Camelhead Estates

What Camelhead Estates's governing documents say

This is the Declaration of Restrictions for Camelhead Estates Unit III, a single-family home subdivision in Paradise Valley, AZ. It creates a homeowners' association (Camelhead Estates Unit III Homeowners Association) that maintains open space areas and enforces rules on residential use, architecture, and assessments. The rules apply to homeowners of designated lots and are intended to preserve property values and open space.

• Residential use & restrictions: Lots may only be used for one single-family dwelling per lot, with a private garage (max 3 cars), a guest house, and domestic quarters. No business, store, office, or church is allowed unless the business activity cannot be seen, heard, or smelled from any other lot and creates no extra traffic. The dwelling must have at least 2,000 square feet of enclosed living area (excluding porches, garage, guest house, and domestic quarters).
• Architectural review & design standards: All new construction, alterations, fences, walls, and exterior color changes must be approved by the Architectural Review Committee. The committee can reject plans that are not suitable or harmonious with surroundings. It may charge a fee to cover consultant costs. Setback requirements: at least 40 feet from front lot line, 20 feet from interior side lot lines, 40 feet from side lot lines adjacent to a street; height limit of 28 feet from highest finished grade.
• Fences, walls, and hedges: No solid wall or fence over 2.5 feet high within 40 feet of a street line. Side or rear fences/walls (not building walls) cannot exceed 6 feet in height. No hedge or living fence over 3 feet high within 40 feet of a street line. Height measured from natural grade.
• Animals and nuisances: No livestock or poultry (including horses, cows, sheep, goats, chickens, pigeons) may be kept on any lot. No signs are allowed except open house signs on the day of the open house. No elevated tanks; any tanks must be buried or screened. Clotheslines, service yards, woodpiles, and storage must be screened. Trash must be removed within 24 hours.
• Assessments & liens: Each lot must pay annual assessments set by the Board of Directors, which can be increased by a 50% vote of qualified members. The pro-rata share is based on the number of lots. Delinquent assessments bear 10% annual interest and create a lien on the lot, subordinated only to first mortgages. The association can sue personally or foreclose the lien.
• Open space & association role: The association holds title to open space areas for the benefit of lot owners and the Town of Paradise Valley. It maintains landscaping, pays taxes and insurance (minimum $500K/person, $1M/occurrence, $50K property damage), and may plant vegetation. The Town is a third-party beneficiary.
• Amendment & enforcement: Restrictions may be amended by a 75% vote of qualified members (or 60% during extensions), recorded in the county. Violations can be restrained by court action, and the association may recover damages. A first mortgage foreclosure sale buys the lot free of pre-existing assessment liens but subject to future assessments.
• Opt-in for additional lots: Lots 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 15, and 21 are not initially bound by this declaration but their owners may consent by recording a Consent, after which the lot becomes irrevocably subject to all restrictions.

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.