Architectural Control Committee

ATTENTION HOME BUILDERS: The King's Deer Board of Directors approved a $5000 refundable compliance fee which must accompany every new house construction project application beginning July 1, 2006. The compliance fee (along with the $700 non-refundable filing fee) is payable to the Association when the house construction project application is submitted to the Association for ACC review. Applications not submitted with the required fees will be immediately rejected.

When the construction project is completed, $2500 of the compliance fee will be temporarily retained by the Association to serve as a landscape compliance fee, and the balance of the compliance fee (up to $2500) will be refunded to the property owner.

The retained landscape compliance fee will be refunded to the property owner if the landscape is completed within the terms of the Association Standards.

Compliance fees are always refunded to whoever owns the property at the time the refund is authorized by the Association; that can be, and often is, someone other than who submitted the compliance fee to the Association. Vist our Rules, Covenants and Standards page of this web site for updates to the Design Standards. Be sure you have the most current version.

ACC meetings have moved to the Woodmoor "Barn", 1691 Woodmoor Drive. (See Map). Enter the large, barn-like structure and proceed down the stairs.

The ACC meets twice a month, except in November and December when they meet once each month. (See Calendar for dates and times.) Meetings are open to the public. Owners who submitted an application to the ACC are encouraged to attend the ACC meeting so that any questions or concerns about their application can be quickly resolved.

The ACC consists of association members who volunteer their time to review project applications and to perform site visits to ensure projects are completed in accordance with the approved applications.

What type of work requires ACC approval? Any alteration to a property that changes the appearance of the property should be reviewed and approved in advance by the ACC to ensure those changes are consistent with the coveanants, rules, policies and standards of the association. Alterations may be as significant as constructing a new home, to as minor as building a small enclosure around the backyard patio, or just adding a satellite dish. Landscape plans should also be submitted to the ACC for review and approval because landscape is limited by the Water Augmentation Plan governing the Association water consumption rights; landscape can also create unexpected obstructions to view corridors from neighboring properties. Caution. Projects must be accomplished as approved by the ACC. If changes are desired after the project is approved, the proposed changes must be coordinated with, and approved by the ACC; otherwise such changes will be outside the scope of the ACC approval and possibly subject to covenant violations.

What information should be submitted in my application and where do I submmit it? This information is available through the Project Procedures link at the top of this page.

Neighbor Comments On Projects Encouraged When a construction project is submitted to the ACC for review, the property owner is required to post a sign at a property for at least ten days in advance of an ACC decision on the project. (See the sign.) The intent of the sign is to alert neighbors that an application has been submitted to the ACC for a construction project on the property--such as a new house or enlarging an existing house--and to encourage their review and comments of the plans. The ACC will evaluate the project along with any comments within the context of the Association covenants, policies, and standards (i.e. "Rules"). Comments should therefore be limited to the context of the Association's Rules.

Changes in 2006. In the initial months of 2006 the ACC significantly increased its oversight of projects through more rigorous pre-approval project reviews, and by initiating comprehensive post-approval monitoring of projects. This required a change in the details of information the ACC required to be included in project applications and in project application procedures.

Governing Directives The ACC uses the King's Deer Classic Covenants, King's Deer Highlands Covenants, and policies and standards passed by the Board of Directors, as the directives for evaluating project applications. These documents are available through this web site as pdf files. To retrieve these documents, click the "Rules, Covenants and Standards" menu item in the left margin of this page. Project application forms can be retrieved at this web site by clicking the "Project Forms" menu item at the top of this page.