The Sunset Lake Association assumes no liability as to the safety or condition of the ice on the lake.  It is the responsibility of the members to assure that the ice on the lake will support themselves and/or their guests. 

SECTION 13.  Picnicking on Unleased Sunset Lake Property.

A.  Guests picnicking are to have written permission if unaccompanied by a member.

B.  Any person picnicking shall keep the premises neat and clean, picked up and free of paper, garbage, and debris, and extinguish any fire before leaving. 

SECTION 14.  Camping

A  A lessee or their guests may erect tents, use a trailer, R.V. or motor home on their leasehold for a period not exceeding two (2) consecutive nights per week, and the lessee must be available. 

B.  For camping three (3) to fourteen (14) nights in tents, trailers, RVs or motor homes on undeveloped lots, the lessee must receive permission from a member of the Grounds Committee, the Superintendent, or the President of the Board.  The lessee must be available and is responsible for maintaining all sanitary conditions. 

SECTION 15.  Upkeep of Leasehold.

A. The Board has the authority to require each lessee to maintain the leasehold in a sanitary condition; decent, neat, free of weeds, leaves, unmowed grass, and debris, and attractive in appearance and in good repair.  The lessee is responsible for maintaining their shoreline with adequate rip rap, and maintaining all buildings, boat docks, boat houses, and playground equipment, etc., for the safety and welfare of the lessee, guests and neighbors.  On failure to do this, the Board will send a written request to correct any deficiency.  If the lessee fails to do so to the satisfaction of the Board within what it considers a reasonable time, the Board shall have the authority to order the necessary work done at the expense of the lessee, plus the appropriate fine.  If the Board pays anyone to complete the required work, the lessee shall reimburse the Board within thirty (30) days of the mailing of the invoice.  Should lessee fail to pay the Association on time the claim shall be a valid lien against the property of the lessee.  Furthermore, the lessee shall pay interest on any balance due at the rate of 1 1/2% per month on the outstanding balance and all reasonable expenses of collection, including attorney's fees.

B. Mowing.  Lawns must be kept mowed under 6 inches (6").

C.  Leaves.   All lots must be kept free of the accumulation of leaves.  No one shall intentionally rake or blow leaves into the lake. 

D.  Trees.   Any trees or branches that fall into the lake from a leased lot shall be completely removed from the lake in a resonable amount of time at the expense of the lessee of the lot from which the tree or branch came. 

E.  Vehicles.  All unlicensed and/or inoperable vehicles shall not be kept on any leasehold.  The State statute defines an inoperable vehicle as one that for at least seven (7) days, has its engine, wheels or other parts removed or damaged to the extent that the vehicle is incapable of being driven.

F.  Rip Rap.  All shorelines are to be rip rapped with aggregate stone or concrete 4-7 inches in diameter laid 9-12 inches thick. Fabric is recommended under the rip rap.  Rip rap is to extend 1 ½ feet vertically above and below the normal waterline.  No broken concrete over 16 inches or with rebar protruding, no brick, asphalt or foreign material may be used.  If building a sea wall, pre-cast concrete walls, driven steel or PVC sheet pilings or other materials must have Board approval.  Failure to comply with this rule shall result in a fine of $100.00 per every 90 days after the initial warning until rip rap is in compliance.

SECTION 16.  Trees. 

No person shall cut down any live tree with a trunk diameter over 3" on any Sunset Lake Association property, including leaseholds, without obtaining permission from the Grounds Committee or the Superintendent.  Penalty for failure to comply with this rule shall be a fine of $100.00 per cut tree. 

SECTION 17.  Injury to Sunset Lake Property.

No person shall destroy, take, deface or damage any plants, signs, fences, buildings, rip rap, buoys or other structures placed, built or grown on unleased lake property. 

SECTION 18.  Dogs and Cats. 

No vicious or dangerous dog or cat shall be permitted in the lake area.  It shall be considered unlawful for a dog to be allowed to run at large.  All dogs must be penned or restrained to the owners property or under the owners control at all times.  Any dog found running at large may be apprehended and impounded at any public facility available in Macoupin County, and if not promptly called for may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of, all without liability on the part of any person performing such duty or of the Association.  It shall be considered unlawful for any person to maintain a public nuisance by permitting any such dog to bark, trespass, create a disturbance or destroy property, attack or injure any person.  The owner is liable for all damages sustained.

SECTION 19.  Pollution.

A.  No person shall throw, place, discharge or cause to be discharged any sewage, garbage, dead fish or animals, oil or oil products, industrial solids or liquids, plastic products of any kind, cartons, bottles, cans or other refuse into the lake, or a ditch, tile, pit, open ground, drain or sewer flowing directly or indirectly as to ultimately reach and pollute the waters of the reservoir. 

B. Manure, fertilizes, compost, etc. may be used for horticulture or gardening purposes, but shall not be placed, spread, or used in such quantities or in such manner as to cause or threaten any pollution of the reservoir, or bring about any public or private nuisances, whatsoever. 

C.  Materials being saved for recycling may be accumulated in reasonable quantities in suitable containers, provided that no eyesore or pollution hazard is created. 

SECTION 20.  Sanitation Systems.  Types

      1.  A Sand Filter System consists of a septic tank followed by a filter bed with a chlorine tank added before out-letting to the lake.   The tank and filter bed size is determined by the number of bedrooms, occupants, bathrooms, etc.  The filter bed is both a natural physical and biological filter that removes fine suspended solids before being disinfected in the chlorine chamber.  This system requires a minimum of maintenance.  Chlorine tablets must be maintained at all times.

      2.  An Aeration (Aerobic) System  (must have Board approval) consists of a three-chambered unit.  The first chamber holds the septic waste as does a septic tank.  The second chamber mechanically introduces air using an electric motor, which breaks down the solids before being disinfected in the third chamber, or the Chlorine chamber.  This is not an approved system for seasonal or part-time use.  All aeration units must have a Service contract by July 1, 2001.

      3.  A Lateral System consists of a septic tank with lateral lines running out from it, which disperses the effluent into lateral lines and then into the surrounding soil.  There is no Chlorination Tank with this system.  An existing lateral system can remain until it is in need of repair or replacement, and must be replaced before or at transfer of a lease. 

B. Care and Maintenance.  Introducing any waste product which will not biologically break down, such as; grease, harsh chemicals, diapers, sanitary products and other foreign objects into a septic system can create clogging problems in the pipes, tanks and filter bed requiring replacement or repair.  Pumping the septic tank by a licensed State of Illinois Contractor, is necessary for continued function, when a septic tank accumulates scum and sludge that is equal to 1/3 its depth (2-3 years).  This extends the life of the system and avoids costly repairs or replacement.