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Regarding Suissevale Restrictions

Dated June 19, 2021

            Two significant economic trends are taking place that are impacting the Suissevale community.  Enhanced by the recent pandemic more members are working from their respective homes in Suissevale.  In addition, many homeowners are renting their properties for income purposes where they had not done so in the past.  We can see the impact of these trends in several ways.  Our 2021 water consumption has increased 23 percent year to date over 2020 use; and our beach has become significantly overcrowded.  We believe if we do nothing this situation will get worse in the future.  

 

            Our Board of Directors recently formed a subcommittee to study overdevelopment and resulting overcrowding.  One conclusion we have already reached is that renters’ usage of our beach is the primary reason for overcrowding at our beach. In fact, we have found that the number of houses in our Association has increased less than 10 percent in the last 10 years, while the number of applications for rental weeks has increased more than 250 percent during that same time. 

 

            The Overdevelopment/Overcrowding Committee will be recommending to our Board of Directors that beginning in the summer of 2022 we should be restricting beach access to renters on weekends (Saturdays and Sundays) during the summer season or some variant of that.  We intend to continue to monitor the situation this summer and ask the Board of Directors to vote on the matter in August.  We will also continue to explore other options and may run a few pilot programs to assist us in better understanding those options.

 

            Our Board of Directors has a duty under our State of New Hampshire Articles of Agreement, on behalf of our members, to maintain, preserve and improve our common property.  Our beach is our most precious common property.  We have no duty to protect commercial rental use by our members. 

 

            Our Board of Directors is also cognizant of the fact that a number of our members need to rent their properties for income purposes and have already contracted with renters for the 2021 season.  That is why we will wait to implement the weekend beach use restrictions or any other significant changes until after this season.  We also believe that the weekend beach restriction use for renters will not significantly impact any homeowners’ ability to rent their property in the future.  Renters will still be able to use our beach during weekdays in the summers.  Renters can also use the three Town of Moultonborough municipal beaches as long as the homeowners get the proper and inexpensive parking passes from the town.  The State’s Landing Public Beach is a beautiful public beach that has recently been renovated. Moreover, it abuts our property.  Additionally, renters can continue to market their property as having easy access to a number of other amenities in the lakes and mountain regions, including the many nearby attractions.

 

            We appreciate your understanding and your support.  Please assure that all realtors and homeowners who do rent are made aware of these anticipated changes and plan for their 2022 rental season accordingly.

                                                                        Regards,

                                                                        The Overdevelopment/Overcrowding

                                                                        Subcommittee of the Board of Directors

 

 

 

Due to over-development our Association is experiencing a strain on our infrastructure,
our common properties and our water system like we have never experienced before. We have
substantial parking issues and overcrowding on our beach. To counteract this problem and as a
way of fostering our green space initiative, we are implementing the following modifications, to
lot size requirements and infrastructure fees:

1.   As of December 1, 2020, any existing undeveloped lots in our Association that contain

      two acres of land or more, can only be subdivided into smaller building lots having a minimum
      of 40,000 square feet of land for each subdivided lot to be considered buildable: and

2.   As of December 1, 2020, any existing undeveloped lots in our Association that are

      subdivided into smaller lots per paragraph #1 above shall be subject to a $25,000 infrastructure
      fee for any all lots resulting from the subdivision: and

3.   As of December 1, 2020, any existing lots in our Association that are less than two acres

      of land that are thereafter subdivided will be considered not buildable (this will apply to all the
      lots resulting from the subdivision regardless of size): and

4.   As of December 1, 2021, the infrastructure fee for all existing lots in our Association that
      are not subsequently subdivided and are not sold to a new owner shall be increased from $7,500
      (with a $1,500 refund if the construction has been completed within nine (9) months) to $10,000
      per lot (with a $1,500 refund if the construction has been completed within nine (9) months): and

5.   As of December 1, 2020, the infrastructure fee tor all existing lots that are not

      subsequently subdivided which are sold to a new owner shall be increased from $7,500 (with a
      $1,500 refund if the construction has been completed within nine (9) months) to $25,000 (with a
      $1,500 refund if the construction has been completed within nine (9) months).

The Board of Directors of POASI voted to approve this document on November 21, 2020.