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Design Review Guidelines Brambleton Community Association Design Guidelines Revised 08/09/2021 www.brambletonhoa.com INTRODUCTION 4 VISION, MISSION & CORE VALUES 4 PURPOSE OF THE DESIGN GUIDELINES 4 BASIS FOR AND OBJECTIVES OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS 4 ROLE AND AUTHORITY OF THE COVENANTS COMMITTEE 5 EXTERIOR MODIFICATIONS REQUIRING REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE COMMITTEE 7 DESIGN REVIEW CRITERIA 8 APPLICATION REVIEW AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES 11 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE STANDARDS 16 GENERAL PROJECT GUIDELINES 17 DESIGN GUIDELINES 20 ADDITIONS/ALTERATIONS 21 AIR CONDITIONING UNITS/HEAT PUMPS 23 ANTENNAS AND SATELLITE DISHES 24 ARBORS 25 ARTIFICIAL OR SYNTHETIC TURF/OUTDOOR CARPETING 27 ATTIC VENTILATORS 28 AWNINGS/SUN CONTROL DEVICES 29 CHIMNEYS/FLUES/ATTIC VENTS 31 CLOTHES LINES/WIND DRYING DEVICES 33 COLOR CHANGES 34 COMPOST BINS 35 DECKS 37 DOG HOUSES AND DOG RUNS 43 DOORS 44 DRAINS/FRENCH DRAINS 48 DRIVEWAYS/PARKING PADS 49 EXTERIOR DECORATIVE OBJECTS AND LANDSCAPE FEATURES 51 EXTERIOR LIGHTING 52 FENCES 56 FIREWOOD 62 FLAGPOLES/FLAGSTAFFS 63 GAZEBOS 64 GUTTERS AND DOWNSPOUTS 65 HANDICAPPED ACCESS FACILITIES 66 HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AND LIGHTING 66 HOT TUBS/SPAS 67 HOUSE NUMBERS 68 IRRIGATION 69 LANDSCAPING 70 MAILBOXES 73 OUTDOOR KITCHENS/PERMANENT GRILL AREAS/PORTABLE GRILLS 74 OUTDOOR FIREPLACE/FIREPIT 76 OUTDOOR FURNITURE 77 OUTDOOR STORAGE 77 PATIOS 78 PEST CONTROL DEVICES 79 PERGOLAS 80 RAIN BARRELS 82 RECREATION AND PLAY EQUIPMENT 83 ROOFING 88 SCREENED/OPEN PORCHES 90 SECURITY DEVICES 92 SHADE STRUCTURES/CANOPIES/SAILS 94 STORAGE CONTAINERS/SHEDS 95 SHUTTERS 97 SIDING 98 SIGNS/TEMPORARY SIGNAGE 99 SKYLIGHTS 101 SOLAR PANELS 102 SUNROOMS 103 SWIMMING POOLS 105 TEMPORARY STORAGE CONTAINERS/PODS 107 TRASH ENCLOSURES 108 TREES 110 TRELLISES 113 VEGETABLE GARDENS 115 WALKWAYS/RAMPS 117 WALLS/RETAINING WALLS/FEATURE WALLS 119 WALL/BORDERS FOR LANDSCAPING BEDS 121 WATER FEATURES/WATER GARDENS/PONDS 123 WINDOWS 124 WIRES AND CABLES 126 MISCELLANEOUS 127 APPENDICES 129 APPENDIX I 130 Updated Design Review Application with Quick Reference Q&A APPENDIX II 135 Standard Fence Detail APPENDIX III 149 Home Based Business Application APPENDIX IV 151 APPENDIX V 160 APPENDIX VI 172 Hearing Guidelines APPENDIX VII 173 Adopt-A-Spot Guidelines APPENDIX VIII 178 Overlook Lots Van Metre & Camberley Lots INTRODUCTION VISION, MISSION & CORE VALUES Brambleton Community Association has established a strategic planning process to ensure that the organization is focused on future goals. As part of the process, the Association has identified the Vision, Mission, and Core Values of the Association as outlined below. The entire Strategic Plan and the goals are available at www.brambletonhoa.com. Vision: Leading a hometown community with high-tech traditions where everyone can connect with life. Mission: Brambleton Community Association is committed to proactively leading a quality community for its residents through stewardship of resources, advanced technology, and enhanced lifestyle opportunities. PURPOSE OF THE DESIGN GUIDELINES Our Design Guidelines serve to familiarize Brambleton Lot Owners and residents with the objectives, scope and application of the overall design review criteria. The Guidelines also establish specific design and property maintenance standards. These standards will be enforced to maintain the aesthetic appearance, market appeal and environmental quality of the Brambleton Community, and to thereby preserve the property value of our Brambleton homes. Lot Owners should consult and use the Design Guidelines when preparing their applications for modifications, alterations or improvements to their properties. By doing so, their applications will comply with Brambleton’s standards, which will in turn facilitate the review and approval process by the Covenants Committee. Note that our Guidelines are specific, detailed and cover many of the typical alteration and improvement projects that Lot Owners want to make to their homes and yards. For example, if a Lot Owner desires to add a deck to his dwelling, he can consult the specific section of the Guidelines pertaining to decks and to his type/style of home and quickly find the acceptable standards for his deck style and construction. Brambleton Community Association makes a considerable effort to periodically review and update the Design Guidelines and to make them as user-friendly as possible. Our members and residents can realize significant benefits by reviewing our Guidelines and familiarizing themselves with the design and maintenance standards published therein prior to submitting applications for alterations, modifications or improvements. BASIS FOR AND OBJECTIVES OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS The Declaration for Brambleton ("Declaration") is the legal document of the Brambleton Community Association that contains covenants and use restrictions, including covenants pertaining to the Design Guidelines. Because the Declaration sets forth covenants and restrictions pertaining to all Brambleton 4 real estate, both common area and privately-owned lots, it is recorded in the land records of Loudoun County. In terms of real property law, the covenants in the Declaration are part of the deed for each Lot and are binding upon all Lot Owners, their tenants, and their successors in Ownership, irrespective of whether the Owners are familiar with such covenants. The Supreme Court of Virginia has repeatedly ruled that declarations such as the Declaration for Brambleton are enforceable agreements as between a homeowners’ association and each lot owner in that subdivision. The Declaration for Brambleton is therefore the legal basis for the Association’s authority to enforce the protective covenants and any rules/regulations adopted pursuant thereto, including these Design Guidelines. The objective of restrictive covenants is to preserve property values through legally enforceable standards pertaining to use, maintenance, environmental and architectural design throughout the entire Brambleton Community. These standards preserve property values by adhering to three (3) general but fundamental principles: 1. Maintain consistency with the overall design concept for the community. Exterior structures, landscape walls, fences, and other modifications are to be of similar design and construction to the main dwelling structures to achieve a visual rhythm and identity within the different sections of Brambleton. 2. Maintain the unique architectural styles and characteristics of the different sections within the community. Part of the overall design concept of the Brambleton Community are the various sections within Brambleton which display unique architectural styles and design characteristics. This stylistic heterogeneity within Brambleton makes our community more visually interesting and appealing. Thus, alterations, improvements and colors of individual residences within a section must be coherent with and maintain the design scheme of that section, and of course present a professionally finished appearance of high-quality workmanship. 3. Promote the interplay between architectural design and environmental qualities and features. Nature should be preserved whenever possible. Improvements should blend in and harmonize with natural surroundings to create a naturescape. Brambleton encourages the creation of ambience between landscape and structure, and between interior and exterior, by using native plants, curved landscaping beds, foundation shrubs and ground cover. ROLE AND AUTHORITY OF THE COVENANTS COMMITTEE All Lot Owners in Brambleton are automatically members of the Brambleton Community Association. The Association is a non-stock corporation which owns and is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of all Common Areas. The Association also maintains those townhomes that have Townhome Grounds Maintenance within the community. The Association is also responsible for the administration and enforcement of all covenants which are applicable to property Owners, including the Design Guidelines. The Declaration (Article 9) Architectural Review provides that responsibility for the enforcement of the Design Guidelines shall be exercised through a Covenants Committee, the members of which shall be appointed by the Board of Directors of 5 the Association. The Declaration provides for the creation of several committees. The committee responsible for reviewing applications for modifications and improvements to residential Lots is the Modifications and Rules Enforcement Committee, which is referred to in this document as the "Covenants Committee," or just "Committee." The Committee is responsible for enforcing the Association's Design Guidelines with respect to exterior modifications to homes and Lots proposed by Lot Owners. The Committee does not have approval authority over initial construction by the Declarant, any Participating Builder, or for construction on parcels adjacent to the community. The Committee shall review and approve (or disapprove) applications submitted by Lot Owners for exterior additions, alterations, or modifications to a home or Lot. The review process shall be governed by these Design Guidelines, as promulgated by the Association's Board of Directors. As part of its responsibilities, the Covenants Committee makes recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to the modification of the Design Guidelines initially approved by the Board. The Committee is also responsible for reviewing possible violations of the Association's Design Guidelines, as well as violations of the Association’s legal documents and
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