Any homeowner planning to make any improvement that alters the exterior appearance of his/her property (house, front yard, sideyard or backyard), must first file an application with the Master Architectural Comittee (MAC).* 

"Improvement" includes construction or modification (including painting) of  houses, garages, carports, roads, driveways, parking areas, screen walls, fences, stairs, decks, hedges, windbreaks, lawns and groundcover, planted trees and shrubs, pools and spas, docks, signs, central air conditioning equipment, water softener fixtures, and other structures or landscaping visible from or affecting adjoining or common area property.

Click here  to access the MAC Architectural Guidelines, the MAC Application Form, and lists of approved home colors, roofing materials, artificial turf guidelines, and more--as well as the Lake Forest Keys' approved colors, etc.

If you have any questions, please contact Kim Back, Architectural Coordinator, at 586-0860, Ext. 15, or .  (Corrie Kenagy will be assisting with MAC applications while Kim is on medical leave in  early 2008.  You can reach Corrie by phone at Ext. 15, or contact her by email at .)

*NOTE:  Owners of homes in Sub-Associations who are planning improvements must first get approval from their respective Sub-Association before applying to the MAC.  Click here for Sub-association contact information.