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Board blows “First Reading” of Design Manual amendments
See below. I have little faith that the Board will actually follow their own rules.
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Design Manual Amendment #2
Senseless Design Committee overreach on color dictates The Design Manual already imposes the color choices decided by a small group of individuals who actually have no sound concept of “compatibility” with Sunriver’s natural environment, despite their claims. Obviously, painting a house or other items in “dayglo orange” would be inharmonious…
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Design Manual Amendment #1
New section allowing “tree wraps” under Section 3.18 LANDSCAPING: e. Tree Protection – Trunk Wraps The good news is that this addition allows tree wraps. The obvious flaw is that white wraps are not allowed for the more-or-less white Aspen and Birch trunks. This is a perfect example of the…
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For new subscribers
In case you haven’t found the page that has all the previous posts, here’s the link:The latest Sunriver news
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Design Committee fails to make corrections on “tree protections.”
After six months, I finally got a response to my analysis in October 2025 of problems with the so-called “tree protection” rules. Here’s a link to the response and my interleaved reply.https://sunriverneighbors.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/responsetomeyersletter.pdf I sent this email to the Design Committee and copied the Board: Design Committee, Please read the attached…
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Owners can now protect shrubs and flowers!
Based on a formal letter from the Sunriver Design Committee Chair, it is now established that not only trees, but also shrubs and flowers can be protected with fencing. I sent the following email confirming this point. (Jacki Bue is the Community Development Department Manager, responsible for enforcement of the…
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Draft Sunriver Rules & Regs Posted
New post in Nextdoor Sunriverhttps://nextdoor.com/p/8hksw7yjmzmt?utm_source=share&extras=MTExMTE3Mzk5&utm_campaign=1770483721056&share_action_id=b18a8afc-7659-4a45-98c7-a1a5cb225361 COPY OF POST * ALERT! * Onerous new Sunriver Rules & Regulations draft posted All Sunriver owners should download this draft and *carefully* review because the devil is indeed in the details. https://www.sunriverowners.org/home/showpublisheddocument/3436/639058202025500000 As with the botched rewrite of the SROA Design Manual, this draft…
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Support Sunriver Owners’ “Grandfathered” Uses
The Sunriver Rules & Regulations has no provision to allow owners to continue a use, e.g., firewood storage, after a rule change, even though the owner had initiated the particular use when it was allowed by the rules. Take a look at this proposal for a sensible and well-constructed rule…
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Don’t wait to weigh in on new rules being cooked up
The Sunriver Rules & Regulations Update Task Team has been working behind closed doors cooking up a mess of new and revised rules to impose on unsuspecting Sunriver owners. Click this link Sunriver Rules & Regulations to download and review the current rules. The “official” SROA owner involvement process is…
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The Task Team “Stick It to Owners” Hypocrisy
Some as yet unidentified individuals or subcommittee of the SROA Rules & Regulations Update 2025 Task Force (the “R&R”) have — behind closed doors — proposed a horrific penalty on Sunriver owners who might dare to not pull a few weeds from their lot or commit other minor infractions. Here…
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