Committee Chairperson:

George Smith, Homeowner Representative
1886 Colonial Drive
(904) 703-2639
E-mail: georgesmith2225@bellsouth.net

This committee approves plans and specifications for additions and/or modifications of existing homes. (The Developer approves all new construction.) To maintain a community of the highest quality in which all improvements are harmonious in architectural design and aesthetic appearance, the Community Association has the exclusive power and discretion to control and approve all improvements placed on any lot.

Do you have plans for a fence, a pool or an addition? Are you changing your landscaping, or house color? Would you like to add play equipment or a basketball backboard? If so, you'll need to submit an Architecture Review Committee Design Review Application.

Click here for a printable copy of the Architectural Review Committee Design Review Application

Disclaimer:

The following excerpts from the Community Handbook of Covenants and Guidelines do not represent the Association’s Architectural Guidelines in their entirety. The Association’s Governing Documents always take precedence over this representation and the Community Handbook of Covenants and Guidelines itself.

1. Improvements to Houses and Grounds

• Plans and Specifications: No paved area, fence, wall, shrubbery, building, or any other structure or thing shall be placed or maintained upon any lot, nor shall any exterior addition, change, including change in exterior colors, or alteration be made to existing improvements thereon until detailed plans and specifications of the same, prepared by a duly licensed architect, engineer, landscape architect, or other similarly qualified professional, are submitted to and approved in writing by the Community Association as to the harmony of the external design, compliance with the terms of the Governing Documents, and location in relation to surrounding structure and topography. Plans for improvements should be submitted to the Community Association Manager. Please call the Association Office at: (904) 998-5365 for more information.
  
• Approval: The Association shall have the absolute right to approve or to refuse approval of any plans, which in its opinion, are not suitable, desirable, or compliant.
  
• Approval Process: Applications for improvements must include four complete sets of plans, furnished by the contractor. One set will be retained in the files and three returned. Plans should include all elevations and materials to be used. The review fee for planned additions is $250.00

2. Fences, Hedges and Walls:

Hedges, fences or walls may not be built or maintained except within the rear or interior side lot lines and no closer to the front of the lot than the rear line of the main residence nor, when the residence is situated on a corner lot, closer to a side street than the line of the main residence abutting such side street.No fence or wall shall be erected which is higher than six feet from the normal surface of the ground.

• Where any part of a lot line abuts along the Golf Course, no fence, hedge or wall along such lot line shall be permitted unless a specific exemption is granted by the Association's Architectural Committee.
  
• The location, composition and height of any fence, wall, or hedge shall be subject to the approval of the Architectural Committee which may grant or withhold such approval at its discretion. Interior lot fences must be shadow-box style or black wrought iron. Fences that border lakes or the golf course must be black wrought iron.
  
• Fence plans must be submitted to the Architectural Committee for approval. Two copies of the site plan that shows the location of the fence must be included in the submission. The manufacturer, style, and color of the fence must be indicated on the submittal form. The review fee for fencing is $50.00.
  
• Fences should start at least 15 feet back from the front line of the house. Fences must generally extend to property lines on all sides or, when applicable, the top of a bank.
  
• When submissions are received for fencing, the Architectural Committee will also look at the adjoining property, because the first fence type in place will determine the style of any fence that is placed next to it. For example, if Lot #1 has a 4 foot aluminum black fence around the entire back of the house then, on that side, Lot #2 must tie into the existing aluminum fence with the same style of fence, but can then add a wooden privacy fence on the other sides of the house.
  
• Fences on lake front lots and the golf course lots are discouraged. They will, however, be considered on a case-by-case basis. In that case the only type of fencing allowed will be a 4 foot or 4-'/2 foot "open- style fence (pursuant to Clay County regulations when a pool is involved) such as aluminum or wrought iron, in black only, and with no spear tops.
  
• On lots where the rear view is neither golf course nor lake, but instead is preserve or another home, fences will be no more than 6 feet in height and shall be of either a natural wood material with a natural finish of shadowbox design, or the 4 foot standard black aluminum fencing.

3. Basketball Goals (Portable and Permanent):

• Residents may erect one portable basketball goal in a driveway provided that it does not create an unreasonable annoyance or unsafe condition and is maintained in good condition at all times; that is, it is free of a torn net, damaged backboard, bent rim, etc.
  
• Permanent backboards must be approved by the Association. The application form submitted to the Architectural Committee must include a copy of the site plan showing the location of the backboard. Permanent basketball poles must be black or dark brown, and the backboard must be clear or white. Portable poles must be stored next to the house when not in use. The review fee for basketball backboards is $10.00.

4. Play Sets:

• Two copies of a site plan that shows the location of the play set and how the homeowner plans to landscape it so as to screen it from view must be submitted to the Architectural Committee. Play sets must be wooden in construction, preferably with dark colored (blue/green) accessories and located in the rear yard or side yard and screened with landscaping from neighboring homes and views across lakes. Also, a picture or brochure must be included with the submission that shows the design, size and colors. The review fee for play sets is $10.00.

5. Pools and Screen Enclosures:

• All pools and screen enclosures require approval by the Architectural Committee prior to construction. Four complete sets of plans, furnished by the contractor, must be submitted. One set will be retained in the files and three returned. The enclosure frame must be black or bronze. Screens must be charcoal colored. Pool equipment must be screened from view with landscaping. The review fee for pools and screen enclosures is $100.00. If the pool is not screened, then the yard must be fenced in compliance with Architectural Committee Guidelines on fencing as contained herein.

6. Screen Enclosures:

• Drop screen plans must be submitted to the Architectural Committee. The plans must show the elevations and the materials to be used. Black or bronze framing is required, with a charcoal screen. The review fee for drop screens is $25.00.

7. Antennas:

• Other than satellite dish and antenna receivers, no exterior radio or television aerial or antenna or any other exterior electronic or electric device of any kind shall be installed unless the Association has approved the location, size and design thereof and the necessity therefore.
  
• For satellite dish and antenna receivers, an application must be submitted to the Architectural Committee with a site plan showing where the dish or antenna will be located and how it will be landscaped to buffer it from neighbors and the street.
  
• Although FCC regulations allow individuals to have satellite dishes one meter in diameter or less, those regulations also permit homeowners' associations to enforce restrictions that do not restrict, impair, or unreasonably delay, or unreasonably increase the cost, of the installation of the dish or antenna.
  
• In most cases the satellite dish or antenna can be mounted and landscaped so as to reduce its visual impact on neighboring homes, and we ask for your cooperation in doing that. The review fee for the satellite dishes is $10.00.