Higley-Mckellips Business Center

What Higley-Mckellips Business Center's governing documents say

Higley-McKellips Business Center is a commercial/industrial maintenance association in Mesa, AZ. The association does not own common area but maintains shared landscaping, parking, lighting, and trash enclosures. Lots are intended for industrial, office, and retail uses; residential occupancy is not permitted. This document binds all lot owners (businesses).

• Property type & permitted uses: The project is intended for industrial, office, and retail purposes. Prohibited uses include manufacturing of paper, factories, foundries, slaughterhouses, tanneries, dairies, rendering plants, canneries, barns, stables, or any use offensive by odor, noise, fumes, etc.
• What the association maintains: The association is responsible for landscaping, irrigation, parking areas (asphalt/hardscape), exterior pole lighting, trash collection from enclosures, and other areas not maintained by the city or lot owners. Lots 1 and 7 pay their own site electric, trash, and asphalt/hardscape costs.
• Leasing & rentals: All leases must be in writing and subject to governing documents. Lot owners are responsible for assessments and damages caused by lessees. Owners must notify the association of lease start/end dates and lessee names. The association may reject a lessee in violation of rules.
• Assessments & fees: Annual assessments are set by the board and can increase up to 30% per year without member vote; greater increases require 67% member approval. Special assessments also require 67% approval. Late fees (minimum 10% monthly), interest, and liens apply. A working capital assessment of one-quarter of the annual assessment is due from initial purchasers.
• Insurance requirements: Lot owners must carry ‘all risks’ property insurance and commercial general liability with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate. The association must be named as an additional insured. Failure to insure may allow the association to obtain coverage at the owner’s expense plus a 25% handling fee.
• Architectural & exterior changes: Non-visible, non-structural interior changes do not require board approval. Structural changes and any visible exterior changes require prior written board approval, which must find the change aesthetically pleasing. No alterations to areas of association responsibility are allowed except by the declarant.
• Nuisance & prohibited activities: No odors, smoke, loud noises, or vibrations may be emitted that are oppressive or detrimental to others. Toxic discharge, glare/heat beyond lot boundaries, air/water pollution are prohibited. The board has sole discretion to define a nuisance.

Plain-language summary generated from the governing documents on file for this community. It may be incomplete and is not legal advice — read the full documents below or consult the official recorded versions.