Minimum Acceptable Standards
Eldridge Park Subdivision
Playground Equipment

The minimum acceptable construction standards for playground equipment are as follows:

  1. Playground equipment shall be well maintained.

  2. Location:
    a.  Playground equipment shall not be located in the front yard of any lot or visible side yard of any lot.
    b.  Any playground equipment over seven (7) feet in height shall be located no closer than sixteen (16) feet from the rear or side property lines.

  3. Height:
    a.  The maximum allowable height for playground equipment is nine and a half (9 1/2) feet.
    b.  Standing platforms shall not exceed four (4) feet above natural ground.

  4. Any canvas exposed to public view shall be any one of the following colors: brown, beige, burgundy, dark green, blue or rainbow tri-color only.  No day-glow or fluorescent colors are allowed.

  5. Materials used must be metal, treated wood, cedar, redwood, commercially manufactured plastic or treated wood painted to be in harmony with the existing home.  Creosoted wood is not acceptable.

  6. Under no circumstances shall playground equipment be approved with elevated platforms or other structures which may infringe upon the privacy of neighboring property owners.  This requirement may be temporarily waived by obtaining written permission from any affected neighboring property owners.  The committee shall make the determination of who is an affected property owner.

  7. Tree swings shall not be visible from the front or side yard.

  8. Swing sets shall be well maintained.

  9. Swing sets shall not be located in the front yard or visible side yard of any lot.

  10. The maximum allowable height for swing sets is eight feet (8').

  11. Frame must be metal or treated wood. Creosoted wood or untreated, unpainted wood is not acceptable.

  12. Swing sets permanently affixed to the ground must not be located in the ground utility easement.

THIS SET OF MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS IS PROMULGATED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE DECLARATION OF PROTECTIVE COVENANTS FOR ELDRIDGE PARK.

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