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The Covenants
THE COVENANTS COMMITTEE + UNDERSTANDING COVENANTS RULES
The Tahoe Donner Association Covenants Committee is comprised of volunteer members; fve members and two alternate members, tasked by the Tahoe Donner Board of Directors with hearing and deciding on alleged violations of the Covenants Rules as outlined in the Governing Documents. The Covenants Rules are the rules for the neighborhood, which govern what you can, cannot or must do with respect to your home and lot. The goal of the Covenants Rules, in conjunction with other governing documents—including Covenants and Restrictions, Bylaws and other rule sets such as Architectural Standards— is to preserve, protect and enhance neighborhood property values. The Covenants Rules fall into two broad categories: 1.General Common Area + Amenity Rules 2.Private Property Rules The Committee may levy fnes and abridge a member’s amenity-usage rights when they fnd that a provision has been violated. The board of directors acts as the appeals authority for all committee decisions. A broad summary of the Covenants Rules follows (note that many have limitations or exceptions). A complete listing of the Tahoe Donner Association Governing Documents and Covenant Rules including enforcement procedures may be found on the Tahoe Donner website at tahoedonner.com/covenants.
GENERAL COMMON AREA + AMENITY RULES In general, the following is prohibited in common areas, including amenities and parking lots: camping, off-road vehicle use, skating/skateboarding, vegetation removal, after-hours use, dumping of refuse and ashen materials, fres and freworks, frearms use, archery use, hunting, fshing on golf course grounds, after-hours parking, off-pavement parking, loose animals and noxious activities.
PRIVATE PROPERTY RULES In general, the following is prohibited on private lots: camping, living in garages and recreational vehicles, noxious activities, keeping animals for commercial purposes, business activities which have exterior advertising, increased traffc or parking, visible storage of goods, excessive noise or deliveries, garbage accumulation, outside storage, including non-recreational trailers, slide-in campers or cab-over campers not mounted on a vehicle, vegetation removal (trees with a diameter greater than 4 inches) without a permit from the TDA Forestry Department, machinery and equipment larger than a lawn and garden tractor, outside vehicle repair, inoperative vehicles, large commercial vehicles, commercial trailers, parking on unimproved lots, parking on an un-surfaced portion of an improved lot or more than one recreational trailer (travel trailer, boat trailer, snowmobile trailer, personal watercraft trailer, etc.), and motorhomes or slide-in campers mounted on a vehicle parked on a lot. Property owners are responsible for maintaining their lots in a fre-safe condition and in a manner that is conducive to forest health. Recently, light pollution, noise, and STR rules have been added with approval from the board in 2018 as well as the seasonal outdoor woodburning fre ban, forest health and fre safety and prevention rules added in 2019. If you, your tenants or guests are unfamiliar with any of the above provisions, please take the time to review the Covenants Rules available at tahoedonner.com/covenants or stop by the Architectural Standards Offce if you have any questions.
Report suspected violations of the provisions to the Tahoe Donner Covenants Enforcement staff: 1. Online Complaint Submission: onestop.tahoedonner.com 2. Email: compliance@tahoedonner.com 3. Phone: (530) 414-8166 A staff member is available to receive complaints seven days per week during regular business hours, from 8AM-5PM. An after-hours call service is available from 5PM-8AM. Be prepared to provide (at a minimum): • Your name, Tahoe Donner address and your email address. • Nature of complaint with times occurring. • Address of property being complained about. • Evidence: photos, video, etc. • How this behavior is affecting you. • What actions have been taken to resolve complaint (for example, the police have been called). We will take your complaint and make every effort to contact the owner of the property being complained upon. We will: HOW TO MAKE A COMPLAINT
1. Call the primary phone number on fle and speak with the owner or leave a voicemail. 2. If voicemail picks up, staff will call second and possibly third phone numbers on fle to speak with the owner or leave a voicemail. 3. An email will also be sent if there is an email on fle with the property. 4. A follow up email will be sent to the complainant confrming contact was made. The communication to the respondent (complained upon property) will generally read as follows with adjustments dependent on complaint: • Dear Owner, Tahoe Donner Covenants enforcement staff has received an after-hours complaint on your property at X time. • Detail will then be provided on the complaint. • Questioning will transpire as to whether the owner or others are presently at the property. Member will be asked to voluntarily comply with the rules of the association. • Additionally, staff will indicate that the owner will receive offcial documentation regarding the complaint following Covenants Rules and Enforcement procedures. For complaints specifc to loud parties, fre, aggressive behaviors or any perceived life-threatening event or disturbance of the peace, staff will ask if the police or fre department has been called. If not, staff will recommend taking this action. If this recommendation is not taken, staff will report these issues to the appropriate Town of Truckee contact. If it is determined that 911 dispatch should be engaged, and complainant requests covenants staff to facilitate the 911 dispatch on their behalf, communication to the complainant will include: complainants name, address, contact information and additional information needed for follow-up. Let us all be good neighbors by abiding by, and communicating to our friends, family and invitees the common courtesies and rules established for the Tahoe Donner community, as well as Town of Truckee ordinances.
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BASIC SERVICES TRASH + RECYCLING By ANNIE ROSENFELD, Tahoe Donner Director of Risk and Real Property
Rolling recycling carts are coming to Tahoe Donner residents this fall! Order your cart now to ensure you get timely delivery.
Tahoe Donner residents will have the option to have a rolling recycling cart this year.
Deliveries occur in October 2020.
To participate in the cart program, residents must opt-in at keeptruckeegreen.org.
If you can’t remember whether you registered, call (530) 583-7800.
Residents can use blue bags and/or the carts to suit their travel schedules.
Carts must be at the curb every other Tuesday for pickup and rolled back into their storage location within 24 hours of pick up day.
Animal resistant carts will be available for an additional fee: 1x $60 fee + $12/month fee.
In Tahoe Donner, trash and recycling pick-up day is Tuesday.
Blue recycling bags will be picked up weekly. Rolling recycling carts will be picked up every other week. Place blue bags next to your garbage can to avoid any overage costs. All cardboard must be placed inside of the blue bag or cart.
Sign up for pick-up day reminders at keeptruckeegreen.org/collection-reminders.
Check keeptruckeegreen.org for pick-up week calendar.
WHAT TO RECYCLE RECYCLING DO’S • Recycle right — know what goes where. • Most of us put what we believe should be recycled into the recycling and think we’re doing the right thing. In reality, knowing what belongs in recycling makes the program more successful.
RULES OF THUMB • If it can mold or get stinky, rinse it before you put it in recycling. • Beverage containers (soda bottles, beer cans and bottles) do not need to be rinsed. • Only place plastics #1 and #2 in the recycling. • If it’s plastic and you can squish or crumple it, toss it in the trash. No plastic flm products can be recycled curbside. • If it’s sticky or contaminated with food, toss it in the trash.
PRO TIP Be a minimalist. Shrink your “wasteberg” (the estimated 70 pounds of waste created in mining, manufacturing, packaging, etc. for every single pound of items we discard). Ask yourself, is there a better alternative? Can you repurpose it at home, or purchase it second-hand?
You can fnd a list of items you can put in your blue bags in the Town’s Recycling Guide at keeptruckeegreen.org.
RECYCLING CART CAPACITY
OTHER SERVICES AVAILABLE
SCHEDULE 6-YARD GREEN WASTE DUMPSTER RENTAL FOR SUMMER 2020 • Available May-September only (these will sell out; book early). • Rentals run from Wednesday to the following Wednesday. • Loose material only – NO bags. • Provide a paid receipt from Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal and The Truckee Fire Protection District Defensible Space Rebate Program will reimburse the green waste dumpster rental fee of $75.72.
RESIDENTS ALLOWED FOUR EXTRA WASTE PICKUPS PER YEAR • Up to 96 gallons per pick up (equivalent to three extra cans or 12-16 bags per year). • May be used for yard waste.
RESIDENTS ALLOWED TWO BULKY ITEM PICKUPS PER YEAR • Examples include mattresses, couches and refrigerators. • Bulky pick-ups cannot be used for yard waste. All pickups are on Tuesdays and must be scheduled in advance.
ONLINE SERVICES A new online customer service platform is available for easier billing and communication at etowerweb.amcsgroup.com/tahoetruckee.
COVENANTS TIP All rolling carts (green waste and recycling) are to be stored out of sight, either in a garage or underneath a side or rear deck if the property does not have a garage.
