San Lorenzo Village Homes Association

Violations of the CC&Rs are identified either through complaints to the association or observation by association staff. Violations are usually corrected as a result of a friendly letter from the association. If necessary, the association will send three letters to a property owner for the same violation before referring the matter to the association's counsel. Thus, the number of attorney referrals in the tables below indicates the number of property owners who neglected or refused to correct a violation. The association has the power to levy fines on homeowners for repeated violation of the CC&Rs. The number of letters reported in the tables is the total of all first, second, and third letters; the majority are first-time letters.

1993 - 1996 -- The number of attorney referrals in 1992-93 was considerably less than in previous years because of the association's newly acquired ability to levy fines. A member survey in January 1995 indicated a desire for greater CC&R enforcement. Thus in 1995 the association expanded the administrative clerk's responsibilities to include CC&R enforcement, and the number of warning letters sent in 1995 increased 31% compared to 1994. The number of warning letters sent in 1996 increased considerably (83%) over 1995 because of greater efforts at enforcement.

	1993		1994		1995		1996
	Letters	Refer to attorney	Letters	Refer to attorney	Letters	Refer to attorney	Letters	Refer to attorney
Vehicle storage or repairs	265	7	234	10	276	11	461	12
Boat/trailer kept on lot	104	2	111	3	149	4	251	2
Lack of general maintenance	209	2	189	6	269	7	622	9
Parking on unpaved area	87	4	73	1	117	2	190	5
Other (noise etc.)	107	0	81	0	92	2	126	1
Total	772	15	688	20	903	26	1,650	29

1997 - 2000 -- The number of warning letters sent in 1999 was 8.5% greater than in 1998 but less than in 1995-96. Enforcement in 2000 was down considerably from previous years (31% less than 1999). The SLVHA president reported that the decrease was due to "staff turnover, an increase in workload, and the Administrator's undergoing major surgeries this year." Data on referrals to the association's attorney were not available for 2000.

	1997		1998		1999		2000
	Letters	Refer to attorney	Letters	Refer to attorney	Letters	Refer to attorney	Letters	Refer to attorney
Vehicle storage or repairs	149	2	133	6	121	4	97	NA
Boat/trailer kept on lot	134	3	136	0	118	2	77	NA
Lack of general maintenance	312	13	352	6	506	10	324	NA
Parking on unpaved area	92	2	55	1	50	1	37	NA
Other (noise etc.)	105	0	66	0	72	0	66	NA
Total	792	20	742	13	867	17	601	NA

2001 - 2006 -- Data on referrals to the association's attorney were not available for 2001, but became available again as of 2002. The number of referrals for 2003 and 2004 were much higher than in previous years. In 2004 formal hearings before the association's board were instituted as a means of resolving CC&R violations that are not corrected by homeowners after receiving a warning letter. Also in 2004 the association began keeping data on property complaints referred to the county's Code Enforcement Section. Referrals to the county are in lieu of CC&R enforcement by the association, and are done where the association believes the county can act more quickly and decisively in correcting a property conditon.

	Number of Warning Letters
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Vehicle storage or repairs	220	191	199	242	166	155
Boat/trailer kept on lot	101	100	123	95	98	69
Lack of general maintenance	375	296	451	403	422	591
Parking on unpaved area	50	49	49	35	30	49
Other (noise etc.)	87	90	83	125	126	142
Holiday lights (out of season)	101	78	47	54	70	84
Total	934	804	1012	954	912	1090
Association Hearings	NA	NA	NA	44	200	317
Referrals to attorney	NA	16	38	49	45	37
Referrals to county	NA	NA	NA	339	214	168