The SMVE community was incorporated and built in the mid 1980s as a condominium community with minimal square footage for residential lots (40%) and maximum open common space (60%). As constructed, SMVE’s private roads (3.2 miles) are contiguous with 238 individual private driveways that usually slope toward the SMVE community’s private roads. In addition, the driveways that are contiguous to homes are short and so configured as to add to the hazard of recreational equipment (e.g. balls of any kind) being chased into the streets. Consequently, distracted, speeding, or unwary drivers may accidently run into distracted children or adults. Recently, homeowner’s concerns have arisen regarding the safety of playing recreational games of any type in driveways. The Architecture Committee and the Board of Directors reaffirms its restriction of construction or placement of any recreational courts on community residential property or common areas by homeowners. Further, the SMVEHOA Board of Directors extends the current restriction (Conditions, Covenants, and Restrictions (CC&Rs: Article XIII, Section 3) to incorporate newer mobile devices such as moveable backboards, hoops, and nets. By so doing, the Board of Directors of SMVEHOA underlines its primary commitment to safety plus reaffirming its focus toward an overall quiet, peaceful neighborhood for homeowners and guests to enjoy the lovely Sonoran Desert.
*On 03/15/10 and after extensive discussion, a motion was made, seconded, and the Board of Directors passed the above extension to Article XIII, Section 3 unanimously.
Bob Vaughan, President for SMVE Board of Directors