Before you change anything outside
Written approval is required before you build, place, add, change or alter anything on the exterior of a lot. The Declaration names signs, decks, patios, driveways, hedges, fences, garages and enclosures specifically. Changing an exterior color or material counts too.
Submit the size, location, design, materials, colors and grading to the Architectural Committee through the association email. The committee keeps a copy. Where the Levis Park master restrictions apply, the committee routes the request; owners do not go to the Levis Park architectural review committee directly.
Dues and assessments
Every lot pays the same amount, in one annual payment. The bill goes out in December and is due in January. The association does not bill monthly. The assessment covers lawn care, snow removal, irrigation and water, the interior drive lane (Lot A) and entry landscaping, insurance, utilities, reserves, administration, and the Levis Commons Owners' Association dues the association pays on behalf of all eighteen lots.
| Year | Annual dues per lot | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $2,520 | Billed December 2025 |
| 2027 | $3,000 | Approved by the Board on November 4, 2026. Billed December 2026, due January 2027 |
Roof assessments are separate from operating dues and are held in their own account. The 2027 roof assessment is billed with the December dues bill. Assessments continue in 2027 and 2028, with collective replacement planned after the third one.
Payments more than ten days late can draw a late fee and interest, and the balance is a lien on the lot as well as a personal obligation of the owner.
Parking and vehicles
- Bostwick Road is a public street, not a private drive. The association's only roadway is Lot A, the interior drive lane that serves the garages.
- Park in your garage. Parking behind a unit is allowed only where there is a stamped concrete pad behind the garage. The winged units have no pad; parking behind them is a safety issue and is not permitted.
- Guest parking is temporary, in front of your own garage only. Do not park in front of a neighbor's garage; each owner's driveway easement covers only their own.
- Moving trucks and large delivery trucks park on Bostwick Road in front of the homes, never in the drive lane. The drive surface is not built for that weight, and a truck in the lane blocks your neighbors.
- Boats, trailers, motor homes, motorcycles and trucks belong inside a garage. A pickup, SUV or van used as primary transportation is not a "truck" for this purpose.
- Nothing over one ton, and no boats, trailers or campers, in the common areas.
Trash, laundry and yards
- Containers stay inside the garage or the home except as the Board directs for pickup.
- Nothing is hung outside to dry, including on porches, patios and balconies.
- No weeds or unsightly objects. No fence, hedge, wall or enclosure without written approval.
- Basketball backboards may not be attached to the home. Portable ones are allowed subject to the rules.
Pets
Household pets only, no breeding. In the common areas a leash is required and may be no longer than six feet. Pets are never left unattended outside, waste gets picked up, and outdoor shelters and runs are not permitted. The Board may limit number and type, fine for waste, and revoke the right to keep an animal that becomes a nuisance or a safety concern.
Signs
One professionally prepared for-sale sign per lot. Nothing else visible to the public without Board approval.
Leasing
No rental, lease or paid occupancy for less than one year. Short-term listings such as Airbnb and VRBO are named in the 2023 amendment. A violation carries a $100 per day assessment after the notice and hearing procedure in Ohio Revised Code Chapter 5312, and it is lienable with attorneys' fees.
Insurance
Because these homes share walls and, in ten cases, a roof, each owner must carry fire and extended coverage at full replacement cost and share evidence of it with the attached neighbor. Rather than every owner exchanging policies, the Secretary keeps one central file.
Send the declarations page only, not the full policy. One request goes out to all owners around the new year. If a policy on file has expired, the Secretary will be in touch.
Who maintains what
| Item | Responsibility |
|---|---|
| The interior drive lane (Lot A), entry landscaping and signage, sprinklers, lawn care, snow removal | Association, split equally across the eighteen lots |
| Bostwick Road | Public street, not the association |
| Your home's exterior and roof | Owner |
| A roof shared by two attached units | Half each |
| A party wall | Half each, unless one party is at fault |
| Your own driveway surface | Owner, to association standards |
| Damage an owner causes to common property | That owner |
Replacing a shared roof, or any repair that materially changes how the building looks, needs the attached owner's consent as well as architectural approval. If two attached owners cannot agree within thirty days, either can ask the association to decide, and that decision binds both.
Selling your home
Notify the association in writing within five days of a transfer, and give the buyer a copy of the governing documents and rules. The Secretary keeps the owner roll current from those notices. Title companies asking for a certificate of assessments paid should contact the association email; the President, Treasurer or Secretary signs it.
If something goes wrong
The association may enforce the Declaration in court and may charge an owner the cost of enforcement. Since the 2023 amendment, disputes follow the Ohio Revised Code 5312 process: written notice of the violation, an opportunity for a hearing before the Board, then an enforcement assessment. Arbitration is no longer required first.