Under recent legislation passed by the Florida Legislature, Home Owner’s Associations and specifically Architectural Control Committees are limited in their use of discretion in approving house paint colors in a Deed Restricted Community.These new laws over-ride the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions for the Community as well as any previously approved guidelines, rules or regulations.In short, a community must adopt, with approval by the Board of Directors, a Color Palate Book for the community.At the regular Board of Directors Meeting held on March 6, 2007, the Board of Directors reviewed and approved a new Color Pallet Book that was prepared by the Community Outreach Committee and approved by the ACC Committee.Future Board’s will have the discretion to update and/or amend the Color Pallet Book if they choose.
Now that the new Color Palate Book is completed and approved by the Board, residents MUST follow the following House Paint Color Approval Guidelines which were modified, approved and adopted by the Board of Directors on March 6, 2008.In addition, the ACC Guidelines, Item #4 was also amended and approved at the March 6, 2008 meeting to coincide with these new guidelines.
The following is a summary of these new guidelines.A complete copy can be found on the Twin Lakes Web Site under the Architectural Control/House Paint Guidelines tab.
NOTE:ALL OPTIONS REQUIRE SUBMITTAL OF AN ACC REQUEST IN ORDER TO OBTAIN APPROVAL AND SUBMISSION IS NOT AN AUTOMATIC APPROVAL.
OPTION #1 – COLOR PALATE BOOK
A resident may select paint colors from the approved Color Palate Book.These colors must match the book exactly (substitutions are not permitted).The process for approval is:
1.Contact Communities of America (COA) to review the Color Palate Book
2.Select one of the approved colors and complete an ACC Request form that lists the selected colors for body, trim and door from the book
3.Submit the form to COA who will review for compliance with the Color Palate Book
4.If the colors submitted match the Color Palate Book, COA will issue an approval letter directly to the home owner
5.If the colors do NOT match, the application will be denied and a letter of denial will be sent to the home owner
Since these colors have been previously approved, the application will be approved (but an application MUST be made for tracking purposes).
Time:Since these are previously approved colors, the review will be completed by Communities of America and a letter of approval can be issued within 30-days of submittal.
OPTION #2 – PAINTING THE EXISTING COLOR
This option is only valid for original, builder painted houses and documented previously approved colors.If YOUR house is the original color, as painted by the builder or if YOUR house has been painted previously and the paint colors were approved by the ACC (this must be documented), then you can repaint YOUR house the same colors upon approval by the ACC. The process for approval is:
1.Submit an ACC Request form to Communities of America (COA) who will forward it to the ACC Committee.This applications MUST include the following:
·Completed ACC Form
·Paint Samples for the existing colors (or that match the existing colors)
·A color photograph of the house
·For original builder color – a statement in the application that the house colors were builder approved
·For approved repainted houses – a copy of your previous ACC approval (if this is not available, COA will research its files for the previous approval.If not available or on record, this will NOT be approved by the ACC)
2.The ACC Committee will review applications and provide approvals/denials to COA who will send a letter to the home owner.
Time:The ACC Committee meets once a month so depending on when you submit you application to COA and if a records search is required by COA, it will likely be 30-60 days to receive back an approval/denial letter from COA.
NOTE: IF NO RECORD CAN BE FOUND FOR PREVIOUS APPROVALS, THIS APPLCIATION WILL NOT BE APPROVED BY THE ACC.
