Bowden Acres

Key facts from Bowden Acres's documents

Reflects the 1989 governing documents — figures and rules are as originally recorded and may have changed since.

Community type

Covenant / Planned Community

Units / lots

18 (lots 6, 10-17, 23, 33-40) plus streets and rights-of-way; other lots may opt in (introductory paragraph and Section 14)

Developer / declarant

Ernest H. Hosse, III (introductory paragraph)

Assessments & dues

Deemed necessary by the Association for maintenance, repair, and other expenses of streets and rights-of-way (Section 7)

Collections & liens

Association may file a lien against the lot and lot owners (Section 17)

Reserves & fees

Association may determine interest or penalties on assessments (Section 17)

Pets

Yes, limited to domesticated dogs and cats (Section 13)

Parking & vehicles

Prohibited; any unregistered, untitled, or junk vehicle on lot for 15 days or longer deemed junk vehicle (Section 13)

Fences

Included in ARC approval requirement (Section 11)

Architectural approval

Yes, for any building, fence, wall, structure, or exterior alteration (Section 11)

Home business

Prohibited (no activity normally conducted as a business) (Section 1)

Signs & flags

Prohibited without prior written consent of Association (Section 11)

Setbacks / home size

Subject to Sussex County Planning and Zoning requirements (Section 5)

Use restrictions

Yes (Section 1)

Voting & meetings

Per lot; amendment requires approval by members representing at least 80% of lots (Section 18(b))

Amendments

Executive Committee majority approval, then approval by members representing at least 80% of lots, then recording (Section 18)

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