Arcadia Country Estates

Key facts from Arcadia Country Estates's documents

Reflects the 2000 governing documents — figures and rules are as originally recorded and may have changed since.

Community type

single-family residential subdivision (Section 1.14 defines Lot as parcel inten)

Legal name

Arcadia Country Estates

Developer / declarant

Arcadia Country Estates, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (Preamble and Section 1.7)

Governing law

Arizona Revised Statutes (References to A.R.S. § 33-741 et seq. an)

Assessments & dues

Board may levy Assessments in such amount as it determines necessary and appropriate; notice at least 30 days prior to due date; assessments set at equal amount per Lot (Section 7.2)

Special assessments

Board may levy Assessments from time to time as needed (no separate special assessment provision, but general authority includes any necessary amount) (Section 7.2: "may levy against each Lot )

Collections & liens

Assessment Lien attaches upon recording of Declaration; may be foreclosed like a realty mortgage; priority over most liens except tax, government assessments, and first mortgage; First Mortgagee acquires title free of prior unpaid assessmen (Sections 7.1, 7.4.2, 7.4.3, 7.4.5)

Reserves & fees

Not required but surplus may be carried forward from year to year (Section 7.6)

Pets

Reasonable number of dogs, cats, parakeets or similar household birds as domestic pets, not for commercial purposes (Section 4.11)

Leasing & rentals

Leasing of a Residential Unit is not considered a trade or business and is allowed (Section 4.1)

Parking & vehicles

Guest vehicles may park on public or private street for up to 72 hours within any 7-day period (Section 4.15.5)

Fences

Boundary walls between Lots: equally shared right to use; each owner pays half of maintenance, repair, replacement; negligent owner bears whole cost; modification requires written consent of adjoining owners; easement for encroachments (Section 4.22)

Architectural approval

Prior written approval required for: devegetation, excavation, grading; construction or installation of any Improvement; any addition, alteration, repair, change affecting exterior appearance (Section 3.1)

Solar & roof

Solar collectors not on roofs; must not be Visible From Neighboring Property; prior ARC approval required (Section 4.5)

Home business

Allowed if: not apparent from outside, conforms to zoning, no persons coming to lot, no solicitation, compatible with residential character, conducted inside, no employees not residents, no traffic congestion, no hazardous materials, not vi (Section 4.1 (nine conditions))

Signs & flags

No signs Visible From Neighboring Property without ARC approval, except Declarant's promotional signs and residence identification numbers/signs (Section 4.13)

Use restrictions

All Residential Units shall be used, improved and devoted exclusively to residential use (Section 4.1)

Voting & meetings

Each Owner of a Lot has one vote per Lot; vote must be cast as a unit; no fractional votes; if multiple owners disagree, lose vote; if more than one vote cast, all void (Sections 6.4 and 6.5)

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