F. CHANGES AND MODIFICATIONS
FCHOA Purchaser's Handbook - Revision Date: 2021-01-10
1. The ARC will accept all requests for plan modification, which are made to the ARC in advance of construction, without additional submittal fees. These requests will be given highest priority for review and will be the first order of business for the ARC’s regular meeting. If the situation is unusually urgent, efforts will be made to provide an administrative review by the Chair or Manager of the ARC. Property Owners/Agents shall provide the ARC with appropriate information and plans describing the proposed change and reasons for, to enable the ARC to make appropriate review and in some instances offer suggestions or conditions for approval. The ARC will assume that construction is in progress and urgency is a factor.
2. If the inspection process observes a modification made in the field without proper ARC approval, the standard procedure will be to:
a. Halt construction in progress with the exception of site cleanliness until the change has either been approved or restored to the ARC approved drawing;
b. Require the Property Owner/Agent to resubmit plans detailing the change with a request for the ARC to approve such changes;
c. Require the additional payment of a plan review fee;
d. Make such review for the change at the regular meeting schedule, routine priority.
3. Owners that make changes that are not approved by the ARC are subject to additional penalties, including but not limited to, being held in violation of the FCHOA’s governing documents which may be recorded against the homesite, monetary charges which may become a lien against the homesite, and forfeiture of any surety deposit as liquidated damages. Monetary charges are subject to a hearing held by the Ford’s Colony Covenants Committee.