FENCE POLICY: In the March 12, 2025 Discovery Homeowners Association (HOA) Board meeting, your board approved documentation of the Discovery HOA Fence Policy to address the evolving needs of our community while preserving its natural beauty and openness. Details of the approved policy can be found here.
DUMPSTER DAZE: Our spring cleanup event will occur the weekend of June14-15, once again at 7143 and 7147 Wintery Loop. Details are available
here.
FIREWISE CHIPPING: The 2024 Firewise Chipping schedule has been announced (June 23 - July 3, and September 15-26). Remember, you
MUST register for one or both chipping sessions if you want to have your yard debris picked up and chipped. Thanks.
WATERING RESTRICTIONS: Watering restrictions were lifted on October 15 and begin again May 1. Many of us have turned off our sprinkler systems, but please don't forget that your shrubs and trees need water throughout the winter. Please plan to "drag a hose" or dump a Home Depot can or two or water around them periodically
when the ground is not frozen. Details of the water conservation program can be found here.
BURN RESTRICTIONS: The CSFD ordered burn restrictions into effect on Friday, October 11th. We have already seen several wildfires in the area, fortunately with no loss of homes, making these restrictions all the more important in our windy, dry spring. The following is now prohibited until further notice: any type of fire (open or contained) on any undeveloped wildland areas, brushy areas or grassy areas (LOTS of Discovery); recreational fires and bonfires (NO FIREPITS); open or prescribed burns; recreational fireworks/devices requiring ignition such as sparklers, snakes, aerials, comets, flares, flyers, fountains, missiles, mortars, spinners, punks, rockets, shells, etc.; trash/rubbish burning; and small internal combustion engines operated without a properly installed, maintained and functioning spark arrestor.
ANNUAL MEETING: Our 2024 Annual Meeting was held on Thursday, October 3rd. The meeting was well attended and enthusiastically supported. Following an excellent presentation from Andi Gregory of the CSFD Wildfire Mitigation Section, the membership in attendance approved the 2023 Annual Meeting minutes and the 2025 Budget. After a review of Old Business and discussion of new items of interest, the membership elected two new members to the 2025 Board of Directors and re-elected seven members who expressed an interest in continuing to serve. Details are available here.
LOCKING MAILBOXES: We have no more locking mailboxes and there is currently no plan to purchase and offer more at a discount.
SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTIONS: Some of our mature shrubs (particularly junipers and pines!) benefited greatly from our earlier wet weather and now extend over our sidewalks enough to interfere with clear passage. Once their branches are weighted down with wet snow, they will indeed become a hazard for our many walkers. Please trim them back to the edge of the sidewalk and up to at least 6 feet. City Ordinance 3.4.103 requires: "Every owner and occupant of real property within the City shall keep the public sidewalks which abut or are adjacent to their real property, or public sidewalks located upon real property subject to a public easement or right of way, in a clean condition free from projections and obstructions across the surface, debris, litter, or dangerous conditions not involving the structural integrity of the sidewalk." We will be surveying our Discovery sidewalks in the near future to identify properties that need to be reminded of this civic obligation.
Sheds!
We are aware of the presence of a few storage sheds in Discovery. Some were approved…and some “magically appeared.”
No further violations of ARC Approval will be permitted. Any future sheds discovered to have been constructed without ARC approval will be subject to relocation or removal at the owner's expense. Please review the information on sheds in our
FAQ area before you decide if you need a shed in your yard.