Compromise Forged on Roof-Raising Issue
The Planning Commission landed in the middle of a homeowners association roofing dispute and wound up offering a compromise.
Commissioners agreed last week to allow Shirley Forbes to install a roof designed to last 30 years, as opposed to the 40-year roof mandated by the Seville Homeowners Assn.
But Forbes was required to paint all moldings, gutters and exposed wood and metal surfaces on her Via Juanita home to match others in the neighborhood.
“Thirty years is the minimum allowed by city code,” Planning Commissioner Sherrie Butterfield said. “This homeowner already started the process of re-roofing.”
Butterfield said Forbes shouldn’t be forced to “tear off this roof and start over since the city code doesn’t require a 40-year roof.”
According to city officials, the Seville Homeowners Assn. is a voluntary group whose contracts with residents don’t specify what type of roofing is required.
Willowdean Vance, a Lake Forest resident who has pushed for state legislation of homeowners associations, opposed the Seville Homeowners Assn.’s roofing restriction.
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