Village on Kistler Ridge

Key facts from Village on Kistler Ridge's documents

Reflects the 2020 governing documents — figures and rules are as originally recorded and may have changed since.

Community type

Planned Community (flexible planned community) under the Pennsylvania Uniform Planned Community Act (Article I, Section 1.1)

Units / lots

Anticipated: 101 Single Family Residential Units, 14/16 Multi-Family Units, and 26,105.67 sq ft of Non-Residential space (slash indicates possible variation) (Section 1.2)

Developer / declarant

Barney R. Kistler and Christopher K. Kistler, individually and doing business as K&B Associates, a Pennsylvania general partnership (Preamble of Declaration and Supplemental)

Governing law

Pennsylvania Uniform Planned Community Act, 68 Pa.C.S. §§ 5101, et seq. (Section 1.1)

Assessments & dues

Board determines Common Expenses and assesses Units proportionally (Base Assessment for all, Service Area Assessments for groups, Special Assessments with 67% member vote and Class C consent) (Sections 8.1, 8.2 (definitions and proce)

Special assessments

Requires approval of Voting Members representing at least 67% of total votes in each class and the Class C Member (Definition of 'Special Assessment' and S)

Reserves & fees

Common Expenses include a reasonable reserve(s) as Board finds necessary (Definition of 'Common Expenses' in Artic)

Leasing & rentals

Yes; no rule shall prohibit leasing or transfer of any Unit, or require consent for leasing/transfer. Association may require a minimum lease term of up to 12 months and may require use of approved lease forms. (Section 3.4(g))

Fences

Not explicitly in extracted text; governed by Architectural Guidelines (Exhibit E) and approval process. (Implied by Article IV)

Architectural approval

Yes. No Work (including construction, alterations, landscaping changes) may be commenced without approval of the Review Committee (Architectural Review Committee). Interior remodeling does not require approval, but exterior changes do. (Article IV, Sections 4.1(a) and 4.2(a))

Signs & flags

Political signs: content cannot be regulated, but time, place, and manner may be regulated, and design criteria may be established by Review Committee. No other sign rules extracted; signs on common elements governed by Association (Section (Section 3.4(c) and Section 7.2(f))

Insurance

Association shall obtain property insurance on Common Elements/Area of Common Responsibility (at least 80% actual cash value, all-risk) and commercial general liability insurance (at least $1,000,000 per occurrence). Also may carry liabilit (Section 7.4(a)(i) and (ii))

Use restrictions

Prohibited: activities that create monetary costs or liability for Association or other Owners, danger to health/safety, excessive noise or traffic, unsightly conditions visible from outside structures, unreasonable annoyance to persons out (Section 3.4(e))

Voting & meetings

Three classes: Class A (1 vote per Residential Unit owned by non-Declarant), Class B (1 vote per Nonresidential Unit but generally no voting rights except as specified), Class C (Declarant, no voting rights but appoints board majority durin (Section 6.3(a) and (b))

Amendments

General amendment procedure in Article XIX (not fully extracted). Term extension/termination: after 20 years, automatically renews for 10 years unless 80% of Owners agree to terminate. Rule changes (Article III) require Board vote with poss (Section 1.2 (term), Section 3.2 (rule ch)

Amenities

Association manages: urban parks, community centers, club houses, recreation facilities, trails in urban parks, stormwater detention facilities, landscaping, street lighting, signs, private roads, etc. (See Section 7.2) (Section 7.2 (k) and (l) for parks and tr)

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