Landscaping & Ponds

7.2 Maintenance of Common Maintenance Areas.

The Association shall maintain the Common Maintenance Areas in accordance with the Community-Wide Standard. The Common Maintenance Areas shall include but are not limited to, (a) the Common Area, including landscaping, structures and other improvements; (b) landscaping. within public rights-of-way within or abutting the Community; ( c) such portions of any additional property as may be dictated by Declarant, this Declaration, any Supplemental Declaration, any Plat, or any contract, covenant, or agreement for maintenance entered into by, or for the bene􀀁it of, the Association; and (d) all ponds, streams, ditches, culverts, and/or wetlands located within the Community which serve as part of the Surface Water and Storm Water Management System, other than those portions located on a Lot and to be maintained by the Owner of such Lot in accordance with Section 5.1 including, without limitation, associated improvements and equipment, any other wetland (whether located in Common Area or a Lot), but not including any such areas, improvements, or equipment maintained by the County, a community development district, or any other governmental or quasi-governmental body.

The Association shall maintain the littoral shelf, if any, of all culverts, ditches, or waterways serving as part of the Surface Water and Storm Water Management system, which maintenance may include, without limitation, appropriate landscaping and plantings. The littoral zones within Villages at Pinetree are designated Preservation Areas, as required by Sarasota County. No Person shall impact a littoral shelf (i.e., alter and/or remove littoral shelf vegetation) without prior written consent of Sarasota County’s Resource Protection Services Office. Residents that abut Stormwater retention ponds are responsible for the maintenance of the common area turf from the rear of their property line to the water’s edge of the retention ponds.

*An excerpt from the "Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Villages at Pinetree".