Heritage Farm

What Heritage Farm's governing documents say

Heritage Farm is a master-planned residential community in Surprise, Arizona — you own your individual lot and residence while the Association (a nonprofit corporation) owns and maintains common areas and public landscaping. This Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (CC&R) is a binding document that governs all lot owners, residents, and anyone with property rights in the community. The document, recorded in 2019 by Taylor Morrison/Arizona, Inc., establishes rules for architectural control, lot restrictions, assessments, and Association governance.

• Architectural review & approval: You must get written approval from the Design Review Committee before doing any exterior construction or modification—including changes to size, height, color, materials, landscaping, signage, fences, or design. The committee has 45 days to respond; if they don't, approval is automatic. Review fees apply, and the committee's decision is final (subject to appeal to the Board after the developer's control period ends).
• What you own & maintain: You own your lot and residence and can remodel or redecorate the interior without approval. The Association owns and maintains common areas and public landscaping, including street medians and landscaping between curbs and sidewalks.
• Restrictions on your lot: You cannot subdivide your lot, sell or transfer part of it, replat it, combine it with other lots, apply for zoning changes, timeshare it, or record restrictions against it without written approval from the Declarant (during the development phase) and/or the Association.
• Views: No guarantee of any views from your lot. Views may be blocked by future construction, landscaping growth, or development by the Declarant or third parties, and no broker or third party can promise to preserve any view.
• Assessments & liens: The Association levies Regular, Special, and Enforcement Assessments on each lot to fund common area maintenance, operations, and administration. These assessments create a lien on your property; nonpayment results in collection action, late fees, and interest.
• Dispute resolution: Disputes are resolved through mediation and binding arbitration rather than litigation.
• What this document doesn't cover: This is a master-planned community CC&R, not a condominium declaration (which would address shared building ownership) or an age-restricted 55+ community declaration. Detailed rules on vehicles, pets, rental/leasing, and parking are referenced in the full CC&R but not clearly legible in this OCR'd excerpt.

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.