Judy Saccente in her letter to the Board stated very effectively the objections to the proposed PLANT HEIGHT RULES - RESTRICTIONS:
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"As someone
who takes morning runs around the complex and observes other side yards, I
estimate that 90% have trees and plants that are above wall height, many of
which would have to be removed at great cost to the homeowner in order to
comply with the proposed rule. Many
courtyards also have such trees and plants.
Consequently this proposed rule change would affect many homeowners. Although a few of these side yards and
courtyards are overgrown and not well-maintained, most are quite
attractive. If the Board is motivated by
a few offenders to punish all of us, I suggest that is not in the best interest
of the majority of homeowners and that another solution could be found to deal
with those offenders."
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Concur with Judy Saccente's above observations.
ReplyDeleteI am in complete agreement with all of Judy Saccente's comments in her letter. I see absolutely no logic to any of the items a,b,c or d. Let's not ruin Monterey Country Club with some totally unneeded new rules.
ReplyDeleteSimcerely,
Carolyn Moss
119 Juan Circle
With reference to the General Landscape Guidelines, paragraph e, page 45 of the document, I am concerned that the Board is trying to force homeowners to restrict the height of trees to wall height. We have just purchased a property and there is an olive tree in the corner as you enter our side yard. Currently it is about 8 feet high so it will not meet the criteria as set out in this proposed change. We are not in residence at the moment, we are snowbirds, but, plan to have this tree professionally trimmed this fall. But, it makes no sense to try and cut it back to wall height. We would have to remove the tree. It is a beautiful tree. Why do we have to destroy it? I agree that there is a problem in some areas with out of control growth, but, does this mean that we have to destroy healthy trees? Is there not a better solution out there?
ReplyDeleteChuck Pepper
4530 Hamptons Way NW
Calgary, AB T3A 5H7
From: Pam Viets
ReplyDeleteDate: Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 3:32 PM
Subject: RE: MONTEREY HOA PROPOSED RULE CHANGES
To: Monterey Open Forum , Monterey Homeowners
Cc: Dana Brown
Fellow homeowners and Board
As others may be, we were very concerned with the message of the email below. However, there may be a misunderstanding. Although item e on page 45 would be a problem if ‘plant material’ includes trees, item E8b on page 49 is more explicit. ‘Plant material, other than trees, in courtyard or sideyard cannot exceed height of surrounding walls or gate’. Thus trees seem to be protected, a very important issue since trees are one of the beautiful distinguishing characteristics which led us to Monterey 16 years ago.
We suggest that there are perhaps a few other reasonable exceptions to the proposed rule, for example tall cacti.
Sincerely,
Hermann and Pam Viets
PS. We did attempt to access the Monterey Open Forum Blog and found it unavailable.
Just returned to Vancouver from MCC and it seems that there is a lot of concern regarding proposed rule changes resulting in the dispute between the "VIEW" faction and the "PRIVACY" faction in our complex.
ReplyDeleteAlthough we believe that privacy trumps view all owners concerns have to be considered.
Having said this we are dismayed that our HOA committee is considering allowing an 8 foot high by 4 feet distance from roof driplines to attempt to satisfy the privacy supporters. This combined with a reduction from 48 inches to 36 inches high after the 4 feet from driplines is not acceptable to us.
The 4 foot high limitation should be maintained to within 3 feet of the front patio wall....... or the 8 foot high allowance should be increased in length to 8 feet from the dripline instead of 4 feet.
Then we can all have a view without intruding into our neighbours privacy or gazing into their kitchens!
We believe that no trellis or other support system for an 8 foot high planting will be allowed so how will such plants/hedge be secured during the winter wind storms?
In our opinion our HOA leadership is opting for view without due consideration for privacy.
As one of our neighbours stated "why would my neighbour need to see into my patio or kitchen window"
Michael and Kristina
311 Durango