An Exterior Alteration Application must be submitted for all basketball backboards, both freestanding and attached.

A. Attached basketball backboards will most likely be approved if the following criteria are met:

1. The backboard is firmly attached to the garage and located over the driveway. All supports used to secure the backboard to the house must be painted to match the background color of the structure to which it is attached.

2. Only commercial quality backboards will be considered for approval.

3. The backboard is white, graphite (gray), or clear with hoop, stripe and net.

4. Adjacent neighbors' signatures are required.

5. The location should provide reasonable visual and acoustical privacy for neighbors. Screening, fencing or planting may be required to preserve such privacy (see Guideline on Screening).

B. Free-standing basketball backboards will most likely be approved if the following criteria are met:

1. If the location is in the front of the house, placement must be at the side of the driveway away from the applicant's house toward the side property line. It should not be more than 20 feet nor less than 3 feet from the front of the garage, and it should be no more than 4 feet from the side line of the driveway. A minimum of 7.5 feet is required between the backboard and the side property line and a minimum of 20 feet or half the length of the driveway, whichever is less, is required from the front property line to the backboard. The basketball hoop must face the driveway. Placement of basketball structures on shared driveways requires the written permission of all owners of properties sharing the driveway.

2. If the location is in the rear of the house, placement may not be within 10 feet of the rear or side property lines. Such applications will be reviewed on a case by case basis.

3. Only commercial quality backboards will be considered for approval.

4. The backboard is white, graphite (gray), or clear with hoop, stripe and net.

5. The location should provide reasonable visual and acoustical privacy for neighbors. If it is determined after installation that stray balls landing on a neighbor's property are creating a nuisance, then the backboard may need to be relocated. This requirement is effectively a condition to approvals of backboards.

C. All basketball units must be well maintained

Application Requirements:

Submit a site (plat) plan showing the location of the basketball unit in relation to the property lines and a description of the proposed basketball unit, which must include details of screening (see guideline on Screening), a description of backboard color, a manufacturer's drawing or photograph (if available), the color of the pole, and the height of the rim. The signature of neighbors whose property is most affected visually and audibly by the basketball unit are required. Signatures show an awareness of your intent to erect a basketball unit and do not indicate approval.