Barcelona Condominium

What Barcelona Condominium's governing documents say

This is a condominium declaration for Barcelona Condominium, a 96-unit condo community in Phoenix, AZ built in 1989 and converted from apartments. The document establishes the rules for unit owners, residents, and renters, and covers ownership, use restrictions, maintenance obligations, and assessments.

• Residential use & home businesses: All units must be used exclusively as residences. Home businesses are allowed only if they are not detectable from outside the unit, involve no customer visits, and comply with zoning and community rules.
• Leasing & rentals: Leases must be in writing, for at least 90 days, and cover the entire unit. No subleasing or assignment. A unit may be leased no more than twice in any 12-month period. Owners must provide lease copies and tenant info to the association at least 10 days before the lease starts.
• Pets: Only domestic pets (dogs, cats, fish, birds) are allowed. The board decides what a 'reasonable number' is. Dogs must be leashed outside, and owners must clean up waste. Pet enclosures visible from outside are banned. Rules on pet weight or height require a member vote with majority approval.
• Alterations & improvements: Nonstructural changes inside a unit do not need board approval, but the owner is liable for any damage. Structural changes, anything visible from the outside, or any change to common elements need prior written board approval, often with engineer or architect certification and with security deposit and insurance requirements at the board's discretion.
• Parking & vehicles: Parking is assigned to each unit as a limited common element (e.g., a covered space). Only the owner, lessee, or occupant of that unit may park in its assigned space. No vehicle maintenance, construction, or inoperable vehicles are allowed. Violators may be towed at the owner's expense.
• Noise & floor coverings: Second-floor units cannot have hard floor coverings (tile, marble, wood) except in kitchens, bathrooms, laundry, and entry, and those must use sound control underlayment. The board may adopt noise rules, and loudspeakers and stereos must not transmit sound between units.
• Signs, antennas & window coverings: Exterior signs (including for-sale/for-rent) and antennas/satellite dishes require board approval, subject to applicable law. Window coverings that alter the exterior look, reflective materials, and window tinting (except original) are prohibited without board approval.
• Time-sharing & hazardous materials: Time-sharing (rotating occupancy in increments of 180 days or less) is prohibited. Storage of flammable or hazardous materials is limited to small quantities for normal cleaning or landscaping.

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.