General Guidelines for Play Equipment

Adopted 3/19/03 by Westwinds ECC

Any permanent or temporary play equipment/structures to be installed on a property must be approved by the ECC prior to installation. This includes but is not limited to swing sets, basketball backboards and hoops, children’s play houses, etc. No type of equipment can be affixed to the outside of any home. In order to be considered for approval, an application must be submitted to the ECC. The application must include:

• picture/photograph of the desired equipment

• equipment color scheme

• copy of the property plat annotated with the desired equipment location

• landscape plan with detailed information regarding plant material type

or

• previously approved privacy wall and landscape plan as noted above

Listed below are attributes of an application that would be considered for approval:

• natural wood products are used in equipment (e.g. swing set)

• subdued color scheme (e.g. green, brown)

• equipment location does not constitute as a muisance to neighbors

• evergreens are used to screen equipment from view

Listed below are attributes of an application that will not be considered for approval and would automatically be rejected:

• Requesting equipment of the following types-

- trampolines

- equipment composed of more than 50 percent plastic

- equipment in day-glo/neon colors

- tree houses or forts

- skateboarding ramps or apparatus

- permanent backboards or basketball hoops

• Required information not submitted in application:

- picture/photograph of desired equipment

- landscape plan

- color scheme

No play equipment or toys shall remain within the front yard overnight to include:

• bicycles and the like

• mobile basketball hoops

• skateboarding apparatus

Reference: Amended Declaration of Covenants Conditions & Restrictions dates 12/2/92, Exhibit " B", page 4:

19. Only with the prior approval of the Environmental Control Committee may play equipment be atached in any manner to the exterior of any dwelling or otherwise installed on any Improved Lot. No play equipment, including, without limitation, basketball backboards, basketball hoops and other equipment associated with either adult or juvenile recreation, shall be attached in any manner to the exterior of any dwelling or otherwise installed on any Improved Lot. No such equipment will be allowed unless screened from view from the street and Golf Facility (as hereinafter defined) and placed in such a manner as to not constitute a nuisance to adjoining Owners or Vacant Lot Owners.

24. Children’s play and similar equipment shall not be allowed to remain overnight within any front yard of any Improved Lot or within the Properties.

25. No play equipment such as metal or wooden swing sets, or children ’s climbing apparatus, or the like, shall be permitted on any Improved Lot or Vacant Lot unless screened substantially from view by landscaping or by a wall approved by the Environmental Control Committee.