Tempe Crossroads Owners Association

What Tempe Crossroads Owners Association's governing documents say

Tempe Crossroads is a commercial/industrial planned development governed by a master declaration of covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs). This document applies to property owners (not residential occupants) and establishes a property owners' association (Tempe Crossroads Association) with mandatory membership for all owners. Residential use is generally prohibited except for on-site managers or security guards. The declaration runs with the land for 20 years, automatically renewing for successive 10-year periods unless 75% of owners cancel it.

• Permitted uses: The property may only be used for purposes allowed under the Tempe Zoning Ordinance and approved Planned Area Development plans. Residential use is prohibited except for on-site managers or security guards approved by the Development Control Committee. Prohibited uses include dance halls, nightclubs, bars, fruit/vegetable stands, pool halls, penny arcades, pawn shops, shooting galleries, skating rinks, secondhand stores, welding shops, rodeos, circuses, outdoor dances/auctions, drive-in theaters, trailer parks, kennels, and any use deemed detrimental.
• Development Control Committee: The Board appoints a committee (3–9 members) to ensure development conforms to declaration standards and to publish/enforce rules. The committee may grant exceptions to the declaration if not detrimental to its intent, and may retain consultants at owners' expense. The committee and association are not liable for construction or development damages.
• Landscaping requirements: Each owner must install and maintain landscaping per approved plans, keeping all vacant land weed-free. The association maintains common area landscaping, median strips, and drainage easements. Owners with landscaping maintained by the association are assessed monthly on a pro-rata square-footage basis, including water and irrigation costs. Dead plant material must be replaced with equal size, maturity, and quality.
• Assessments and liens: Monthly assessments, special assessments for capital improvements, drainage assessments, and landscape maintenance assessments are levied by the board on a pro-rata square-foot basis. Assessments become a lien on the property if unpaid after 10 days' demand; the association may foreclose. The lien is subordinate to first mortgages. Assessments are also personal obligations of the owner at the time due, surviving conveyance. Fines for violations may be imposed after a 15-day cure period and a board meeting with 5 days' notice to the owner.
• Insurance requirements: The association must maintain comprehensive public liability insurance. Each owner must provide a certificate of liability insurance with at least $1,000,000 per occurrence and $3,000,000 umbrella coverage, naming the association as an additional insured.
• Enforcement and remedies: Violations may be remedied at law or in equity by the association or any owner. The defaulting owner is liable for all enforcement costs, including court costs, attorneys' fees, and interest at 18% per annum. Failure to enforce any provision does not waive future enforcement.
• Amendment and term: The declaration may be amended by an instrument signed by owners holding 75% of total association votes, with approval by the Tempe City Attorney and recording. The term is 20 years from February 1988, with automatic 10-year extensions unless cancelled by owners of 75% of the property.

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.