Common Questions About Harlan Ranch

• What is Harlan Ranch?
• Harlan Ranch is a master-planned community in Clovis, California. This community offers its residents the unique opportunity to live in an environment where they can do it all—live, work and play. Current planning for Harlan Ranch provides for approximately 1,334 homes, 400 + apartments, 58 live/work units and 14 acres of planned commercial development.

• What amenities does Harlan Ranch offer?
• Harlan Ranch offers its residents walking and bike paths, neighborhood parks and a Community Recreation Center with a junior Olympic-sized pool, amphitheater, picnic pavilions and a lifestyle that is centered around community.

• What is an HOA?
• A Homeowner’s Association (HOA) is a nonprofit corporate make up of the homeowners of a housing development. It is set up as a democratic model in which residents elect a board of directors. The HOA collects monthly fees to maintain and repair the common areas and amenities of the community, such as parks, landscaping, entrance ways, swimming pool, the community recreation center, trails and facilities.

• What are the benefits of an HOA?
• An HOA strives to keep all properties attractive and consistent with the Design Guidelines adopted for Harlan Ranch. For example, a bright pink painted house with lime green trim would not be allowed, unless it was permitted by the HOA’s architectural standards or approved by a vote of the HOA board.
  
  Additionally, HOA residents benefit from amenities that individual homeowners might nor otherwise be able to afford, like swimming pools, a community recreation center and open space preserve with hiking and biking trails. Essentially, an HOA establishes rules and regulations for the greater good to create a harmonious community.