Redhawk HOA Guide: Slopes, Architecture and Rentals

The association’s general information page lists the slopes and planters it maintains along these roads:

• Redhawk Parkway, Wolf Valley Road and Peppercorn Drive.
• Deer Hollow Way, El Chimisal Road and Nighthawk Pass.
• Channel Street and Butterfield Stage Road.

It also maintains the common areas inside the neighborhoods, except in the gated communities, where sub-associations maintain the interior landscaping. The City of Temecula maintains the streets, sidewalks, parkway medians and parks.

The CC&Rs split the rest. The section headings in Article XI list the association’s duties, including drainage, exterior walls and slope maintenance easements, and the owners’ duties, including the exterior of the home, landscaping, terrace drains and perimeter fencing. The Architectural Guidelines do not allow fences or walls on association-maintained slopes, and owners may not remove or alter common-area landscaping, whatever its condition.

Redhawk’s Architectural Guidelines were last revised effective July 18, 2018. Painting, additions, fences, walls, patio covers, landscaping and most other exterior changes need approval before work starts. A city permit does not replace association approval. The process as the guidelines describe it:

• Submit the Home Improvement Form, plans and the Impacted Neighbor Statement by mail, email or through the owner portal.
• Facing, adjacent and impacted neighbors are notified. Their input is advisory only.
• The Architectural Committee meets on the second and fourth Thursday of each month and has 30 days from a complete application to decide. If it does not act, the owner can send written notice and go to the board after 15 more days.
• An owner can appeal a denial to the board within 30 days. If the board does not decide within 45 days, the appeal is treated as granted.
• After the work is done, the owner files a Notice of Completion with photos.

A few specific standards: repainting in the same color needs no approval, but any color change does. Perimeter fencing may not exceed 6 feet, and courtyard walls and walls extending past the home may not exceed 3 feet. Wood and vinyl fences must be tan. Rooftop solar and skylights need review, and a solar system that stops working must be removed within 60 days. On rear yard slopes, landscaping and hardscape are allowed but decks, patio covers and gazebos are not.

The approval form also reminds owners that work in the City’s easement may need city approval, and that the committee’s drainage review is aesthetic only.

The guidelines allow artificial turf case by case if it meets these standards:

• A sample of at least 6 by 6 inches submitted with the application.
• Pile height of at least 1½ inches and face weight of at least 60 ounces per square yard.
• Polyurethane backing. Latex backing and used turf are not allowed.
• Permeable and installed to the manufacturer’s specifications. The association may require replacement once it no longer meets community standards.

Drought-tolerant designs need approval too. Yards of only cactus, or with large expanses of rock, decomposed granite or mulch and few plants, are not allowed. Decorative rock must be at least an inch across with a plant at least every three feet, and plans must show 60% plant coverage at maturity. Small rocks, pebbles, decomposed granite, red mulch and white rock are not allowed. Civil Code section 4735 separately prevents an association from banning artificial turf or low-water plants outright.

Owners may remove trees from their own lots without approval, but planting a tree needs approval first. On the common area, the association posts its landscape contractor’s notices before herbicides are applied to common-area lawns, planter beds and slopes. People and pets should stay out of treated areas until the spray dries, and product labels are available through management.

These rules come from the association’s Rules and Regulations, revised effective November 1, 2001. Portable basketball and hockey gear must be stored in the garage or behind the fence when not in use, and unapproved signs, including garage sale signs, can be removed for $75 each. For Sale and For Lease signs may be no larger than 24 by 18 inches.

Because the city owns Redhawk’s streets, city rules apply on them too. Temecula limits street parking to 72 hours and bans oversized vehicles on residential streets. The Sheriff handles street parking at (951) 696-4357, option 5.

The board adopted Tenant Rules and Regulations on November 8, 2018:

• No owner may lease a home for hotel, motel or transient purposes. A lease of fewer than 30 consecutive days, or one with hotel-type services, counts as transient.
• Rental ads must state a minimum term of 30 consecutive days.
• Every lease must be in writing, state that it is subject to the governing documents and make a violation a default under the lease. Owners must give the association a copy on request.
• An owner who lives in the home full time may rent one room to no more than two tenants. Owners who do not live there may not rent individual rooms.

Owners stay responsible for their tenants’ conduct and must give them the rules. The association posts a suggested lease clause on its forms page. The City of Temecula separately bans rentals of up to 30 consecutive days, and Civil Code section 4741 does not stop an association from prohibiting rentals of 30 days or less.

Enforcement starts with a written report to management or a weekly inspection. Anonymous reports are not considered, and a violation not visible from the street needs signatures from two separate homes. Management sends a friendly reminder, then a notice of violation with a deadline, then an invitation to a hearing before the board or a hearing committee. The owner hears the decision within five days of the hearing.

Neighbor disputes follow their own path. Under the Rules and Regulations, an owner with a noise or barking dog complaint first writes to the neighbor by return-receipt mail and then contacts the county agency that handles it. The association steps in only after those steps and mediation fail. Mediation costs are split between the owners.

The board adopted a Holiday Lighting, Displays and Permanent Lighting Policy on April 15, 2026:

• Halloween decorations may go up 30 days ahead and must come down by November 15.
• Thanksgiving and winter holiday decorations may go up no earlier than 10 days before Thanksgiving and must come down by January 31.
• All holiday and permanent eave lighting must be off from 10 p.m. to sunrise.
• Permanent eave lights need committee approval, must be hidden under the eaves or behind trim when off, need wiring in conduit and must be soft white outside the holiday periods.