BY MARK GUITHUES, ESQ.
COVID PROJECTS AND YOUR
A R C H I T E C T U R A L P R O C ES S 5 STEPS TO ACHIEVING ARCHITECTURAL GREATNESS. The interweb is awash with COVID projects accomplished or to be accomplished while we all stay at home. These projects, combined with the disease’s induced stress, have led to voluminous architectural applications (or not) and an unprecedented level of anger when owners don’t receive immediate approval for their visions. Here are five steps for achieving architectural greatness at your community.
1. KNOW WHO THE ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE IS. Seems easy enough, but that ad hoc nosy and generally annoying neighbor may not have been appointed by the board at all. A board, serving as a default committee, may not have identified itself as serving in that capacity. Some committees are separately elected, like directors, and don’t necessarily serve at the pleasure of the board.
ACTION ITEM Read the appointment process in the community’s CC&Rs and try to find a way to document that yours is done right, before enforcement begins. CONTINUES ON PAGE 48
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