Rules

• To start with, our Association is a Colorado Nonprofit Corporation. Among our Governing Documents is our Articles of Incorporation. As such, we are governed by the Colorado  statute covering nonprofits: The Colorado Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act (C.R.S. 7-121 to 7-137)

• Second, we are governed by the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act, (C.R.S. Title 38, Article 33.3) ("the CCIOA") which regulates Condominium and COOP communities where there is shared ownership. 

• Subservient to the statutes are the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions, aka "the Covenants" or "the Declaration"  for our Association. They are the agreements - the Covenants - that we make to one another which are the basis for any and all other rules. The Covenants are registered with the State of Colorado, and are difficult to change. 

• We do have one Amendment to the Covenants, which changed a provision regarding insurance, a change our membership adopted in 2022. 

• Section IV of the Covenants covers "Use Restrictions" and contains a detailed list of certain rules applicable to homeowners

• Section II §2.52 defines Rules, saying: 

The rules and regulations governing the use of the Property which are adopted from time to time by the Association. the Board or the Architectural Review Committee,  including, without limitation, the Design Guidelines. The Rules shall be binding upon all Owners and their Permittees.

The Covenants call for the Association to adopt the Bylaws of the Association. The Bylaws cover administrative matters: what meetings we will have and when, how  voting will be done, the composition of the board of directors and other officers, how long they will serve, keeping of records, annual reporting, budgets, notice and hearing regarding disputes. 

The Board of Directors is charged with creating additional Policies for how specific matters will be handled within the Association. We have just over a dozen such policies. 

We also have a specific document the ARC Guidelines which contain regulations about what changes homeowners are allowed to make which affect the exterior appearance or structure of their unit, and when they must request a review by the ARC.