Pines Ranch Cabin Shareholders Responsibilities
The Board of Directors would like to remind you of shareholders (cabin) responsibilities:
Each cabin is responsible for the safety of their family members and guests when on the Pines Ranch
Each cabin is to have family and guests follow the Courtesy Rules while on the Ranch. Every cabin should have these rules posted where they will be seen. This includes the closing of the gates.
Each cabin should be kept in good repair, well maintained, and in acceptable appearance.
Horse owners should make sure that the horses are in a secure area. It is advised that the fencing and gates are checked before horses are put into an area. Horses are not to roam around the cabins.
Each cabin is responsible to work 16 hours every year, on Ranch workdays, or, on other days, on authorized projects. Workers must be over the age of 12. A fee of $50 for each hour not worked will be charged. Youth, or other, service project hours, are not counted as ranch work hours, but as service hours. There are several Ranch members that put in excess of 50 hours, over the required 16 hours, every year in volunteer Ranch service.
Each cabin is responsible for weed control up to 80 yards around their cabin, or half way to their neighbor. Weed control is not a choice; it must be done, as dictated by the county.
Each cabin is responsible to maintain the lane leading to their cabin. This does not include ranch roads that lead to more than one cabin.
Each cabin is responsible for the water system piping that comes off the water main, going to their residence.
Each cabin is responsible to remove dead or dying trees in the area of their cabin. This would include live trees that could fall and damage any property.
Each cabin occupants are expected to communicate any problems, they cannot fix on their own, to a Board member ASAP.
Each cabin is responsible to maintain an area around their cabin that is clear of debris and brush for their own wild fire protection. The County recommends at a minimum a 30 foot clearance around each cabin, and trimming all tree branches below 5 feet in the vicinity of their cabin.
Our drinking water comes from the spring that is fenced. It is fenced to ensure that the water is pure and clean. Each cabin group is responsible to make sure that everyone stays out of the fenced area, and does nothing to contaminate the spring. During the summer of 2010 our water tests showed contamination, which if it continued, would have required us to put in a chlorination facility. Read this as costly.
As everyone knows, the Pines Ranch does not have a caretaker. All work done, for the benefit of the Ranch, is done on a volunteer basis. But the Ranch is a large property and requires much care and maintenance. Some jobs can be done on workdays. Other jobs require immediate attention when a problem arises. Some members will drive from Salt Lake City just to take care of a 15 minute job. Many cabin occupants seem to have the feeling that the ranch maintenance is not their concern except on work days. The Ranch will not continue to be a pleasant or functioning property if we all would feel that way. Every cabin community must step up and learn more about the workings of the Ranch and learn how to take care of many of the maintenance tasks or problems themselves. The Board recommends that every family plan on spending an hour or two (or three) to do volunteer work for the ranch on each of their visits. This can be a family project. These projects should be approved ahead of time by the Board of Directors.