Pet Rules

 

The Board appreciates all of you cooperating in our leash and pet pick-up rules.  Any questions about who can have a dog at Seasons and the rules regarding pets, please read on.

  

Seasons on Mount Snow Condominium Owners Association has Rules and Regulations, which have been in place since the recording of the Declaration of Condominium in the mid-eighties.  These Rules and Regulations may be changed by the Board of Directors. Such changes occur rarely and only after much deliberation among the Directors and consultation with management.  Once a change is made, notice is given to all owners and to realtors in the Deerfield Valley.  (To read the entire set of Rules and Regulations, click here on Rules.  Rule 10 alone, which states the pet policy of the COA, appears at the bottom of this page.)  
Rule 10, regarding "pets," is very strict.  Under the rule as originally recorded, only unit owners may bring pets to Seasons.  From the beginning, the privilege has not extended to guests of unit owners or to renters.
  A very limited exception to this was made In the mid-nineties when the Board amended Rule 10 to allow "seasonal renters" to apply to the Board for permission to bring a dog to Seasons.  A "seasonal renter" is  anyone leasing a unit at Seasons for a lengthy period of time , e.g. two months in the summer or an entire winter season.
After amending Rule 10, the Board adopted a
procedure by which unit owners and their lessees could apply for this limited, special privilege.
The procedure adopted is a strict one, meant to underscore the serious nature of the responsibility of a pet owner at Seasons and to reinforce the standards of behavior expected of all pet owners and their pets while at Seasons.

Seasons owners and realtors in the Deerfield Valley have been notified about these Rules and Regulations and of the procedure to be followed when applying for permission to bring a dog to a rental unit at Seasons. 

APPLYING for the privilege does NOT equate with  RECEIVING the privilege -- it is not automatically granted, and the Board's GRANTING or DENYING permission for a long-term renter to bring a dog to Seasons HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LEASE AGREEMENT, a contract between a unit owner and a renter to which neither the Board, nor management, nor the COA are parties.

ONCE GRANTED,  PERMISSION MAY BE TAKEN AWAY, EVEN FOR REASONS NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE PARTICULAR UNIT, THE UNIT OWNER, RENTER, OR RENTER'S DOG.  Again, such an action by the Board HAS NO IMPACT ON THE LEASE  unless the agreement includes a provision to that effect. 

If you are an owner who is willing to allow your long-term renter to bring a dog into your rental unit, you and your lessee must follow the Board's procedure for seeking permission.  Both unit owner and long-term renter must participate actively in the process.  
Please click here on the frisky dog
then follow her lead to the page detailing that procedure.

 

Rule 10. (from current Rules and Regulations of Seasons on Mount Snow Condominium Owners Association) 
With the exception of pets belonging to Unit Owners, no bird or animal shall be kept or harbored in the Project unless the same in each instance be expressly permitted in writing by the Board of Directors.  This privilege is not extended to renters without express permission of the Board of Directors, which may be appropriate in cases of seasonal rentals.  In no event shall dogs be permitted in any of the public portions of the Project unless carried or on a leash.  Pet owners are responsible for any damage caused by their animals, this includes picking up and properly disposing of any fecal matter deposited by an animal in the Seasons Common Area or Limited Common Areas.

Owners violating this rule will be notified in writing by management.  Repeated violations will result in suspension of a Unit Owners’  privilege of keeping pets at Seasons as well as fines for damage to the common area.  The Owner shall indemnify the COA and the Board of Directors and hold it harmless against any loss or liability of any kind or character whatsoever arising from or growing out of having any animal in the Project. 


 

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