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What’s in Your Community’s Architectural Guidelines?
By Sandra L. Gottlieb, Esq., CCAL and Meigan Everett, PCAM
This article first appeared in the Fall 2021 Issue of The Communicator here.
MANY ASSOCIATIONS ADOPT architectural guidelines when the community is formed and don’t look back. Some boards keep the guidelines forever stuck in time. Even though the community evolves and changes and becomes its own unique place, the guidelines are often forgotten, ignored, or things are done the way they always have been done. But architectural guidelines can evolve with the community’s needs and change to comply with new laws and the more mature look of the association.
Provided that the association’s CC&Rs give the board authority to adopt architectural guidelines, also known as rules and regulations, the board should review them every few years to ensure that they meet the community association’s needs.
THE PROCESS
California Civil Code § 4355 requires that architectural rules be adopted...