General
 

• Landscaping at Spinnaker is a mix of Association and Unit Owner responsibilities. Landscaping Guidelines are available for determining those responsibilities.
• Plantings by Unit Owners are restricted to a Unit's Personal Landscape Area (PLA), which is five (5) feet on the front and sides of each Unit, 50 feet in the rear. See the Rules Section 2.6 for guidance.
• Plantings outside of a Unit's PLA or planting alterations inside a PLA require a plan approved by the Executive Board.
• Healthy trees not in the buffer area that have become so large and dense that they are considered to be a potential hazard may be removed by the Association and replaced with approved trees. In the event that the Association decides to remove one of these trees, the Unit Owner involved may exercise an option to assume the responsibility of keeping the tree while assuring that it is safely maintained.

Rear Personal Landscape Areas Limitations

• Rear Personal Landscape Areas (PLAs) may be limited due to a town-specified and regulated buffer area, which is defined by a line 50 feet in from the Spinnaker property line, or by an abutting neighbor's PLA. See Rear PLA document for specifics about a particular Unit's PLA.

Outdoor Artwork

• The placement of artwork in a Unit's Personal Landscape Area (PLA) is governed by the Rules , Section 2.7.

Trimming Plants Near Fences

• Plants should not be permitted to grow through fences.

Unit Owner Guidelines

• Click here to read a list of recommendations concerning Unit Owner maintenance items applicable to each Unit.

Maintenance Responsibilities Matrix

• Unit Owners should refer to the Matrix of Maintenance Responsibilities to determine whose responsibility it is to maintain the various components of their Units and the Common Elements of the Association. In addition to the Matrix, responsibility for the maintenance of windows and doors has been specifically addressed by a legal opinion provided at the request of the Executive Board.
  

Procedures Manual - Infrastructure and Buildings

• Unit Owners should refer to the Maintenance Guidelines and Practices for the Association's approach to infrastructure and building maintenance, repair and replacement and their associated costs. This document includes and/or references the Matrix of Maintenance Responsibilities, the Becht Study, Warrantys and the Front Door Paint Chart.

Hiring Contractors for Maintenance Work

• When workers are hired to work on the outside of Units (e.g., cleaning) or in Personal Landscape Areas (e.g., gardening), it is important that they have appropriate insurance, both liability and workers compensation. It is the Unit Owner's responsibility to assure Spinnaker Association, Inc. that these conditions are met.
• Since individuals/sole proprietors, partnerships and LLC businesses often have no employees and therefore no workers compensation insurance, it is recommended that Unit Owners obtain a hold harmless document from such hired workers, both for the Association and for the Unit Owner.
  
• Before any such work is begun, the Unit Owner must receive written approval from the Executive Board.
  
• The procedure to be followed for hiring a contractor to maintain the exterior of a Unit and/or other Common Element can be found in the Maintenance Application.
  

Maintenance Prep - Trimming shrubs and plants

• In order to allow maintenance work on siding, decks, bilco doors, or window casements, shrubs and plants must not interfere. This procedure is designed to achieve that end. The procedure also addresses keeping plants from growing through fences.