Table of Contents
This page lists out in a summarized bulleted form, the main items listed in the Declaration of Covenants & Restrictions for your convenience. To see them in their entire detail, please reference the full document on the Documents page.
"...be held, used, and expended be the Association for the common benefit of all Members for the following purposes, to-wit: to promote the health, safety, recreation and relocation of improvements related to the enhancement and beautification of the Common Properties and Facilities in The Subdivision..."
The POA establishes the ability to collect an annual assessment.
"each and every Lot in the Properties is hereby severally subjected and impressed with a regular maintenance charge or assessment in the amount of Three Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($300.00) per annum per Lot.
The original assessment cost was $300, but has since been raised to $500 via resolution by the board of trustees.
"The annual assessments provided for herein shall commence on the date (which shall be the first day of a month) fixed bye the Board of Trustees to be the date of commencement"
This date is the first of the year (January 1st) annually.
"The Board of Trustees of the Association may decrease or increase the amount of the regular maintenance charge or assessment provided for herein at any time and from time to time by the adoption of a resolution for such purpose..."
The board has increased the maintenance charge twice to $400 and now what it is currently, $500.
"The regular annual maintenance charges or assessments, as hereinabove provided for, shall constitute and be sured by a separate and valid and subsisting lien, herby created and fixed, and which shall exist upon and against each Lot and all improvements thereon, for the benefit of the Association and all Members."
The POA can obtain a lien against your property if you do not pay your annual assessment.
"No building, structure, fence, wall, or other improvements shall be commenced, erected, constructed, placed or maintained upon the Properties, nor shall any exterior addition to or change or alteration therein be made until the detailed plans and specifications therefor shall have been submitted to and approved in writing as to compliance with minimum structural and mechanical standards, location and situation on the Lot, and as to harmony of external design or location in relation to property lines, building lines, easements, grades, surrounding structures, walks, and topography (including the orientation of the front and rear of any such building with respect to the Lot lines), by the Architectural Control Committee constituted as provided herein."
If you plan to make a change to the outside of your home, you must submit a plan to be approved by the Architectural Control Committee (ACC).
Submit your home improvement request to the ACC through this form. Please allow 30 days for review and written response.
(a) Only new construction materials (except for used brick) shall be used and utilized in
constructing any structures situated on a Lot, and all residential structures situated on any Lot
shall not have less than 60% masonry construction, or its equivalent at the discretion of the
Architectural Control Committee, on the exterior wall area.
(b) All exterior construction of the primary residential structure, garage, porches, and any other appurtenances or appendages of every kind and character on any Lot and all interior
construction (including, but not limited to all electrical outlets in place and functional, all
plumbing fixtures installed and operational, all cabinet work completed, all interior wall,
ceilings, and doors completed and covered by paint, wallpaper, paneling, or the like, and all
floors covered by wood, carpet, tile or other similar floor covering) shall be completed not
later than one (1) year following the commencement of construction. For the purposes hereof,
the term “commencement of construction” shall be deemed to mean the date on which the
foundation forms are set.
(c) No window or wall type air conditioners shall be permitted to be used, placed or maintained on or in any building in any part of the Properties.
(d) Each kitchen in each residential structure situated on any Lot shall be equipped with a garbage disposal unit, which shall at all times be kept in a serviceable condition.
(e) No fence or wall shall be erected, placed, or altered on any Lot nearer to the street than the minimum building setback lines as shown on the Subdivision Plats unless approved in writing by the Architectural Control Committee. Only wrought iron fences may be used.
(f) All structures situated on any Lot shall have approved roofing materials expressly approved in writing by the Architectural Control Committee.
"Fences must be of ornamental iron. No chain link fences shall be permitted."
"Each new or replaced fence under this policy must be separately reviewed and approved by the Architectural Control Committee to ensure that the fences compliment and are compatible with the overall character and aesthetics of the surrounding homes and the community."
"Each Lot (including land and improvements) shall be used and occupied for single family residential purposes only."
"No Lot shall be used or occupied for any business, commercial, trade, or professional purpose either apart from or in connection with the use thereof as a private residence, whether for profit or not."
"No animals, livestock, poultry, or reptiles of any kind shall be raised, bred, or kept on any Lot or on any portion of the Common Properties, except that dogs, cats, birds or other common household pets (not to exceed five (5) adult animals) may be kept, but they shall not be bred or kept for commercial purposes."
"All Lots and the Common Properties shall at all times be kept in a healthful, sanitary and attractive condition. No Lot or any part of the Common Properties shall be used or maintained as a dumping grounds for garbage, trash, junk or other waste matter. All trash, garbage, or waste matter shall be kept in adequate containers constructed of metal, plastic or masonry materials, with tightly fitting lids, which shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition and screened from public view."
"The Owners or occupants of all Lots shall at all times keep all weeds and grass thereon cut in a sanitary, healthful and attractive manner and shall in no event use any Lot for storage of materials and equipment except for normal residential requirements or incident to construction of improvements thereon as herein permitted or permit the accumulation of garbage, trash or rubbish of any kind thereon and shall not burn anything (except by use of an incinerator and then only during such hours as permitted by law)."
Island Greens remains one of the nicest subdivisions in Atascocita thanks to everyone honoring the Covenants & Restrictions (C&R’s) as signed upon the purchase of our properties. To ensure the standards that drew each of us to this neighborhood remain, the IGPOA Board of Directors has a responsibility to the IGPOA Members (homeowners) to enforce the C&R’s as stated in Article IX; General Provisions / Section 2; Enforcement.
To establish consistency and equality in the C&R compliance enforcement process, we are taking a 3 prong approach:
Phase 1 - Educate
The Neighborhood Communications Newsletter - a quarterly conversational highlight of timely , neighborhood updates and the most common C&R violations that is sent out to all IGPOA Members via email and posted on the islandgreens.org website “News & Events” page.
Phase 2 - Inform
Email - Courtesy communications sent to individual IGPOA Members (homeowners) who are not in compliance with the agreements outlined in the C&R’s, informing them of the violation and the opportunity to comply without official documentation.
Phase 3 - Enforce
Postmarked Letter - An official letter from the board will be written with specific instructions for compliance mailed to the IGPOA Member (homeowner) out of compliance with the C&R’s.
Attorney engagement - If no response is given within the reasonable amount of time requested, the communications will be turned over to the IGPOA attorney which will then begin to incur costs to the IGPOA Member (homeowner.)
Each action will be handled on a case by case basis.