Architectural and Aesthetic Control
Architectural and Aesthetic Control: Rules and Regulations
(a) Aesthetic and Architectural Control. The Board of Directors of the Association, on its own initiative, acting through a sub-committee of one or more persons appointed by the Board with the Board's approval, may issue and enforce reasonable rules and uniform rules which deal with one or more of the following:
(1) Posting of "For Sale" signs;
(2) The exterior appearance of exterior and interior (which are visible from the exterior) window treatments;
(3) The display, maintenance or placement of any plants, furniture, decorations or any other item on balconies, patios or decks;
(4) The establishment and publication of Standard Specifications consistent with the Condominium Documents for the rebuilding, repair or renovation of the exteriors and interiors of each Unit and the Common Elements;
(5) Any other rules and regulations permitted by the Act and the Condominium Documents which are reasonable and promulgated for the common benefit of the Co-owners.
The Board of Directors may establish and publish other rules and regulations which deal with the implementation of the criteria it establishes for architectural and aesthetic controls which shall be uniformly, fairly and reasonably applied.
(b) General Rules and Regulations. Reasonable regulations consistent with all laws and the Condominium Documents concerning the use of the Common Elements, including any recreational facilities constructed within the Condominium, or the rights and responsibilities of the Co-owners and the Association with respect to the Condominium or the manner of operation of the Association and of the Condominium may be made and amended from time to time by any Board of Directors of the Association, including the first Board of Directors (or its successors) prior to the Transitional Control Date. Copies of all such rules, regulations and amendments thereto shall be furnished to all Co-owners or posted on a General Common Element. Any such regulation or amendment may be revoked at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Co-owners.
Proscribed Activities. No noxious or offensive activity shall be performed within any Unit or upon the Common Elements, nor shall anything be done thereon that tends to cause embarrassment, discomfort, annoyance or nuisance to the occupants or Co-owners's of Units within the Condominium. No charcoal grills or grills using any other type of fuel, other than propane gas, shall be used anywhere within the Condominium, including, without limitation, on any deck, balcony, patio or porch. All windows must have white-backed draperies or whitebacked window treatments. All golf carts to be used and/or stored by Co-owners on the Condominium must be green in color and electric. There shall not be maintained any animal or device or thing of any sort whose normal activities or existence is in any way noxious, noisy, dangerous, unsightly, unpleasant or of a nature as may diminish or destroy the reasonable enjoyment of Units. The Board of Directors of the Association shall be the final arbiter of whether a particular a animal, device or thing is in violation of the foregoing restrictions. No Co-owner shall do or permit anything to be done or keep or permit to be kept in the Co-owner's Unit or on the Common Elements anything that will increase the cost of insurance on the Condominium without the written approval of the Association, and each Co-owner shall pay to the Association the increased cost of insurance premiums resulting from any such activity or the maintenance of any such condition even if approved, which increased cost may be assessed to and collected from the Co-owner in the manner provided in Article II hereof.
(3) The display, maintenance or placement of any plants, furniture, decorations or any other item on balconies, patios or decks;
(4) The establishment and publication of Standard Specifications consistent with the Condominium Documents for the rebuilding, repair or renovation of the exteriors and interiors of each Unit and the Common Elements;
(5) Any other rules and regulations permitted by the Act and the Condominium Documents which are reasonable and promulgated for the common benefit of the Co-owners.
The Board of Directors may establish and publish other rules and regulations which deal with the implementation of the criteria it establishes for architectural and aesthetic controls which shall be uniformly, fairly and reasonably applied.
(b) General Rules and Regulations. Reasonable regulations consistent with all laws and the Condominium Documents concerning the use of the Common Elements, including any recreational facilities constructed within the Condominium, or the rights and responsibilities of the Co-owners and the Association with respect to the Condominium or the manner of operation of the Association and of the Condominium may be made and amended from time to time by any Board of Directors of the Association, including the first Board of Directors (or its successors) prior to the Transitional Control Date. Copies of all such rules, regulations and amendments thereto shall be furnished to all Co-owners or posted on a General Common Element. Any such regulation or amendment may be revoked at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Co-owners.
Proscribed Activities. No noxious or offensive activity shall be performed within any Unit or upon the Common Elements, nor shall anything be done thereon that tends to cause embarrassment, discomfort, annoyance or nuisance to the occupants or Co-owners's of Units within the Condominium. No charcoal grills or grills using any other type of fuel, other than propane gas, shall be used anywhere within the Condominium, including, without limitation, on any deck, balcony, patio or porch. All windows must have white-backed draperies or whitebacked window treatments. All golf carts to be used and/or stored by Co-owners on the Condominium must be green in color and electric. There shall not be maintained any animal or device or thing of any sort whose normal activities or existence is in any way noxious, noisy, dangerous, unsightly, unpleasant or of a nature as may diminish or destroy the reasonable enjoyment of Units. The Board of Directors of the Association shall be the final arbiter of whether a particular a animal, device or thing is in violation of the foregoing restrictions. No Co-owner shall do or permit anything to be done or keep or permit to be kept in the Co-owner's Unit or on the Common Elements anything that will increase the cost of insurance on the Condominium without the written approval of the Association, and each Co-owner shall pay to the Association the increased cost of insurance premiums resulting from any such activity or the maintenance of any such condition even if approved, which increased cost may be assessed to and collected from the Co-owner in the manner provided in Article II hereof.
Animals or Pets. No animals or fowl (except household pets) shall be kept or maintained on any Unit at any time. Any pets kept in the Condominium shall have such care and restraint as not to be obnoxious on account of noise, odor or unsanitary conditions. No savage or dangerous animal shall be kept. No animal may be permitted to run loose upon the Common Elements, and any animal shall at all times be attended by a responsible person while on the Common Elements. Any person who causes or permits an animal to be brought or kept on the Condominium property shall indemnify the Association and hold it harmless for any loss, damage or liability which the Association may sustain as a result of the presence of such animal on the Condominium property.
Vehicles. No trailers, boats, aircraft, commercial vehicles, boat trailers, boats, camping vehicles, camping trailers, snowmobile trailers, jet skis, jet ski trailers or other recreational vehicles, or any other vehicles, other than passenger cars, passenger vans, pick-up trucks and so-called "Blazer"-type vehicles shall be parked or maintained within the Condominium unless in an attached garage included within a Unit or within a detached garage appurtenant to a Unit. No vehicle that is used to promote a commercial enterprise, or used in connection with such an enterprise, shall be parked in the Condominium, or on any Unit, unless parked in a garage as provided above, except while making deliveries or pickups in the normal course of business. Use of motorized vehicles of any kind upon the "non-motorized nature trail" situated in the easement area shown on the Condominium Subdivision Plan is expressly prohibited as is the use of any motorized vehicle other than a golf cart on the "Golf Cart Pathway Easement" described in the Master Deed and shown in part on the Condominium Subdivision Plan.
Signs. Advertising and Mailboxes. No commercial signs of any kind shall be placed or maintained within or upon any Unit except with the written permission of the Board of Directors or except as may be required by legal proceedings. If such permission is granted, the Board of Directors shall have the right to restrict the size, color and content of such signs.
Co-owner Maintenance. Each Co-owner shall maintain his or her Unit and any Limited Common Elements appurtenant thereto for which the Co-owner has maintenance responsibility in a safe, clean and sanitary condition. All vacant Units must be kept free of debris, litter and trash and appropriate measures must be taken to protect such Units from winter weather-caused damage. Each Co-owner shall be responsible for damages or costs to the Association resulting from negligent damage to or misuse of any of the Common Elements by the Co-owner or the Co-owner's family, guests, agents or invitees, unless such damages or costs are covered by insurance carried by the Association in which case there shall be no such responsibility, unless reimbursement to the Association is excluded by virtue of a deductible provision, in which case the responsible Co-owner shall bear the expense to the extent of the deductible amount. Any costs or damages to the Association may be assessed to and collected from the responsible Co-owner in the manner provided in Article II hereof.
Common Elements. The Common Elements shall not be obstructed in any way nor shall they be used for purposes other than for which they are reasonably and absolutely intended. No Co-owner may leave personal property of any description (including by way of example and not limitation: bicycles, vehicles chairs and benches) unattended on or about-the Common Elements. Use of all Common Elements may be limited to such times and in such manner as the Board of Directors shall determine by duly adopted regulations.
Alterations and Modifications of the Common Elements. No Co-owner shall make changes in any of the Common Elements, limited or general (including, without limitation, the addition or removal of any plants, trees, shrubs or flowers), without the express written approval of the Board of Directors (and the Developer during the Development and Sales Period). The Board of Directors may adopt reasonable rules permitting the addition and maintenance of plants and flowers to limited common element deck and patio areas situated within the Condominium. No Co-owner shall construct or maintain any improvement of any sort upon any General or Limited Common Elements.
Weapons. No Co-owner shall use, or permit the use by any occupant, agent, employee, invitee, guest or member of his or her family of any firearms, air rifles, pellet guns, B-B guns, bows and arrows, sling shots, or other similar weapons, projectiles or devices anywhere on or about the Condominium.
Leasing and Rental. Co-owners, including the Developer, may rent any number of Units at any time for any term of occupancy of not less than six (6) months and covering not less than the entire Unit, subject to the following:
(a) Disclosure of Lease Terms to Association. A Co-owner, including the Developer, desiring to rent or lease a Unit for not less than six (6) months shall disclose that fact in writing to the Association at least ten (10) days before presenting a lease form to a potential lessee and, at the same time, shall supply the Association with a copy of the exact lease form for its review for compliance with the Condominium Documents. If Developer desires to rent Units before the Transitional Control Date, it shall notify either the Advisory Committee or each Co-owner in writing.
(b) Use of Leasing Agent. The Developer shall have the right to designate a leasing agent (the "Leasing Agent") and, upon the designation of such Leasing Agent, no Co-owner shall retain or use the services of any other agent to obtain short or long term tenants for his or her Unit. The Leasing Agent shall be entitled to receive a reasonable compensation for services rendered. The Leasing Agent may be an affiliate of the Developer. The Developer may retain this right of designation in perpetuity and Developer may assign this right pursuant to Article XIV of the Master Deed.
(c) Compliance with Condominium Documents. Tenants and non-owner occupants shall comply with all of the conditions of the Condominium Documents and all leases and rental agreements shall so state.
(d) Procedures in the Event of Noncompliance with Condominium Documents. If the Association determines that the tenant or non-owner occupant has failed to comply with the conditions of the Condominium Documents, the Association shall take the following actions:
(i) The Association shall notify the Co-owner by certified mail advising of the alleged violation by the tenant.
(ii) The Co-owner shall have fifteen (15) days (or such additional time as may be granted by the Association if the Co-owner is diligently proceeding to cure) after receipt of such notice to investigate and correct the alleged breach by the tenant or advise the Association that a violation has not occurred.
(iii) If after 15 days the Association believes that the alleged breach is not cured or may be repeated, it may institute an action for eviction against the tenant or non-owner occupant and, in the same action sue the Co-owner and tenant or non-owner occupant for money damages for breach of the conditions of the Condominium Documents. The relief provided for in this subparagraph may be by summary proceeding. The Association may hold both the tenant and the Co-owner liable for any damages to the Common Elements caused by the Co-owner or tenant in connection with the Unit or Condominium. If the Association is under the control of the Developer, individual Co-owners may pursue the judicial relief provided in this subparagraph (c)(iii) derivatively on behalf of the Association.
(e) Notice to Co-owner's Tenant Permitted When Co-owner is, in Arrears; to the Association for Assessments. When a Co-owner is in arrears to the Association for assessments,, the Association may give written notice of the arrearage to a tenant occupying the Residence within the Co-owner's Unit under a lease or rental agreement and the tenant, after receiving the notice, shall deduct from rental payments due the Co-owner the arrearage and further assessments as they fall due and pay them to the Association. The deductions shall not constitute a breach of the rental agreement or lease by the tenant.
Non-Disturbance of Natural Areas. No Co-owner shall cause or permit any disturbance to the unimproved areas situated within the Condominium as shown on the Condominium Subdivision Plan, nor shall any Co-owner cause or permit any activity that shall cause or contribute to the erosion or crumbling of the cliff situated along the northerly boundary of the Condominium.
Prior Approval of Bay Harbor Company. Pursuant to the terms and conditions contained within the Declaration described in Section 15, below, and in Article VII of the Master Deed, the Co-owners and/or Association must obtain the prior written approval of Bay Harbor Company prior to making any aesthetic changes to the Common Elements, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld. The Declaration requires that the Condominium be administered in a first-class manner that is compatible with the administration of Bay Harbor and the administration of other condominium projects that have been administered at Bay Harbor.