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NISQUALLY PINES COMMUNITY CLUB
RESOLUTION 98-1
Effective June 27, 1998
Revised May 2002
1. PURPOSE: Nisqually Pines Community Club (the Pines) is a residential community. The majority of the residents are peaceful and quiet and prefer to live in a neat and calm residential atmosphere. Increased population, varying professions and hobbies, and aging homes have led to a number of properties that have fallen below the desired general standards of the community. These conditions are a detriment to the overall appearance of the Pines and decrease the property values of the surrounding homes.
2 AUTHORITY: Revised Code of Washington Chapter 64.38 RCW and 24.03 RCW provide the Board of Directors with the primary authority to manage the affairs of the association. The Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws provide the Board of Directors with the authority to enforce the Declarations of Protective Restrictions.
3. PROCESS: The process is intended to give the community a means to correct conditions when the property owner does not.
A. COMMITTEE: The committee, called the Property Standards Committee, is authorized by the Board of Directors. It shall consist of at least three volunteer residents of the community approved by the Board of Directors. Members may be owners or renters. The responsibility of the committee is to periodically review all properties within the Pines for compliance of Resolution 94-1 and Addenda.
B. PROCEDURE: The following is the procedure that must be followed to allow proper due process to all owners:
1). Initial Review: The Property Standards Committee will periodically look at all property within the Pines. Once a property has been identified as not meeting the general standards as set in Resolution 94-1, the Committee will take photos of the property. The dated photos and a written narrative about the property, in duplicate, will be given to the Adjudication Committee. This document will be dated and signed by at least three Property Standards Committee members.
The Adjudication Committee may decline to act on the referral or may send a letter to the property owner along with the photos and narrative. If the property is a rental, a courtesy copy of the letter will be sent to the renter. The property owner/tenant will be given 30 days to correct the problem or ask for a hearing before the Adjudication Committee.
Second Review: After 30 days or the response date set by the Adjudication Committee, the Property Standards Committee will review the property again. Photos will be taken again. These photos and a new narrative, dated and signed, will be given to the Adjudication Committee.
The Adjudication Committee will determine if progress has been made, or if a hearing was requested, or if the agreement made at the hearing was kept. If the property is up to standards, a thank you letter will be sent. If some progress has been made, but needs more, a 30-day extension may be given or the owner may be asked to appear before the Adjudication Committee. If no progress has been made the property owner will be sent a letter asking them to appear before the Adjudication Committee. If a hearing was requested and held after the initial review and the property has not been brought up to standards as agreed, another hearing may be requested or a fine may be assessed.
2). Adjudication Committee Hearings: The process for Adjudication Committee hearings is outlined in Resolution 94-1, Adjudication Committee Procedures. If an owner fails to appear before the Adjudication Committee after a scheduled hearing, a fine may be levied against the owner and added to the property account. A member of the Property Standards Committee will appear as the complainant at all such hearings. Maximum fines are listed in Resolution 94-1.
3). No Progress: If there is no progress by the owner/tenant to bring the property up to community standards as set in Resolution 94-1 after two review cycles (approximately 90 days), Nisqually Pines Community Club may contract with a company to clean up the lot, remove materials that may cause an environmental or fire hazard or objects surrounding the home to bring the property up to standards set in Resolution 94-1 and accompanying Addenda. The cost of this clean up will be billed to the property owner. Once the Adjudication Committee has determined that someone must be hired to clean up the property, the account and all related data must be given to the Board of Directors for further action.
C. APPEALS: Members may appeal decisions made by the Adjudication Committee to the Board of Directors as outlined in paragraph 5 of Resolution 94-1.
D. NO PROPERTY STANDARDS COMMITTEE: If, for some reason, there is no active Property Standards Committee, a written complaint, preferably with pictures, received from a resident, may start the process stated above. The resident writing the complaint must act as the Property Standards Committee by appearing at the Adjudication Committee hearings and performing the follow-up reviews of the property for the Adjudication Committee.
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