Blackstone Country Club

What Blackstone Country Club's governing documents say

This document is a Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for the Blackstone Country Club — a private golf course and club facility within the larger Vistancia master-planned community and Blackstone at Vistancia residential development. It does NOT contain the rules or restrictions that apply directly to homeowners; those are in the separate Blackstone Declaration. Instead, this document governs the country club owner's obligations, easements, and the use of the club property.

• Country club access and use: The Blackstone Country Club is a private facility. Only Country Club Members and others permitted under the Club Documents may use it. Lot owners, occupants, and tenants have no right to use or enter the club solely by virtue of owning a home in the residential community.
• Construction and alteration of club improvements: While the Declarant owns any lot in the Blackstone Project, no Responsible Party (club owner) may construct or alter improvements on the club property without Declarant's written approval. All construction must comply with applicable laws and approved plans.
• Maintenance and operation standards: The club must be operated and maintained for permitted uses (private country club with golf course, clubhouse, tennis courts, pool, etc.) and in accordance with the 'Maintenance Standard' — a quality at least as good as that generally prevailing in a private country club of similar age, size, and type in northwest Phoenix. No night lighting of golf course, driving range, clubhouse, tennis courts, or pools is allowed except for temporary occasional events.
• Easements and access rights: The document grants various easements: utility easements, drainage and retention easements, grading and construction easements, access easements for club users over residential streets and designated tracts (golf carts, maintenance, emergency vehicles), view easements for Declarant to remove vegetation, and easements for maintenance of the Country Club Fence. Country Club Owner must carry $1,000,000 general liability insurance naming the Association and Declarant as additional insureds for access easement areas.
• Assessments and liens on the country club: The Association has a lien on the Blackstone Country Club to secure the Country Club Owner's obligations, including the annual Country Club Share of $7,500 (adjusted annually by CPI) and reimbursement for maintenance of entry monumentation tracts (50% of costs). The Association can foreclose on the club if amounts are not paid.
• Relationship to Vistancia master community: This Declaration is subordinate to the Vistancia Declaration. In any conflict, the Vistancia Declaration controls. The Country Club Owner has no direct liability for Vistania Assessments; that obligation falls on the Association and lot owners. Changes to the permitted uses of the club require written approval from the Vistancia Declarant or Vistancia Maintenance Corporation.
• What this document doesn't cover: This document does not contain the rules that directly govern homeowners in the residential Blackstone at Vistancia community, such as pet restrictions, leasing terms, parking, architectural guidelines, or homeowner assessments. Those are found in the separate Blackstone Declaration and other project documents.

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.