Please interpret. Am I nuts???
http://www.azleg.gov/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp?Title=33
Arizona Revised Statutes:
Title 33-Property, Chapter 4 Conveyances and Deeds (not specific to “planned communities)
33-439.
Restrictions on installation or use of solar energy devices invalid; exception
A.
Any covenant, restriction or condition contained in any deed, contract, security agreement or other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of, or any interest in, real property which effectively
prohibits the installation or use of a solar energy device as defined in section 44-1761
is void and unenforceable.
B. A deed, contract, security agreement or other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of, or any interest in, real property entered into before April 17, 1980 shall not be subject to the provisions of this section.
33-1816. Solar energy devices; reasonable restrictions; fees and costs
A. Notwithstanding any provision in the community documents, an association shall not prohibit the installation or use of a solar energy device as defined in section 44-1761.
B. An association may adopt reasonable rules regarding the placement of a solar energy device if those rules do not prevent the installation, impair the functioning of the device or restrict its use or adversely affect the cost or efficiency of the device.
C. Notwithstanding any provision of the community documents, the court shall award reasonable attorney fees and costs to any party who substantially prevails in an action against the board of directors of the association for a violation of this section.
Amber Winter
Mike and Molly, Thank you for your email. With respect to the Park Scottsdale I Townhouse Association’s (“Association”) denial of your request to install solar panels on the Association’s common elements, please refer to Article II, Section 4 of the Association’s
7/9/2010
33-1802. Definitions
In this chapter and in the community documents, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Association" means a nonprofit corporation or unincorporated association of owners that is created pursuant to a declaration to own and operate portions of a planned community and that has the power under the declaration to assess association members to pay the costs and expenses incurred in the performance of the association's obligations under the declaration.
2. "Community documents" means the declaration, bylaws, articles of incorporation, if any, and rules, if any.
3. "Declaration" means any instruments, however denominated, that establish a planned community and any amendment to those instruments.
4. "Planned community" means a real estate development which includes real estate owned and operated by a nonprofit corporation or unincorporated association of owners that is created for the purpose of managing, maintaining or improving the property and in which the owners of separately owned lots, parcels or units are mandatory members and are required to pay assessments to the association for these purposes. Planned community does not include a timeshare plan or a timeshare association that is governed by chapter 20 of this title.
Statute defines a solar energy device (A.R.S. § 44-1716) as a system or series of mechanisms designed primarily to provide heating, to provide cooling, to produce electrical power, to produce mechanical power, to provide solar day lighting or to provide any combination of the foregoing by means of collecting and transferring solar generated energy into such uses either by active or passive means. Such systems may also have the capability of storing such energy for future utilization. Passive systems shall clearly be designed as a solar energy device such as a trombe wall and not merely a part of a normal structure such as a window. |
