More and more residents may be paying attention and adhering to the community’s covenants, conditions and restrictions as Sun City Home Owners Associations officials report a downward trend in violations.
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More and more residents may be paying attention and adhering to the community’s covenants, conditions and restrictions as Sun City Home Owners Association officials report a downward trend in violations.
Tom Wilson, SCHOA general manager, noted the drop during his Dec. 17 report to the board. He said there were 287 CC&R complaints received in November -- while 381 prior cases were closed. Mr. Wilson said 407 cases rolled over from previous months remain open.
The November figures revealed a continuing decrease in violations compared to other months throughout the year, he added.
“The inspections are trending upward and the violations are trending downward,” said Jim Hunter, SCHOA board president. “It seems that we are doing a pretty good job.”
Mr. Wilson, in response to a resident’s question, said most cases are resolved within six months.
“We have two in the legal process right now and those normally takes about a year to get resolved,” he said.
Mr. Wilson also said there were more than 1,000 inspections in November and compliance officers added 132 more they noticed while inspecting other properties.
SCHOA officials are working to develop a plan to gain resident approval of changes to the community CC&Rs. Mr. Hunter said the proposed amendments are designed to untangle some contradictions in the CC&Rs and to make the overall document easier to understand. One example relates to detached structures on properties -- with one section of the existing CC&Rs allowing garages and another section prohibiting them.
“We need to make the wording more clear, and that will make the rules more enforceable,” Mr. Hunter said.
Another amendment would tighten up restrictions on rental properties, prohibiting rentals of 29 days or less.
SCHOA board members will continue their discussion of the CC&R changes during meetings early in 2020 as they develop a strategy to convince residents to approve proposed changes. There are about 17,000 single-family homes in Sun City, divided into separate development units. SCHOA officials must get 51% approval from each unit in order to adopt the proposed changes.
The next SCHOA board meeting will be 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28 at the SCHOA office, 10401 W. Coggins Drive.
Continued work
SCHOA officials are busy with other projects coming up in the new year.
The Arizona Legislature will convene again in January and SCHOA and Property Owner and Resident Association of Sun City West will team up for their monthly legislative forums. The activities give residents a chance to talk with state legislators about issues under discussion at the state capital.
The first forum is 8:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 7 at the SCHOA office. Conducted Fridays in alternating locations, other forms are set for March 6 at PORA, 13815 Camino del Sol, and April 10 at SCHOA.
Two bills planned for the next session are one dealing with panhandlers and another regarding political signs.
Greg Eisert, former SCHOA board member and Governmental Affairs Committee chairman, is drafting a bill to address panhandlers on medians of busy roadways from a safety perspective. George Courtot, newly elected to the SCHOA board and soon to be Governmental Affairs Committee chairman, said he will meet with his counterpart from PORA to discuss the bill.
Mr. Hunter said there was also a bill to be introduced to increase the amount of time political signs can be displayed.
“I would not support that,” said District 21 Sen. Rick Gray (R-Sun City), who is also a SCHOA board member.
Lloyd Maple, SCHOA Foundation chairman, said the group received a $3,000 donation from a local couple. That would help offset the $6,000 already spent on Residents Assistance and Maintenance Program projects.
In addition, the foundation had three sections of exterior common walls repainted — along Olive Avenue, on 99th Avenue between Union Hills Drive and Beardsley Road, and on the south side of Bell Road between 98th and 95th avenues — that needed some touch-up work.
“We haven’t forgotten the walls,” he said. “We’re now back to 100% painted, as far as we know.”
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