Principles of Harmonius Living

At the March 12, 2008 YHHA meeting, a suggestion was made to publish some common sense guidelines for living cooperatively with each other.

• Please do your lawn mowing between 9 AM and 9 PM, including weekends.
• No loud noises such as music, power equipment, etc after 9 PM weeknights that can be heard by your neighbors.
• Ask your guests to park on your side of the street, off the road, and please don’t block your neighbor’s mailbox.
• Watch your vehicle speed! There are pedestrians, bicyclists, and children in our neighborhood. Speed limit is 25 mph!

March Neighborhood Meeting

Discussion of ways to maintain property values –

1) dress up the sub entrance so that it looks appealing, is lighted, and fresh looking.

Action: Mark Roman & Julie Picknell volunteered to obtain designs and cost estimates for lighting, replacement signs, landscaping, etc. They will present ideas at a future meeting. Many attendees mentioned support of a one-time special assessment to fund the improvements.

2) Mailboxes

Rusted, stained, unkempt mailboxes detract from the value of everyone’s property. The neighborhood Covenants forbid newspaper boxes on separate posts. Please consider replacing or sprucing up your mailbox this spring, and attach newspaper tubes to your mailbox post.

3) Traffic concerns

Several attendees mentioned problems with parked cars, trailers, etc on our streets. Some have not gotten mail delivery due to their mailbox being blocked by parked vehicles. The York Twp ordinance was quoted at the meeting which states that vehicles cannot be parked on the street.

Speeding was mentioned as a continuing problem. Residents are free to contact the Sheriff about particular vehicles or with general concerns.

4) Crime prevention

Keep your home lighted inside and out while you are away.

5) Neighborhood yard sale in early May. Priscilla Roman will coordinate.