ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL

For 75 years, our Architectural Control Committee has ensured that projects in the neighborhood conform to standards for which all homeowners agree to in our Declaration. In Washington State, an HOA Declaration is an enforceable legal contract that runs with the land to establish a community's core architectural, property, and operational restrictions; it is critically important because it serves as the supreme legal framework that protects property values, defines our Board's authority, and ensures all current and future homeowners remain mutually accountable to community standards. If purchasing in our neighborhood, ensure you have fully read the Declaration and our 1-1/2 Story House on a Flat Lot Rule, as both are legally binding. Building new structures and re-modelling may be more complicated in order to adhere to both our Declaration and City of Bellevue building code.Our goal is to work with you, your architect, and/or your builder early to ensure that you understand the requirements you have signed to uphold. For project submissions or questions, contact NorwoodVillageACC@gmail.com.

OUR DECLARATION:
LAND USE & BUILDING TYPE

No lot shall be used except for residential purposes. No building, fixed or mobile, shall be erected, altered, placed, or permitted to remain on any lot other than on any of the following:

a detached, single family dwelling not to exceed 1-1 /2 stories in height on the upper side of the lot and not to exceed two stories in height on the lower side of the lot;
a private garage for not more than two autos;
a garden house.

Enforcement

The Norwood Village Corporation or any record owner of a lot within the described
property shall have the right to enforce by any proceeding at law or in equity, all
restrictions, conditions, covenants, reservations, liens, and charges, now or hereafter
imposed by the provisions of this Declaration. Failure by Norwood Village Corporation or any record owner to enforce any such restrictions, conditions, covenants, reservations, liens or charges herein contained,

shall in no event be deemed a waiver of the right to do so thereafter.

Maintaining a single story appearance.

Approved at the Norwood Village Annual Meetng January 7, 2017

A 1 ½ story house on a flat lot will be defined as follows: The square footage of the upper floor will be no more than 50% of the square footage of the 1st floor, not counting the garage. This will be calculated using both habitable and uninhabitable floor space where the ceiling is 7’6” or higher. It will also include double height areas such as stairwells, entries and vaulted ceilings.

The front façade shall not be more than twice the height of the first floor at any location measured from first floor finish floor elevation to second floor finish floor elevation.

Not more than 50% of the front façade can be extended above the first floor roof. The intent of the front façade scale is to maintain a single story appearance with only minimal extensions that may form a 1.5 or two story element; with the single story element remaining dominant”

Maintaining 2 stories on the downhill.

A detached, single family dwelling may not exceed two stories in height on the lower side of the lot.

Permitted Structures.

No building, fence, or other structure shall be erected, placed, or altered on any lot until the construction plans or the plans for modification of any existing structure, a plan showing the exact location of the proposed structure, and a time for completion of the work have been fully approved by the architectural control committee, hereinafter provided for, as to (1) quality of materials and workmanship; (2) harmony of external design with existing structures and (3) location with respect to topography, lot boundaries, and streets. Plans shall be submitted in duplicate, one copy of which shall be returned to the owner, and the other shall be retained by the committee.

Dwelling costs, quality, and size.

No dwelling shall be permitted if the construction cost is less than the average replacement cost of the various existing houses in the proximity with same. It is the intention and purpose of this covenant to assure that all dwellings shall be of a quality of workmanship and materials substantially the same or better than that produced during the construction of the original dwellings in Norwood Village, and it shall be interpreted accordingly by the architectural control committee. The ground floor area of each dwelling, exclusive of carport, garage, patio or court, shall be not less than 1,000 square feet for a one-story dwelling, and not less than 600 square feet per story for a dwelling with two finished stories.

No subdivision permitted*.

No lot as designated in Norwood Village Plat (volume 47 plats, page 31) and Norwood Village Div. No. 2 Plat (volume 49 plats, page 81) shall be subdivided other than specific lot*exceptions documented in the Declaration.