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rebate, but that she must meet a tight timeline to get her design reviewed and approved by the HOA before she can submit it to her town. If she misses the submission deadline, she will not qualify for the rebate, which is a substantial one-time incentive for installing low-water landscaping.
• Oneresidentsaidittookhertwoyearsfromherinitial submission to her HOA until the HOA approved it. Her water provider offered a rebate, but the rebate had no time constraints.
Know Your Association Requirements
• SomeHOArequirementsarenotclearandmayseem contradictory. Consider requesting clari cation, if needed.
• Some HOAs require documentation that adjacent neighbors have been advised of your xeriscape plans and, since xeriscaping is relatively new in some HOAs, you may want to be prepared with legal information and positive neighborly discussions in the event your neighbors protest your plans.
• One resident said his HOA did not know about the law or even if the HOA had criteria or guidelines for xeriscaping when he attended a meeting to present his xeriscape plans. He said it took some diplomacy and education to get the HOA on board. However, he said he was well prepared.
• One resident said that her HOA guidelines were vague. She was turned down on her rst submission, but the HOA did not give her actionable explanations to successfully resubmit. She said she had to press the HOA for speci c reasons for the denial and that it back-and-forth e-mails and a face-to-face meeting over a period of time before she was able to clarify what she needed to do to successfully resubmit her design.
Don’t Be a Stranger to Your HOA
• OneresidentsaidgoingtoBoardmeetingsbeforeyou submit a proposal is a good idea so you don’t become the resident who only shows up when you want something.
• OneresidentsaidthatifyouareinvolvedinsomeHOAevent
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