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Amendment voting results

These are the results of the voting that occurred at the end of 2020 regarding proposed amendments to our governing documents. The threshold for any amendment to pass is for the owners of a simple majority of the lots to agree. Since there are 131 lots in our neighborhood, that means the threshold for passage is 66 votes. 67 homeowners voted on this website, and an additional 20 homeowners submitted unique ballots by mail. One homeowner, who had previously voted online, submitted a duplicate ballot by mail; this was not counted. Another homeowner, who had previously voted online, submitted a correction by mail on votes for amendments 1 and 6; the vote totals were updated to reflect that. Since votes were received from 87 lots, an amendment required the support of 77% of voters in order to pass.

Amendments 1,2,3,4 and 11 passed, with amendments 1-4 passing by two votes each. This means that our neighborhood has approved changing our governing documents to allow satellite dishes (or at least to remove the  unenforceable prohibition of them), sheds, and metal and vinyl fences, to prohibit short-term rentals, and to allow proposal of additional amendments at any time. Amendments 2 and 3 allow sheds and ornamental metal and vinyl fences only after the design is approved by the board of directors. The board will develop these approval processes. Amendment 2 contained an additional question regarding the maximum size of sheds to be allowed. Since a vote for a maximum of 10x10 or 8x8 implies allowing 6x6 sheds as well, a majority of our homeowners favor allowing sheds up to 6 feet x 6 feet but not larger than that.

Amendments 6-8, 10 and 12 received support from a majority of voters, but they did not receive enough affirmative votes to surpass the threshold required for enactment. Still, this is useful information in gauging the likely opinion of the neighborhood regarding compliance, waste container storage, RVs and boats, standards for changes and the number of trustees.

Amendments 5 and 9, regarding having the board approve changes to paint colors, siding and roofing, and allowing political signs before an election, were opposed by a majority of voters. Regarding amendment 9 about signs, several comments were added by those who oppose political signs to say that they are in favor of letting other signs be placed in yards temporarily, especially celebratory and contractor signs. This is an indication that the neighborhood wishes to disallow only political signs here. Regarding amendment 5, it's clear that our neighborhood rather strongly opposes additional controls on the exterior appearance of houses.

Many thanks to all who participated in this! Below you will find the list of amendments and their final voting results, with a table at the bottom breaking down the votes submitted on this site and by mail. Further information about each amendment is on the amendment information page. We will now work to draft a new deed with the approved amendments. If you have additional questions, don't hesitate to contact us.

  1. Shall satellite dishes and TV antennas be allowed on homes?

    Answer Count Percentage
    Yes, allow them 67 77%
    No, keep them prohibited 20 23%

  2. Shall sheds be allowed, with design subject to board approval and owners obligated to fix or remove?

    Answer Count Percentage
    Yes, allow them up to 6x6 ft 17 20%
    Yes, allow them up to 10x10 ft 35 40%
    Yes, allow them up to 8x8 ft 15 17%
    No, keep them prohibited 20 23%

  3. Shall ornamental metal or vinyl fences be allowed on lots, with design subject to board approval?

    Answer Count Percentage
    Yes, allow them 67 77%
    No, keep them prohibited 20 23%

  4. Shall short-term (daily or weekly) rentals of any part of a house be prohibited?

    Answer Count Percentage
    Yes, prohibit them 67 77%
    No, do not prohibit 20 23%

  5. Shall changes in exterior paint, roofing or siding be subject to approval by the board/committee?

    Answer Count Percentage
    Yes, regulate these changes 23 26%
    No, keep these unregulated 64 74%

  6. Shall the board be allowed to collect $20-per-day fees for non-compliance with any deed restriction?

    Answer Count Percentage
    Yes, give the board this power 46 53%
    No, do not allow this 40 47%
    One abstention

  7. Shall storage of trash cans in view of adjacent properties be allowed, if not in view of the street?

    Answer Count Percentage
    Yes, allow this storage 59 68%
    No, keep them fully hidden 28 32%

  8. Shall storage of boats, trailers and RVs be allowed up to seven days out of thirty?

    Answer Count Percentage
    Yes, allow for seven days 49 56%
    No, keep the limit at two days (48 hours) 38 44%

  9. Shall political signs be allowed a month before an election & other signs if removed within 2 days?

    Answer Count Percentage
    No, keep them prohibited 37 43%
    Yes, allow them 50 57%

  10. Shall the approval of the owners of two thirds of the lots be required for any future amendments?

    Answer Count Percentage
    Yes, require two thirds (88 of 131 lots) to be in agreement 54 62%
    No, keep the majority threshold (66 of 131 lots) for changes 33 38%

  11. Shall proposal, voting and enactment of amendments be allowed at any time?

    Answer Count Percentage
    Yes, allow at any time 72 83%
    No, keep at every ten years 15 17%

  12. Shall the number of trustees be reduced from ten to four, from any section?

    Answer Count Percentage
    Yes, reduce to four, from any section 60 69%
    No, keep at ten, one from each section 27 31%

Table with mail-in and online votes

Amendment # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Yes votes by mail 14 13 18 15 3 8 12 11 5 13 17 13
No votes by mail 6 7 2 5 17 11 8 9 15 7 3 7
Yes votes online 53 54 49 52 20 38 47 38 32 41 55 47
No votes online 14 13 18 15 47 29 20 29 35 26 12 20
Total yes 67 67 67 67 23 46 59 49 37 54 72 60
Total no 20 20 20 20 64 40 28 38 50 33 15 27
% yes 77% 77% 77% 77% 26% 53% 68% 56% 43% 62% 83% 69%
% no 23% 23% 23% 23% 74% 47% 32% 44% 57% 38% 17% 31%
PASS/FAIL PASS PASS PASS PASS FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL PASS FAIL
6x6 votes by mail 1                    
8x8 votes by mail 3   Legend  
10x10 votes by mail 9                    
 Passed with approval from a majority of homeowners  
6x6 votes online 16    
8x8 votes online 12                    
 Failed but supported by a majority of voters  
10x10 votes online 26    
Total at least 6x6 66                     Failed with opposition from a majority of voters  
Total at least 8x8 49    
Total 10x10 35