MAINTENANCE
It is the responsibility of the Maintenance Committee to maintain all the common areas within Four Seasons. These include lawns, walking paths, bridges, wooded areas, fences and creeks. The Maintenance Committee encourages residents to maintain their own properties including the trimming of low hanging tree branches and shrubbery to allow safe use of sidewalks. The Maintenance Committee’s complete job description follows.
The common areas in Four Seasons are composed of islands, lawns, paths, fences, wooded areas, bridges, and creeks. A map of all common areas is at the back of this handbook. The Maintenance Director and the Maintenance Committee are responsible for the upkeep of all common areas within Four Seasons. A landscape maintenance contractor is retained to mow, plant, do weed control, prune, and other landscape work in the common areas owned by the Four Seasons Homeowners Association.
The Maintenance Committee also engages in planning the improvements and maintenance of the common areas. This includes resurfacing of walkways, planting trees, shrubbery, and other projects. These projects must be within a budget as approved by the Board of Directors. Input to the committee from the members is always desired. The designated common areas are for the use of homeowners or tenants, and their guests for walking, playing, picnics, and other activities. Since the common areas are for the use and enjoyment of each homeowner, dumping of trash, littering, destruction of property, or disruptive behavior will not be tolerated.
Each homeowner is responsible for cleaning from the edge of his property to the middle of the street and also to prune those trees, if any, between his adjoining sidewalk and the street. Branches of trees must be pruned to provide clearance over the roadway of no less than 12 feet, and no less than 8 feet over the sidewalks. All plants must be pruned so that they do not block pedestrians on the sidewalks.
The Declaration states that regarding the common property, it is unlawful for residents and association members to place a fence, sign, or any other unapproved structure or facilities on the common areas. Neither shall any planting or pruning be done on common property by residents and members without the written permission of the Architectural Committee, and/or the Maintenance Committee. Access by pedestrians to common areas from sidewalks is to be unobstructed.
All adults are asked to help monitor our common areas to insure their proper use. Replacing damaged plants and trees is expensive to all homeowners.
Homeowners with residences adjacent to common areas should familiarize themselves with the legal property boundaries to make certain their landscaping, fences, and personal utilities do not infringe upon common area tracts. The Association has the right to file liens against properties where there is an infringement upon those areas.
Four Seasons Yard Debris service is available to homeowners one Saturday a month throughout the year except January. This opportunity is offered to supplement the weekly yard debris pick-up provided by Waste Management and to encourage the ongoing upkeep and appearance of individual properties in Four Seasons. Please see “Yard Debris/ Drop Box Service” for more information and a schedule.
The City of Beaverton sweeps our streets once a month. To assure sweeping in front of your house, please be sure vehicles are not parked on the street. Piles of leaves and other debris will not be removed by the sweeper. This material, as with any other yard waste, should be gathered up and disposed of by the owner. City sweeping is usually done the first week of each month.
Please enjoy the usage of the common areas, and if you have any questions or suggestions please contact the Maintenance Director.
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