Opinion ID: 1694303
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: architectural control committee

Text: SECTION 1. Review by Committee. No structure, whether a residence, accessory building, tennis court, swimming pool, fences, walls, exterior lighting, or other improvements, shall be constructed or maintained upon any site and no alteration or repainting to the exterior of a structure shall be made and no landscaping performed unless complete plans, specifications, and site plans therefore, showing the exterior design, height, building material and color scheme thereof, the location of the structure plotted horizontally and vertically, the location and size of driveways, the general plan of landscaping, fencing walls and windbreaks and the grading plan shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Architectural Control Committee, and a copy of such plans, specification, and lot plans as finally approved deposited with the Architectural Control Committee... . SECTION 2. Best Judgement. The Architectural Control Committee shall exercise its best judgment to see that all improvements, construction, landscaping and alterations on lands within the properties conform to and harmonize with existing surroundings and structures. SECTION 3. Procedures. The Architectural Control Committee shall approve or disapprove all plans and requests within thirty (30) days after submission. In the event the Architectural Control Committee fails to take any action within thirty (30) days after requests have been submitted, approval will not be required, and this Article will be deemed to have been fully complied with and construction shall be in compliance with plans as submitted. The Architectural Control Committee shall adopt procedures and architectural guidelines which shall be approved by the Board of Directors of the Association. ... . SECTION 5. The Architectural Control Committee shall maintain written records of all applications submitted to it and of all actions it may have taken. SECTION 6. The Architectural Control Committee shall not be liable in damage to any person submitting requests for approval or to any owner within the properties by reason of any action, failure to act, approval, disapproval or failure to approve or disapprove with regard to such requests. The Architectural Control Committee may refuse approval on any grounds, including purely aesthetic conditions. Any adverse ruling may be appealed to the Committee under its rules and regulations. ... .