Governing Document Rewrite Project

In 2025, the Orchard HOA Board partnered with Altitude Community Law to finish our project to modernize and streamline our governing documents — the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and Declaration (CC&Rs).

These updates aim to:

Bring us into compliance with Colorado law
Simplify confusing or outdated provisions
Address issues that have come up in our community over the years

We're pleased to share that the Orchard homeowners approved the rewritten governing documents! The Board is currently working with Altitude Community Law to file the new documents with Jefferson County.

Project Timeline

Phase	Timeline	Status
1. Initial Feedback	Completed	25 homeowners provided input
2. Board Plan for Modifications	Current Step	Plan developed to address comments
3. Community Review of Plan	October	Received strong support for the plan from homeowners
4. Board Review with Altitude	November	Board shared edit requests and received prompt updates from Altitude
5. Updated Documents Released	November	Updated drafts shared for final review before the vote
6. Ballot Distribution & Voting	Late November	Written ballots + proxy options
7. Results Shared	Dec. Annual Meeting	The rewritten documents were all approved by the Orchard homeowners.
8. Adoption & Recordation	Target: early Q2, 2026	We are here. The documents have been signed by the Board officers and Altitude is currently filing the approved documents with Jefferson County.

Archive of Documents

Unsigned Revised - Declaration
This Declaration of Covenants was approved by Orchard Homeowners as of December 2025. The final signed and recorded version will be posted to the Documents tab when available.
AR Declaration, Final.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [1.6 MB]

Unsigned Revised - Bylaws
These Bylaws were approved by Orchard Homeowners as of December 2025. The final signed and recorded version will be posted to the Documents tab when available.
AR Bylaws, Final.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [221.1 KB]

Unsigned Revised - Articles
These Articles of Incorporation were approved by Orchard Homeowners as of December 2025. The final signed and recorded version will be posted to the Documents tab when available.
AR Articles, Final.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [86.0 KB]

Update - Orchard HOA Board Plan for Proposed Modifications
This document summarizes the changes the Board will propose to our legal partners as a result of homeowner feedback to the original revisions.
Plan of Proposed Modifications.docx
Microsoft Word document [28.9 KB]

Update - Homeowner Feedback to Initial Revisions
This document contains the raw feedback from homeowners to the initial revisions.
Raw Homeowner Feedback.xlsx
Microsoft Excel sheet [38.0 KB]

Original - Orchard HOA Governing Document Changes
This document summarizes the changes proposed for each governing document.
Orchard HOA Governing Document Changes.p[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [338.0 KB]

Original - CC&R - Updates with notes
AR Declaration, Proposed Final with Note[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [3.0 MB]

Original - Bylaws - Updates with notes
AR Bylaws, Proposed Final with Notes Inc[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [655.1 KB]

Original - Articles - Updates with notes
AR Articles, Proposed Final with Notes I[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [208.7 KB]