Community Information

Rules and Regulations

The following proposals were passed by the Board on May 28, 2009. Please add the following to your Rules and Regulations booklet.

1. Under F. Miscellaneous Guidelines & Restrictions, Outdoor Storage, (a): Garbage pails, recycling bins, and/or trash barrels shall be placed at the curb no earlier than 5 p.m. on the day before scheduled collection and shall be removed by 6 p.m. the day of collection (per Town of Cary ordinances).
    

2. Under Rules for Landscape Changes, (d) Hedge Rows: Hedge rows installed by the developer shall be maintained at a height of less than ten (10) feet. New hedge rows are not allowed on the perimeter of a
   homeowner’s property.
    

3. Under Rules for Mailboxes, (a): No decorative design may be placed on the mailbox or post. Growing plants are permitted on the mailbox or post unless prohibited by the US Postal Service. Plants must be maintained at a height no higher than the mailbox post.

Community Appearance

The Board of Directors for the association has made every effort to make living in Heritage Pines a pleasant experience with as little effort by homeowners as necessary to keep our association looking good and preserving the value of our homes.

Toward this end, we have contracted with a landscaping contractor to maintain our lawns by cutting them regularly, edging the plant and hard surface areas, fertilizing, liming, aerating, trimming shrubs and normal type of weed control. In addition, this contractor will do other work on an individual and extra cost basis to keep your landscape in top condition.

However, it is the homeowner’s responsibility to keep the lawn, shrubs and trees watered. Most trees and shrubs, after they are in the ground for a few years, rarely need to be watered. The grass, in dry spells from which we usually suffer in the early to late summer, will need at least 1" of water weekly, depending on conditions. THIS IS NOT AN OPTION. The covenants require that each lot be maintained in a neat condition by the owner. In the past, some of our residents have neglected this requirement with the result that their lawns become barren of grass and weeds or just plain bare spots resulted.

It only takes a few lots to downgrade an entire neighborhood and we cannot allow this to degrade our properties. It makes no difference if a home is occupied or not, the property must be maintained according to the standards set by the covenants. These rules also apply to the appearance of the dwelling. With vinyl siding, aluminum gutters and soffits, we have very little exterior house maintenance to worry us other than pressure washing every few years. We do need to paint the porch rails, door frames and mail box posts when needed. No one wants their property values to decline due to property disrepair.

Please note that the Board of Directors has a legal obligation to protect everyone’s financial investment. If you receive a letter regarding your property, please cooperate and take corrective action. Per the covenants, failure to do so after notice will result in the board having the problem corrected and the homeowner billed for the work.

Submitted by Morty Berkowitz.

Brickman Field Notes:

July 2009

Residents of Heritage Pines,
Hello. We hope you are all noticing and enjoying the enhancements to the common areas that we have been providing over the last couple of months. We have installed your seasonal (summer) color in the common areas, specifically at the Carpenter Upchurch entrance, the circle near the clubhouse, the clubhouse entrance and pool entrance, and the lower end island by Louis Stephens. We have also applied pine straw to several common areas including the roadway (Carpenter Upchurch, the clubhouse area, and the lower berm along Louis Stephens).

We will (weather permitting) be pruning the homes along Heritage Pines Drive, the homes between Uplands Creek and Crystal Brook, the lower half of Rockport Ridge Way (from 208 down to 102), and all of Indian Elm, Quaker Dell, Franklin Hills Point, and Muir Brook between June 17-19. We will also prune common areas. There will be two pruning crews with a total of nine people. Chais will be leading both of these crews. We will be pruning standard shrub and plant material around the foundations of the homes and in the fronts and backs of the homes. This is NOT a hard prune. This is a prune to maintain both shape and height.

We are in an ongoing effort to spray weeds both in cracks and flower beds. We plan to have all of these weeds sprayed by Friday, June 26.

Thank you,

The Brickman Team

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Cary’s Boards, Commissions & Special Committees

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The Town of Cary uses "Special Committees" for special tasks or projects. When it has been
determined that a "Special Committee" is needed, the Town Council will solicit applications from citizens. These applications will be reviewed, and appointments to the "Special Committees" will be made. After the task or project has been completed, the committee is no longer active and ceases to meet. These committees provide a valuable resource to the Town Council, Town staff, and citizens of Cary.

In addition to special committees, the Town of Cary has volunteer Boards and Commissions. Appointments to the boards and commissions are made on an annual basis, and terms of service are usually for three years. For more information, visit the Town's Web site at http://www.townofcary.org. If you have questions, please contact the town clerk. The e-mail address is karen.gray@townofcary.org

• Downtown Cary Wayfinding Project
  Advisory Committee

• Historic Preservation Master Plan Advisory Committee

Site Design Focus Group

Community Thanks To The Following Chairpersons and Their Committees :

• Hospitality - Audrey Duck

• Ladies’ Lunch - Eva Germano & Janice Bond

• Men’s Breakfasts -  Bob Hodes & Doug Lipson

• June Pot Luck Dinner -  Nancy White

• July Pot Luck Dinner - HP Choral Group

Shade garden at the pool