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Los Ranchos trustees adopt template covenants to implement conservation provisions of Ordinance 299
Summary
After extensive legal review and questions about water rights and enforceability, the Board of Trustees adopted a resolution creating a standard template for perpetual covenants that will be recorded with subdivision plats to enforce conservation-area management plans required under Ordinance 299.
Trustees unanimously adopted a resolution (2024-10-d02) authorizing a template of perpetual covenants to implement the conservation-area provisions of Ordinance 299.
The covenants, presented by the village attorney (Attorney Chapel), are intended to record public notice of approved conservation-area management plans and to create enforceable mechanisms for maintenance and compliance. Chapel told the board the covenants would allow the village to give notice, require correction within set timeframes, step in to perform maintenance, seek reimbursement and, if unpaid, file liens against properties in the subdivision. "If the village is not reimbursed within 60 days, the village can file a lien," Chapel said, explaining the enforcement path the template provides and noting the resolution form…
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