Hi All,
Beginning on Friday, April 1st we will have a new service provider for our trash pickup. A mailing was sent to the community to notify everyone that RRR will be our new garbage pickup provider. Our trash days will continue to be Tuesdays and Fridays.
Trash must be curbside before 7am on Tuesdays and Fridays, so we strongly encourage you to place your bins outside the night before.
In an effort to continue improving our community and in accordance with the HOA governing documents, the Board of Directors plans to conduct an inspection of the entire community in May 2021. We thank you in advance for your continued cooperation in keeping our community vibrant and beautiful. The Board requests that all homeowners within the Whitehall Square Development demonstrate compliance with the following Association architectural guidelines (refer to your copy of the governing documents) by June 30, 2021:
Please Note:
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/sws/programs/
HOA PARKING REMINDERS:
The Board of the Directors would like to remind all residents of the parking requirements in your HOA documents. (Please refer to the parking guidelines in your HOA Manual or the HOA website).
REMINDERS:
If you have not already please complete the Resident Registration Form in order to be contacted by the HOA on any news, or urgent updates (for homeowners and renters)
Located on the HOA website:
Also sign up for the Whitehall Square HOA site at Nextdoor to communicate with your neighbors and receive updates from the HOA.
Link to Nextdoor: https://nextdoor.com/neighborhood
Notices will be sent to any owners found to be in violation of the guidelines. The Board has authorized Vista Management to continue assisting the Board in enforcement of all architectural guidelines. If you desire to alter the exterior of your home (e.g., satellite dish, new windows, a/c, etc.), you are required to obtain prior written approval from the Board of Directors for all exterior changes to your home. Please contact Vista Management for the requisite application for an architectural change form or visit the HOA website at www.WhitehallSquareHOA.com/forms to download a copy. The website will be offering a digital version of the Architectural Change Request form shortly to make this process easier for homeowners. Check the website for updates.
If your home is leased to a renter, as the owner, are required to ensure HOA guidelines and architectural compliance. Please share this notice with your tenant(s) as you, the owner, will be cited and fined, etc. for continued violations.
Your time and anticipated cooperation in working to make our Whitehall Square a better place to live is greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
Whitehall Square HOA Board
Dogs are not allowed in designated playground areas for children in Whitehall Square. They are banned from the gated tot lot on Regent Manor Court and in the mulched play area on Whitehall Drive. They are safe areas for children to play. Due to several people allowing their dogs to use the tot lot on Regent Manor Court as a pet relief area, the HOA is having the playground re-mulched. Signs will be posted on the playgrounds/tot lots shortly to prevent this from happening in the future. Anyone found allowing their dogs in the tot lots for pet relief will be reported to the County and fined for violations.
The Board of the Directors would like to remind all residents to not park in the turnabout lanes (on Whitehall Drive, Chiswick Court, Regent Manor or Hadden Manor) or at the end of Whitehall Drive. This is both a violation of the parking regulations and is a safety issue because those areas are used by emergency services, delivery and trash trucks to turn around in the courts. The HOA has received numerous complaints from the trash company and vendors who are not able to turn their trucks around due to cars. These areas are also not for permanent parking.
If you own a car, homeowners are assigned 2 parking spaces per home – parking spaces consist, of the garage (regardless whether such garage has been converted into living spaces or is used for garage purposes), driveway or assigned parking spaces if you do not have a garage. Homeowners/Renters may not use Visitors Parking as one of those 2 assigned parking spaces. (Sec 4.2). Visitor parking and internal HOA street parking is not for additional cars. The tow company has been made away of the violations and will tag and tow.
If you have a large truck/trailer of dumpster scheduled to be on the property you must also contact Vista Management company to request permission.
Also, do not park on Stewart Lane at the end of Regent Manor Court in the “no parking zones as it impedes visibility for cars turning off of Regent Manor and cars coming down the hill on Stewart Lane. Police will ticket or tow your car.
In addition, if you have not signed up for Whitehall Square HOA on Nextdoor these type of immediate updates are posted there here is the link: https://nextdoor.com/
For your reference the guidelines are listed below.
IV. Unauthorized or Prohibited Parking
The following vehicles are prohibited from parking on the Common Areas and Community Facilities, Property and Lots in Whitehall Square: abandoned vehicles, airport shuttle vans, boats, buses, campers, camper trucks, commercial vehicles, disabled vehicles, flat beds, junk vehicles, house trailers, inoperable vehicles, trucks, tagalongs, welders, trailer accessories, any type of aircraft, and unlicensed vehicles and other vehicles or prohibited by County ordinance.
All vehicles (including motorcycles) must be parked within a defined and marked space: No parking is permitted in fire lanes, cross parking, yellow curbing areas, in restricted areas, double or stacked parking, on common grass areas, or on or over any portion of a sidewalk.
Homeowners are prohibited from parking on internal townhome streets. (Sec 2f)
f. Street Parking Private Streets
All homeowners, residents and other permanent or long-term occupants of any dwelling are prohibited from parking on private streets (internal townhouse streets). Reasonable allowances and limited exceptions shall be considered to accommodate visitor and guest parking on private streets (as noted per the aforementioned Section 2.c. Visitor Parking) unless otherwise restricted by signage. All restricted parking on privately owned streets shall be enforced by Whitehall Square Homeowners Association, Inc. or it’s agent.
County owned Streets and Rights-of-Way
All homeowners, residents and other permanent or long-term occupants of any dwelling shall abstain from parking on County controlled streets. Resident, occupant or other long-term parking on County controlled streets and thoroughfares shall comply with any County regulations or ordinances. All restricted parking on County controlled streets shall be enforced by the County.