the small shed attached at the end of each building. With the passage of our new governing documents, Building Representatives are permitted. Please consider volunteering; more about this sometime in the Summer.
As was stated in the recent letter to all homeowners, the Board will be reviewing our Kenthill Townhomes House Rules in order to make some necessary changes. Until they are revised, our current House Rules remain in effect. If you do not have a copy, please contact our property management company to obtain one. The House Rules of condominiums are in place for the benefit of everyone who lives in them and their enforcement helps all have a pleasant and peaceful place to live.
Some things to keep in mind:
The Board instructs the property manager to write letters concerning violations. It takes a quorum, 3 Board members for a motion to carry. If the problem continues, fines are issued until the problem is corrected. The Board will be doing walk-thrus again.
Typical things we will be looking for:
Cluttered limited common areas: Not a place to store items. Neither in the front of the Unit nor the back patio area.
Furniture, appliances, and other large items are not to be placed in the dumpsters nor left near them.
The Board continues to receive complaints regarding noise. Observe the Kenthill Townhomes quiet times (between 10:00PM and 8:AM).
Vehicle violations. House Rules with respect to parking will be strictly enforced. If you do not have a parking tag, contact a Board member. House Rules with respect to parking will be strictly enforced.
Damaged screen doors or screens off the track.
Pet violations [Our rules are taken from the City of Kent law or King County law]. No more than 3 per household. Not more than 30 pounds. Quiet pets (applies to birds, too).
Pick up pet feces immediately. All cats are to be indoor cats. [enacted in 1997 House Rules]. All cats.
Other animals: Do not feed the squirrels, ducks, etc., creates a mess, landscapers blow it around when they mow the lawn, the mess lowers everyone’s property value.
Nothing is to be attached to the buildings. Nothing. Nothing. It’s common area. Or limited common area. Please read the letter from the Attorney for the Association regarding this issue.
Satellite antennas. Installation is permitted according to Federal law. Regulation of that installation is permitted by that same Federal law.
Entry and patio light coverings are to be “globe” style. Nothing else.
Each unit has one (1) assigned reserved space and the right to use a second unreserved stall in the complex. Each unit is limited to two (2) cars, properly licensed and fully operable, parked, NOT STORED on premises.
1. Parking is allowed in designated parking spaces only. Vehicles will be towed at the owner’s expense if:
a. Vehicles are parked using more than one space (width and length);
b. Vehicles are parked in unmarked spaces (fire lanes, driveways, medians);
c. Vehicles that are double-parked;
d. Unauthorized vehicles that are parked in a resident’s reserved parking space.
2. Inoperative vehicles (including vehicles with expired license tabs or plates, or no license plates) will not be allowed to remain on the premises more than 72 hours. Violation will result in towing at owner’s expense.
3. Owners/tenants must register their cars with the property management firm.
4. Parking permits must be displayed in the vehicle. The tags are assigned to each unit and should remain with the unit when residents move out.
5. To obtain parking tags, contact a member of the homeowner’s Board. The charge for replacement tag is $5.00.
6. Visitors must use parking spaces not designed reserved. After seven (7) days, visitor parking must be approved by the Board.
7. Motorcycles will be considered individual motor vehicles and must be parked in marked parking spaces. Motorcycles cannot be parked on patios or on front walkways.
8. No automobiles, trailers, boats, campers, motor homes, commercial vehicles over 1 ton g.v.w., Class 8 tractors, over-sized vehicles as determined by the Board shall be parked or stored on the premises.
9. The Board has the right to remove any vehicle(s) from the premises that are deemed to be unsightly, over-sized, constitute a hazard or nuisance, in operable and/or stored. After placing notice on the vehicle for at least forty-eight (48) hours removal shall be done at the expense of the vehicle owner.
10. No car repairs are permitted on the premises. This includes maintenance such as oil changes and brake repairs, etc.
