LANDSCAPING

New homeowners are required to have a landscape plan approved by the Association before any actual landscape work is started and a least the basic landscaping in place within 180 days following the closing of the home (with a delay for the winter months).
Our goal is to help homeowners successfully plan their landscaping, plant and maintain it, and to provide relevant information.The Landscape & Architectural Review Committee (LARC) is responsible for reviewing and approving landscape plans submitted by homeowners in the Saratoga Springs Homeowners Association. It is also responsible for approving additions or modification to existing dwellings and significant landscape alterations.
The LARC becomes responsible for the above as soon as the homeowner takes possession of the property.

1. The Lot owner shall submit two (2) copies of a landscape plan to the Saratoga Springs Owners Association office located at 625 S. Saratoga Drive.
2. The two (2) copies of the landscape plan shall be submitted within sixty (60) days from the earlier of:

3. The Landscape plan shall be innovative to include sculptured planting areas, berms or other features with screening or bordering of foundations, fences (if any), curbs and other similar improvement elements.

4. Saratoga Springs Owners Association will consider overall design features of the landscaping plan for the Lot in reviewing and giving approval or disapproval of the landscaping plan.
5. Saratoga Springs Owners Association desires an open, spacious and green growing appearance with preservation of as much view of Utah Lake as practicable.
6. The required landscaping on a Lot shall be installed within one hundred-eighty (180) days from the earlier of:
- 1. the substantial completion of the building on the Lot, or
- 2. the occupancy of the building by an occupant.

7. The required landscaping requirements are as follows:
- 1. Sod or hydro seed in the front, side and back yards.
- 2. Two (2) trees of at least two inch (2”) caliper in both front and back yards.
- 3. Front, side and back yards are to be irrigated with an automatic underground sprinkler system.
8. A one time ninety (90) day extension for landscaping installation, due to winter weather, may be granted upon request, from the Springs Owners Association.
Adopted on June 28th 2007

1. Owners or residents may not prune, plant, spray, remove, relocate or top common area trees. Only the Saratoga Springs Owners’ Association (SSOA) may do so.
2. Owners or residents shall not willfully injure or destroy common area trees, including (but not limited to) piling or storing equipment or building materials on or near common area trees so as to cause injury, posting signs on common area trees, pouring injurious matter on or around common area trees, or permitting animals to damage common area trees.
3. Common area trees may not overhang or encroach upon adjacent properties, fences, sidewalks, streets, or public right-of ways, nor shall they obstruct the view of traffic signs or street intersections. Common area trees under which pedestrians may walk shall be pruned clear of all branches between the ground and a height of seven feet.
4.Common area tree removal is covered in Landscaping, Chapter 6.18, Tree Removal.
Adopted on April 22nd 2008

1. Lawns should be cut weekly, or as needed to maintain a manicured appearance.
2. Edging around fences, foundations and borders shall be done weekly, or as needed to maintain a manicured appearance
3. Lawns should be green in color.
4. Lots should be weed free, including the crack joints in your driveway and sidewalks.
5. The only playground/sports equipment which may be placed upon a driveway are basketball standards. Playground/sports equipment may not be placed onto the front yard or onto the road in the front of the Lot. All playground/sports equipment must be located within the building envelop or setbacks.

6. Lots that have been sent a primary violation warning notice of this Landscaping and Appearance Standards Rule and Regulation, but have not complied, shall be sent a second violation containing notice:

1. of a $50.00 fine.
2. that the landscaping shall be brought into compliance within fourteen (14) calendar days.
3. that if the Lot’s landscaping has not been brought into compliance within fourteen (14) calendar days, the Association will have the work completed to bring the Lot’s landscaping into compliance, adding the cost of the landscaping work to the Lot’s account.

Adopted on June 28th 2007

1. Individual owners may not remove common area trees. Only SSOA may do so.
2. When a common area tree is removed the stump shall not project above the surface level of the ground without authorization by SSOA.
3. SSOA may remove trees that are in conflict with sidewalks, fences, property or otherwise deemed necessary by SSOA
4. Upon receipt of a written request to have a tree removed from a common area, the Saratoga Springs Owners Association shall arrange for the issue to be addressed at their next board meeting. Public comment may be given at this meeting. A vote will be taken at the meeting to determine whether or not the tree should be removed. A notice of the next board meeting, to include date, time, and place shall be placed into the Saratoga Springs Owners’ Association Newsletter.
Adopted on April 22nd 2008