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Hampton Commons Rules and Regulations

The Second Amendment to the Master Deed Exhibit 4 list the following Rules and Regulations:

 

  1. No unit, except those units owned by the sponsor and used as sales offices, administrative offices or models, shall be used for any purpose other than a private residence.

 

  1. No business, trade or profession shall be conducted in any unit. No exterior signs except those of the sponsor shall be erected or displayed.

 

  1. No unit owners, or any agent of a unit owner, except for the sponsor, my display “For Sale”, “For Rent” or other similar signs on any position of the Common Elements or in any window of a unit.

 

  1. There shall be no obstruction of the Common Elements nor shall anything be temporarily or permanently paced upon, stored in or affixed to the Common Elements without the prior written consent of the Board of unless expressly permitted by the Rules and Regulations.  However, this restriction shall not be deemed to preclude any resident of a unit or his guest from utilizing any driveway in front of his unit for the parking of automobiles or the area immediately to the rear of the unit for picnicking, barbequing, lounging, sunbathing in the proper attire, or other similar recreational activities, subject to the Rules and Regulations and any other restrictions contained in the Master Deed.

 

  1. No dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, rabbits, livestock, fowl or poultry, or animal of any kind shall be raised, bread or kept in any unit or upon the common elements, except this may be permitted by the Association. In any event, no more than two dogs or cats in the aggregate shall be permitted in any home.  In no event shall outdoor pens or runs be permitted.

 

  1. No vehicles of a size larger than a panel truck and no mobile home, recreational vehicle, boat, boat trailer or the like shall be parked with the condominium, except for those vehicles temporarily within the condominium for the purpose of servicing the condominium itself or one of the units, without written consent of the board.

 

  1. No portion of the common elements or other portion of the condominium shall be used or maintained for the dumping of rubbish or debris except in the designated areas.  Trash, garbage or other waste shall be kept in securely closed sanitary containers within the condominium for weekly or more frequent collections.

 

  1. No exterior loudspeakers other than as contained in portable radios or television sets shall be permitted, nor shall unshielded floodlights be installed in any exterior area of any unit or any balcony, patio, or terrace appurtenant thereto without the permission of the Board.

 

 

  1. The owner of each unit, regardless of type, shall not cause of permit any cloths, sheets, blankets, or laundry of any kind or other articles to be hung displayed on the outside of windows or places on the outside of  windowsills, walls or balconies of any building or in ay parking areas; and no signs, awnings, grills, balcony enclosures, fence canopies,  shutters, or radio or television antennas or aerial shall be erected or installed in or upon the common elements or at any part thereof without the prior consent of the Board. Unit owners shall not have the right to paint or otherwise decorate or change the appearance of any portion of the exterior of the building or any parking area. Each unit owner is responsible to promptly report to the board any defect or need for repairs, the responsibility for which is that of the Association.

 

  1. In order to provide an orderly procedure in the case of title transfers, and to assist in the maintenance of current, up to date roster of unit owners, each unit owner shall give the secretary of the Association, timely notice of his intent to list his unit of sale, and upon closing of title shall forthwith notify such secretary of the names and home address of the purchaser.

 

  1. No unit owner or occupant shall build, plant or maintain any matter or thing upon, in, over or under the common elements without the prior written consent of the Board uness permitted by these Rules and Regulations.

 

  1. Each Unit owner shall be responsible for the maintenance, repair and replacement of all windows of his unit, including skylights, and also the front door and any doors leading onto the balcony, terrace, or patio adjacent to this unit.

 

  1. No unit owner or occupant shall burn, chop, or cut anything on, over or above common elements.

 

  1. To the extent that equipment, facilities, and fixtures, within any unit(s) shall be connected to similar equipment, facilities or fixtures affecting or serving other unit(s) of the common elements, then the use thereof by the individual unit owners shall be subject to the Master Deed, the By-laws and these Rules and Regulations.

 

  1. Nothing shall be done or kept in ay unit or in or upon the common elements which will increase the rates of insurance of any building or the contents thereof beyond the rates applicable for units, without the prior written consent of the Board. No unit owner shall permit anything to be done or kept in his unit or in or upon the common elements which will result in the cancellation of insurance on any building, or the contents thereof, or which will be in violation of any law.

 

  1. No noxious or offensive activities shall be carried on, in or upon the common elements or in any unit nor shall anything be done therein wither willfully or negligently which will be or become an annoyance or nuisance to the other residents in the condominium.

 

  1. No immoral, improper, offensive, or unlawful use shall be made of any unit; and all laws, zoning ordinance an regulations of all government bodies having jurisdiction thereover shall be observed.

 

  1. Nothing shall be done to any unit or on the common elements which will impair the structural integrity of any building or which any structurally change any building. No unit owner (other than the sponsor) may make any structural additions, alterations or improvements in or to his unit or in or to the common elements, without the prior written approval of the board or impair any easement without prior written approval of the board as appropriate. Such authorization, however, shall not incur any liability on the part of the association to any contractor, subcontractor, or materialman on account of such additions, alteration, or improvement, or an person having any claim for injury to person or damage to property arising therefrom. The unit owner shall furnish the board a copy of any such permit which he has procured. The provisions of this rule shall not apply to units owned by the sponsor until such units have been initially sold and conveyed by the sponsor.

 

  1. Draperies, blinds, curtains or other window coverings must be installed by each unit owner on all windows of his unit and must be maintained in said window at all times. That portion of the window covering visible from outside of the unit must be consistent with and may not detract from the architectural design of the buildings.

 

  1. The common elements shall be used only for the furnishings of the services and facilities for which they are reasonably intended and suited and which are incident to the use and occupancy of the units.

 

  1. (i)Except as hereinafter provided, no unit shall be leased by the owners thereof (except a lender in possession of such unit following a default in a first mortgage, a foreclosure processing or by an deed or other arrangement in lieu of  foreclosure) or otherwise utilized for transient or hotel purposes, which shall be defined as (A) rental for any period less then ninety (90) days or (B) any rental if the occupants of the unit are provided customary hotel services, such as room service for food and beverages, maid services, furnishing laundry and linen, and bellboy services.  Notwidstanding the foregoing, any unit owner, including sponsor, may rent a unit for any period of less than (90) days to any bona fide contract purchaser thereof. No unit owner may lease less than an entire unit, or may lease the unit to greater than (3) unrelated individuals.(ii) Other than the forgoing obligations, the unit owner shall have the right to lease same provided that said lease is in writing and made subject to all provisions of the Master Deed, the By-laws of the Association and these rules and regulations, and provide further that any failure of the lessee to fully comply with the terms and conditions of such documents shall constitute a default under the lease. (iii) In the event of a tenant of a unit fails to comply with the provisions of the Master Deed, By-Laws or these rules and regulations then, in addition to all other remedies which  it may have, the association shall notify the unit owner of such violation(s) and demand that the same be remedied within said thirty (30) day period, then the unit owner shall immediately thereafter, at his own cost and expense, institute and diligently prosecute and eviction action against his tenant on account of such violations(s). Such action shall not be comprised or settled without the prior written consent of the association. In the event the unit owner fails to fulfill the foregoing obligation then the Board shall have the right but not the duty, to institute and prosecute such actions at the attorney-in-fact for the unit owner and the unit owner’s sole cost and expense shall be deemed to constitute a lien on the particular nit involved and collection thereof may be enforced by the Board in the same manner as the Board is entitled to enforce collections of Common Expenses.

 

  1. Unit owners shall have the right to mortgage or encumber their units provided that any such mortgage or encumbrance, which is not a first lien on any unit shall expressly and automatically be subordinate to the common expense lien of the association. Any mortgage or encumbrance concerning a unit which is not so subordinate shall only be placed on the unit with the prior written approval of the association.

 

  1. All property taxes, special assessments and other charges imposed by any taxing authority are to separately assess against and collected on each unit as a single parcel, as provided by the New Jersey Condominium Act. In the event that for any year such taxes are not separately taxed to each unit, but are taxed on the property as a whole, then each unit owner shall pay his proportionate share thereof in accordance with his proportionate undivided percentage interest in the common element.

 

  1. Each unit owner shall pay for his own telephone, and other utilities, which are separately metered or billed to each user by the respective utility company. Utilities which are not separately metered or billed or which serve common elements shall be treated as part of the common expense.

 

  1. No clothes poles, lines or clothes trees shall be installed or maintained, nor shall any laundry or other thing be hung out to dry outside of any unit.

 

  1. The Board shall have the right to levy fines for violations of these Rules and Regulations, or any such rule and regulation subsequently adopted. Provided that the fines for a single violation may  not, under any circumstances, exceed $25.00. Each day that a violation continues after receipt of notice by the unit owner may be considered as a separate violation. Any fine so levied shall be considered as a common expense to be levied against the particular unit owner involved, and collection may be enforced by the board in the same manner as the Board is entitled to enforce collections of common expense.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This web page was last updated on June 22, 2007.
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