Since the Windings Homeowners Association Board’s Covenants
Committee is working to update our 30 year old Covenants through ballot(s)
planned in Spring 2009, our Board asked this Committee to make sure that any
proposed Covenant changes do not duplicate or contradict this new County
Ordinance. In the process of reviewing the Ordinance,
the Committee determined that this Ordinance could affect some of our residents
and also could reduce the number of prospective Windings Covenant changes.
The following is a summary of the ordinance
prepared by the Covenant Committee and approved for dissemination by the Windings Board.The
information below contains only paraphrased contents of this Ordinance
(with underlining to add emphasis) deemed of interest to Windings
residents. A copy of this Ordinance in its entirety can be found online
at www.CountyofKane.org under
County Code, Chapter 15.
Any of the
following activities are nuisances;
1. Exterior Property Areas
To keep, maintain or
grow noxious weeds or other vegetation that creates a health hazard.
To allow grass to
exceed 10 inches in height
To allow to be
deposited on public or private property fecal matter, garbage, compost (other
than for horticultural purposes), junk, trash, refuse or other offensive
substances
To keep or store junk,
trash, and refuse on property
To place household
garbage in any outside container such that garbage is accessible to
animals. Also it shall be unlawful to
place garbage or trash outside for more than 24 hours before a scheduled pick
up time.
To dump, deposit,
throw, discard litter from a motor vehicle upon a road or public or private
property.
To store lumber or
other building materials, constructions vehicles and construction
equipment, not in connection with a permitted building project in progress, on
the premises.
To burn garbage or
rubbish outdoors with the exception of brush.
To park any vehicle
in any yard except on the duly improved area for parking purposes and the
parking of noncommercial vehicles is permitted on a driveway.
To keep any inoperable
vehicle on public or private property.
2. Open Burning of Landscape Waste
To cause or allow open
or uncontrolled burning not in accordance with these restrictions;
This
article does not apply to burning of brush for outdoor domestic fireplaces or
cooking or external fireplaces or to self contained outdoor wood burning
devices and fireplaces.
The
open burning of dry wastes should only occur on the property upon which the
waste was generated.
Burning
is only permitted between 10AM and 3PM on
sunny days when the wind speed is less than 10 mph
Burning
is not allowed during ozone alert periods, within 20 feet of a structure or on
a roadway, sidewalk or easement
Open
burning must be supervised until the fire is extinguished and garden hose or
water must be available at the burning site.
3. Noise
To perform or allow to
be performed construction, repair or remodeling work where the noise can be
heard from a distance of 100 ft between 9PM and 6 AM Mon. to Fri. and between 9
PM and 8 AM on weekends and holidays.
To operate or permit
operation of any amplifier in a vehicle or on property or to operate a
vehicle(including snowmobiles, motorcycles, mini-bikes, ATV’s etc) such to
disturb reasonable persons of ordinary sensitivity.
To perform lawn mowing
or utilize power or non power tools between the hours of 8 PM to 7 AM
To make, continue, create
to be made or continued loud, raucous, harsh, prolonged or unusual noise. The ordinance lists six factors to be used in
determining whether a sound is unreasonably loud or raucous.
4. Animals
To allow an
infestation of insects, vermin, rodents or other pests.
5. Structures
To allow a building exterior
to be in poor repair, structurally unsound, contain unsanitary conditions
or to pose a threat to public health.
The following standards apply to existing buildings;
All
exterior surfaces including doors, door frames and window frames, cornices,
porches, trim, balconies, decks and fences shall be maintained in good
condition.
Buildings
to have approved address numbers placed in a position to be legible and visible
from the street. The RFD sign provided
by the Fire Protection District satisfies this requirement as long as the sign
is clearly visible at the street.
Foundation
walls shall be maintained free from open cracks and breaks and maintained to
prevent entry of rodents and other pests.
Exterior
walls shall be free from holes, breaks and loose or rotting materials and shall
be maintained weatherproof.
Roofs,
drains, gutters and downspouts, decorative features, stairways, porches,
balconies, chimneys, towers, handrails, guards, windows, skylights, door
frames, glazing, doors and basement hatchways shall be maintained in good
repair.
Household furniture not designed to
withstand the outdoor elements shall not be permitted
to be placed on porches (except totally enclosed), accessory structures, yards and landings.
Pools, spas and hot tub water
must be maintained in clean and sanitary condition and in good repair or the water completely drained.
(Note; this could be a problem for the Winding’s swimming pool during the winter)